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broad at the middle, very rigid, thinly lepidote on the back, 

 narrowed gradually to a pungent point, the marginal teeth middle- 

 sized, horny-tipped, the lower |-^ in. long. Peduncle 1| ft. long, 

 with many lanceolate ascending bright red bract-leaves. Inflor- 

 escence a dense drooping cylindrical spike 9-10 in. long, 2 in. 

 diam. ; flowers all deflexed ; flower-bracts ovate, with a large 

 brown cusp, rigid, shorter than the calyx. Ovary with calyx f in. 

 long ; sepals ovate, twisted, with a spreading brown mucro l-12th 

 in. long. Petals shortly protruded. 



Hab. Woods of South Brazil, Glaziou 15486 ! Differs from JS. comata by 

 its deflexed flowers and smaller bracts. 



108. M. STENOPHYLLA Baker. — Leaves linear, above a foot long, 

 ^ in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture ; marginal 

 teeth minute. Peduncle above a foot long ; lower bract-leaves 

 with produced points. Inflorescence a moderately dense cylindrical 

 raceme 4-5 in. long, with a furfuraceous rachis ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, lower i in. long ; flower-bracts thin, lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. 

 Ovary oblong, ^ in. long ; sepals Ungulate, not spine-tipped, rather 

 shorter than the ovary. Petals very shortly protruded. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Glaziou 5464 ! (Herb. Keg. Berol.). 



109. M. Drakeana Andre in Eev. Hort. 1888, 401.— Leaves 

 about a dozen in a rosette, lorate, 1-|~2 ft. long, 2 in. broad, 

 chartaceous, arcuate, tinged with violet, thinly lepidote, rounded to 

 an apical cusp, the marginal teeth small and distant. Peduncle 

 tomentose, a foot long ; bract-leaves pale lanceolate. Inflores- 

 cence a lax simple cylindrical spike ^ ft. long ; flower-bracts linear- 

 subulate. Calyx with ovary nearly an inch long, bright red ; 

 sepals obtuse, mucronate. Petals sky-blue, IJ in. long, pale 

 towards the base. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, near Zaraguro, Poortman 134. 



110. M. INVOLUCRATA Andre Enum. 4, — Leaves unknown. 

 Stem with inflorescence 3-3^ ft. long ; upper bract-leaves crowded, 

 lanceolate, enveloping the base of the spike. Spike nearly a foot 

 long, 3-3-|- in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate-cuspidate, ^ the length of 

 the calyx. Ovary with calyx an inch long ; ovary subglobose ; 

 sepals oblong, twisted, with a large oblique mucro. Petals rose- 

 lilac, linear, 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Central Ecuador, between Riobamba and Loja, AndrS 4296. 



Subgenus 9. Chevaliera (Gaudich.). 



111. M. Fernanda Baker. Bromelia FernandcB E. Morren in 

 111. Hort. n. s., t. 65 (M.D.). Ananas Mensdorjia^ius Hort. 

 Chevaliera FernandcB Hort. — Leaves 40 or more in a lax rosette, 

 ensiform, reaching a length of 4-5 ft. rigid in texture, bright green 

 on the face, thinly white-lepidote on the back, narrowed to the 

 point, armed with copious pungent middle-sized hooked marginal 

 spines. Peduncle short, erect, with many ascending rigid ensiform 

 leaves. Inflorescence a dense globose capitulum 4-5 in. diam. ; 



