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119. M, STEPHANOPHORA E. MoiTGn, iiiedit. (M.D.). — Leaves 

 20 or more in a short rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 3 ft. 

 long, 3-4 in. broad low down, green on the face, thinly white- 

 lepidote not banded on the back, narrowed to a deltoid-cuspidate 

 apex, the marginal prickles small, deltoid, ascending. Pedmicle 

 stout, erect, ^ ft. long ; bract-leaves pale, scariose, ascending, those 

 at the base of the spike ovate. Inflorescence a dense oblong 

 capitulum ^ ft. long, 3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate-cuspidate, 

 entire, greenish brown, ascending, an inch long. Ovary with calyx 

 a little longer than the bract ; sepals ovate, distinctly mucronate. 

 Petals I in. longer than the calyx, violet-blue, spreading only at the 

 tip. 



Hab. Pernambuco, Ridley dc Eamage ! Introduced into cultivation by 

 Glaziou in 1880. 



Subgenus 10. Macrochordiuim (De Vriese). 



120. M. BROMELi^FOLiA Balvcr in Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. 

 Plant, iii. 661. Tillanchia hromelmfulia Rudge, Guian. 32, t. 50. 

 T. vestlUi Willd. ; Schultes fil. Syst. vii. 1228. Bromelia tinctoria 

 Mart. Reise, Bras. ii. 554. B. melanantha Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 

 766. Billbergid davata Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1068. B. tinc- 

 toria Mart. ; Schultes fil. Syst. vii. 1256 ; Ann. Gand. iii. t. 56. 

 MacrocJwrdium tinctoriiuii, mela')ia)itkum, hromelicBfoliwn, pulchruiu, 

 and strictum Beer, Brom. 145-148. — Leaves 12-20 in a utricular 

 rosette, lorate from a large ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad 

 at the middle, moderately firm in texture, plain green on the face, 

 white-lepidote not banded on the back, narrowed to the point, the 

 marginal prickles sometimes small and deltoid, sometimes larger 

 and black. Peduncle 1-2 ft. long, erect, with many lanceolate 

 ascending scariose bract-leaves, which are sometimes bright red, 

 sometimes pale and greenish white. Liflorescence a very dense 

 oblong or oblong-cylindrical spike 2-6 in. long, 1-1^ in. diam.; 

 flowers imbedded in white cottony tomentum ; flower-bracts orbi- 

 cular, uncoloured, ^ in. long, not at all mucronate, at first quite 

 hidden in the tomentum. Ovary with calyx ^-^ in. long ; sepals 

 as long as the ovary, ovate, connivent, obtuse. Petals lingulate, 

 under ^ in. long, at first lemon-yellow, soon turning brownish 

 black. Stamens a little longer than the sepals ; anthers oblong, 

 ^ in. long. Style-branches very short. Berry the size of a pea, 

 containing 12-15 seeds. 



Hab. Trinidad, Fendler 837 ! Prtstoe ! Venezuela, Fendler 1252 ! Moritz 

 450 ! French Guiana, Poiteau ! British Guiana, Rudge, Richd. ScJiomhurgk 

 1025! Im Tlmrnl Jeiiman 4050! Para, Hoffmannaeqri. liahia and Minas 

 Geraes, Burchell 4404! 4765! Glaziou 14341! lUanchei 1525! 2276! Regnell 

 1726! M. Lamarckii, M.D., is a form with narrower leaves, smaller prickles 

 and larger Howers than the type ; M. Renaudi, M.D., a robust form, with broad 

 leaves, large black prickles and pale bract-leaves. The species has long been 

 known in cultivation. 



121. M. coNSPiGUiARMATA Baker. Macrockordium macracanthuni 

 Regel in Gartenfl. 1886, 297, fig. 37 ; Descr. PL Nov. fasc. x. 29. 

 — Leaves about 20 in a utricular rosette, lanceolate from a large 

 ovate base, 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, plain green on the 



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