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long. Panicle ample ; lower branches nearly a foot long, some- 

 times compound ; pedicels ascending, -^-^ in. long ; bracts shorter 

 than the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, i in. long. Petals scarlet, 

 scaled at the base, 1^ in. long. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Central Andes of Ecuador, on the slope of Mt. Chimborazo, alt. 

 6000—7000 ft., Andre 4700. Near P. alta Hassk. 



13. P. ALTA Hassk. Eetz. ii. 5; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. GG06 

 (M.D.). P. ramosa K. Koch Monogr. 5, non Jacq. P. Skinneri 

 and intermedia Hort. — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-20 to a stem, 

 linear, 2-3 ft. long, f-1 in. broad at the middle, very acuminate, 

 thin in texture, green and glabrous above, white-furfuraceous 

 beneath. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long below the inflorescence ; lower 

 bract-leaves with long points. Kacemes many, very lax, forming a 

 deltoid panicle ; lower pedicels \~h in. long, ascending or spread- 

 ing ; bracts lanceolate, not longer than the pedicels. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, reddish, f-| in. long. Petals bright red, 2 in. long, 

 minutely scaled at the base. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. West Indies ; Porto Rico, Eggers 617 1 Sintenis 475 ! 1586 I ; Domi- 

 nica, Imray I Bamage ! ; Trinidad, Fendler 839 1 Described from a plant that 

 flowered at Kew, July, 1881. Very near P. broynelicefolia, from which it differs 

 by its more compound inflorescence and shorter pedicels. Frequent in cultiva- 

 tion. 



14. P. Jacksoni Hook. in. Bot. Mag. t. 4540. Lamproconus 

 Jacksoni Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 127. — Acaulescent. Leaves in a 

 dense tuft, linear, sessile, a foot or more long, f-f in. broad at the 

 middle, spine-margined, green and glabrous above, white -fu if ura- 

 ceous beneath. Peduncle short ; raceme lax, simple, 6-9 in. long ; 

 rachis floccose ; lower pedicels ^-f in. long ; bracts minute. 

 Sepals reddish, lanceolate, ^-f in. long. Petals bright red, three 

 times as long as the sepals, scaled at the base. Stamens as long 

 as the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of Guatemala. Introduced into cultivation by Mr. 

 Jackson of Kingston, about 1850. P. humilis Tenore, judging from the descrip- 

 tion, may be a narrow-leaved form of this species. 



15. P. suBPETioLATA Balvcr in Journ. Bot. 1881, 267. — Acaul- 

 escent. Leaves densely tufted, furnished with a channelled petiole 

 about a foot long with a few spines towards the base and a linear entire 

 chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, ^ in. broad at the middle, green and 

 naked above, white-furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle above 3 ft. 

 long ; lower bract-leaves elongated. Kaceme simple, very lax, a 

 foot long ; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower -l-f in. long ; bracts 

 small, ovate-cuspidate. Sepals lanceolate, glabrescent, f-§ in. 

 long. Petals bright red, less than twice as long as the sepals. 



Hab. Andes of Eastern Peru near Tarapoto, Spruce ! 



16. P. BROMELi^FOLTA L'Herit. Sert. 7, t. 11 ; Swartz Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. 1971, t. 12 ; Bot. Mag. t. 834 ; Bed. Lil. t. 75 ; Lindl. in Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 1011. — Acaulescent. Leaves in a dense tuft, linear, not 

 petioled, 2-3 ft. long, ^-f in. broad at the middle, weak in texture, 

 green and glabrous above, white-furfuraceous beneath, spine- 

 niargined towards the base. Peduncle about a foot long ; lower 

 bract-leaves produced. Raceme very lax, simple or slightly com- 



