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cence a globose capitulum 5 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 

 bright red, coriaceous, recurved, spine-margined, the upper empty, 

 the central subtending one, the lower three flowers. Ovary in- 

 cluding calyx 1| in. long; sepals ovate, mucronate, as long as the 

 ovary. Petals and stamens not seen. 



Hab. New Granada ; virgin forests of the Rio Magdalena, between Tenerife 

 and Canalotal, Andre 692. M. Andre is not quite certain that the leaves 

 described really belong to the inflorescence. 



116. M. Veitchh Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6329. Chevaliera 

 Veitchil E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1878, 177. t. 5 ; Eev. Hort. 1880, 

 450, with figure; Garden, June 25, 1881, with figure (M.D.).— 

 Leaves 12-15 in a short rosette, lorate from an ovate base, li— 2 ft. 

 long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, suberect, 

 plain green on the face, obscurely lepidote on the back, deltoid at 

 the tip, the marginal teeth very minute. Peduncle erect, above a 

 foot long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, green, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a dense oblong spike, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. diam.; 

 flower-bracts ovate, rigid, bright red, squarrose, serrated, the lower 

 an inch long. Calyx with ovaryf-f in. long, glabrous, the latter 

 flattened on the side next the axis ; sepals ovate -lanceolate, a little 

 longer than the ovary. Petals pale yellow, twice as long as the 

 sepals. 



Hab. New Granada. Sent by Wallis in 1874 to Messrs. Veitch. Described 

 from a plant that flowered at Kew in Jan., 1878. 



117. M. Germinyana Baker. Chevaliera Gervdnyann CsnTieve m 

 Piev. Hort. 1881, 230, with figure. Bromelia diu/uejisis Hort. — Leaves 

 20-30 in a short rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 2-2| ft. long, 

 3 in. broad at the middle, weak, bending over from the middle, 

 plain bright green on the face, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, tlie 

 marginal prickles minute. Peduncle half as long as the leaves, 

 erect, with many imbricated greenish adpressed leaves. Inflores- 

 cence a dense spike 6-8 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; bracts ovate, bright 

 red, squarrose, conspicuously serrated, the lower an inch long. 

 Sepals lanceolate, ^ in. long. Petals reddish white, nearly twice 

 as long as the sepals. Berry globose, ^ in. diam., crowned by the 

 persistent calyx. 



Hab. New Granada ; Andes of Popayan, Hartweg ! Lehmann 2947 ! First 

 flowered in cultivation by Count Alfred de Germiny, of the Chateau de Gouville, 

 near Eouen, after whom it is named. Very near JE. VeitcJiii, from which it 

 differs by its larger bracts and broader weaker leaves. It may be a variety only. 



118. M. ? ScHOMBURGKii Baker. Bromelia lowjifolia Schomb. 

 Eeise, iii. 903 (name only), non Eudge. — Kadical leaves densely 

 rosulate, linear, If ft. long ; ^ in. broad, tapermg to the point, 

 armed with small ascending marginal teeth. Peduncle stout, -J ft. 

 long ; bract-leaves crowded, lanceolate, spreading, scariose, 4-5 in. 

 long. Inflorescence a dense globose capitulum 4-5 in. diam., each 

 flower subtended by an ovate acute red serrated bract about 1| in. 

 long. Flowers whitish, shorter than the bracts. 



Hab. British Guiana, in the Essequibo district, Sir R. Schomhiirgk. 

 Known to me only from a drawing at the British Museum. It has no dissec- 

 tions, so the genus is doubtful. It may be a Ktiratas. In general habit it most 

 resembles A''.. Fernanda. 



