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4. P. vALLisoLETANA Lex. et La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. i. 19. — 

 Leaves linear, very narrow, spine-margined, the inner furfuraceous. 

 Peduncle a foot long. Inlflorescence simple ; bracts ovate, smooth, 

 reddish. Petals red, twice as long as the calyx, not scaled at the base. 



Hab. Mexico ; on the Vallisoletan Mountains. Known to me only from a 

 brief description. 



5. P. Glaziovii Baker. — Acaulescent. Eootstock thick ; outer 

 rudimentary leaves copiously spine-edged. Produced leaves linear, 

 -^ ft. long, ^ in. broad, furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle slender, ^ ft. 

 long. Liflorescence a lax simple raceme. Calyx an inch long ; 

 sepals acuminate, united at the very base. Petals bright red, less 

 than twice as long as tlie sepals. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Glaziou 17232 I 



6. P. CARNEA Beer in (Ester. Bot. Wochen, 1858, 182 (M.D.)— 

 Acaulescent. Leaves linear, not distinctly petioled, 2 ft. or more 

 long, f-f in. broad at the middle, chartaceous, green and glabrous 

 above, white-furfuraceous beneath, spine-edged towards the base. 

 Peduncle 1|- ft. long ; lower bract-leaves with long points. Kaceme 

 lax, simple, nearly a foot long; pedicels ascending, lower ^--f iu. 

 long ; bracts lanceolate, lower an inch long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 redddish yellow, 1^ in. long. Petals bright red, an inch longer 

 than the sepals, btamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Central America. Discovered by Warszcewicz. First flowered at 

 Vienna in 1858. 



7. P. LATiFOLiA Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 401 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 85G ; Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 322. P. furfuracea Beer ex parte. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves linear, not distinctly petioled, 2-3 ft. long, 

 f-1 in. broad at the middle, chartaceous, green on the face, white- 

 furfuraceous on the back, with only a few small spines towards the 

 base and sometimes also towards the tip. Peduncle l-|-2 ft. long ; 

 lower bract-leaves with long points. Eaceme simple or slightly 

 compound, moderately dense, 6-9 in. long ; rachis slightly floccose ; 

 lower pedicels ^-^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, about as long as the 

 pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, nearly naked, greenish-red, f-1 in. 

 long. Petals bright red, Ungulate, 2 in. long, scaled at the base. 

 Stamens as long as the petals. Capsule shorter than the calyx, 

 adhering to it only at the very base. Seeds with a long tail at each 

 end. 



Var. P. FURFURACEA Jacq. Eclog. 117, t. 79 ; Sims in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2G57. P. ramma Jacq. Eclog. 154 (M.D.). — More robust, with a 

 peduncle 2-3 ft. long and 3-5 denser racemes. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright 689 ! Martinique, Halm ! Plee ! St. Eustace, Masson ! 

 St. Domingo, Schoviburgk ! North Brazil, BnrcJiell 811ii ! There is a type- 

 specimen at the British Museum dried from Kew Gardens in 178(), and an old 

 specimen from Martinique in the Paris Herbarium, called " HepetU pyramidata 

 Bichard." 



8. P. ALBUCiEFOLiA Schrad. Comment. Blumenb. 24, t. 3 ; 

 Wittm. in Berl. Gartenzeit. 1884, 481, fig. 142. F. aJ/inisK. Koch 

 Monogr. 5. P. roif/ustifulia Hort. non Ait. (M.D.). — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves linear, not distinctly petioled, l-|-2 ft. long, an inch broad 



