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bract-leaves rigid, ovate, acute, squarrose, bright red, copiously- 

 serrated, the lower 1^-2 in. long. Flowers much shorter than the 

 bracts. Ovary oblong-trigonous, ^ in. long ; sepals lanceolate- 

 acuminate, glabrous, an inch long. Petals yellowish white, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Amazon valley ; San Carlos, Spruce 3113 ! Introduced into cultiva- 

 tion by Wallis in 186G, and flowered by Linden in 1870. 



112. M. SPH^ROCEPHALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 1G2. 

 Cheiudiera .<ipkreroce])haJa Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, t. 61. — Leaves 

 ensiform, l|-2 ft. long, 1^ in. broad, rigid, narrowed gradually to 

 the point, closely minutely serrated. Peduncle stiffly erect, much 

 shorter tlian the leaves, furnished with several large ascending 

 ensiform leaves. Inflorescence a dense globose capitulum finally 

 5-6 in. diam. ; bracts broad ovate, acute, an inch long. Ovary 

 ovoid, f in. long, -J in. diam. ; sepals deltoid-cuspidate, ^ in. long, 

 united a little at the base above the top of the ovary. Petals not 

 seen. 



Hab. South Brazil ; Rio Janeiro, Gaudiehaud 369 ! 



113. M. GiGANTEA Balvcr. — Clievaliera ghjantea Maury in Le 

 Jardin, 1888, 8, with woodcut. — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, 

 6-8 ft. long, 6-8 in. broad at the base, 4-6 in. at the middle, firm 

 in texture, tapering gradually to the point, armed with stout black 

 marginal spines. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, 2 ft. long; upper 

 bract-leaves large, lanceolate, spreading, bright red. Inflorescence 

 a dense spike 4-5 in, diam., at first globose, finally oblong, \\-li.i. 

 long; flower-bracts obova.te-cuneate with a large cusp, green, 

 shorter than the flowers. Ovary with calyx 1^ in. long ; sepals 

 oblong -cuspidate, as long as the ovary, greenish white. Petal- 

 blade oblong, reddish blue, half as long again as the sepals. 

 Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced lately by Dr. Giaziou to the Jardin des 

 ]^lantes at Paris. 



114. i3il. CROcoPHYLLA Baker. Chevaliera crocophylla E. Morren 

 in Belg. Hort. 1885, 81. — Leaves about 20 in a short rosette, 

 lorate, i|-2 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 

 texture, narrowed to a deltoid-cuspidate tip, green on the face, 

 thinly white lepidote on the back with a few darker green spots on 

 both surfaces, minutely serrated. Peduncle stiffly erect, 6-8 in. 

 long ; bract-leaves adpressed, much imbricated. Inflorescence a 

 dense globose head, 2-2^ in. diam. ; bracts ovate, acute, rigid, 

 ascending, greenish, serrated, under an inch long. Calyx in- 

 cluding the ovary as long as the bract ; sepals ovate, very short, 

 minutely mucronate. Petals shortly protruded from the calyx. 



Hab. Brazil. Introduced in 1883. Described from Professor Morren's 

 drawing. 



115. M. MAGDALENiE Andre. Chevaliera Mayihdenm Andre, 

 Enum. 3 — Habit of Ananas sativiis. Leaves ensiform, acuminate, 

 3-3-1 ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, flat, glabrous, armed with 

 small distant black ascending marginal spines. Peduncle erect, 

 robust ; upper bract-leaves large, lanceolate, bright red. Inflores- 



