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ceous rudimentary leaves furnished with a rigid linear pectinate 

 point, as in P. heterophylla. Produced leaves 6-10, sessile, linear, 

 chartaceous, entire, 1-1^ ft. long, ^-i in. broad, naked on the face, 

 loosely furfuraceous on the back. Peduncle ^-1 ft. long ; bract- 

 leaves all small. Eaceme dense, simple, 4-8 in. long; pedicels 

 very short, ascending ; bracts lanceolate, -1-1 in. long. Sepals 

 lanceolate, rather cottony, J-f in. long. Petals Ungulate, bright 

 red, scaled at the base, 2 in. long. Stamens reaching to the tip of 

 the petals. 



Hab. High Andes of Ecuador and New Granada, 9000—11000 ft. Intro- 

 duced into cultivation by the late I. Anderson Henry, Esq., of Edinburgh, from 

 seeds sent by Professor Jameson. 



29. P. MoRiTziANA K. Koch & Bouche Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 

 1856, App. 4. — Acaulescent. Leaves 20 or more to a stem, not 

 distinctly petioled, linear, entire, 1-1|- ft. long, f-l in. broad at the 

 middle, chartaceous, green and glabrous above, white-furfuraceous 

 beneath. Peduncle slender, 6-15 in. long. Eaceme lax, simple, 

 ■|~1 ft. long ; axis thinly cottony ; pedicels ascending, the lower 

 ^-f in. long ; bracts lanceolate, f-l in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 glabrous, f in. long. Petals lingulate, pale red with a yellow tip, 

 2-2f in. long, not scaled at the base. Stamens as long as the 

 petals. Style a little exserted. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Moritz. Described mainly from a plant 

 flowered by Messrs. Veitch in March, 1874. 



30. P. ARANEOSA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1882, 231. — Produced 

 leaves with a channelled petiole half a foot long and a linear 

 chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, f-1 in. broad at the middle, green 

 and glabrous above, white-furfuraceous beneath, both destitute 

 of spines. Peduncle 2 ft. or more long, conspicuously furfuraceous. 

 Flowers in a rather dense raceme a foot long and two short side 

 ones; rachises densely white-cottony; pedicels ascending, J- ^ in. 

 long ; bracts lanceolate, rather longer than the pedicels. Sepals 

 lanceolate-acuminate, an inch long, densely cottony towards the 

 base. Petals bright red, half as long again as the sepals. Stamens 

 as long as the petals. 



Hab. New Granada ; province of Ocana, Schlim 139 ! 



31. P. MEGASEPALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 229. — Acaules- 

 cent. Leaves with a distinct channelled petiole a foot long and a 

 linear chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, nearly an inch broad, green 

 on the upper surface, white-furfuraceous beneath, destitute of teeth 

 except at the dilated base of the petiole. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long ; 

 lower bract-leaves long-pointed. Eaceme simple, or with a short 

 fork, a foot long, dense in the upper half; rachis very cottony; 

 pedicels ascending, the lower J-f in. long ; bracts lanceolate, 

 f-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, very cottony, 1^-1^ in. 

 long. Petals bright red, an inch longer than the sepals. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada ; La Paila, Holton 153 ! Ocana, alt. 5000 ft., 

 Kalbreyer 661 1 



