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i ft. long, 1 in. broad, without any marginal prickles; outer 

 rudimentary leaves with a few spines. Peduncle very short. 

 Eaceme simple, secund ; pedicels I in. long ; bracts small. Sepals 

 lanceolate, |-f in. long. Petals bright red, twice as long as the 

 sepals. 



Hab. North Mexico ; province of Jalisco, on the banks of the Eio Blanco, 

 Palmer 16 ! Discovered in 1886. 



37. P. coNcoLOR Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 269. — Acaulescent. 

 Outer rudimentary leaves with a rigid pectinate tip. Produced 

 leaves linear, not petioled, above a foot long, f-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, chartaceous, entire, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Peduncle about a foot long, floccose ; all the leaves small and bract- 

 like. Eaceme lax, simple, 3-6 in. long ; rachis densely floccose ; 

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

 floccose, the lower f-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate, 

 floccose, an inch long. Petals bright red, twice as long as the 

 sepals. Stamens and style shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Peru at Canta, Maclean I Allied to P. australis, with 

 pectinate rudimentary leaves as in P. pungens. 



38. P. CALDASIANA Baker. — Leaves thin, linear, entire, not 

 lepidote beneath, 2 ft. long, ^ in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 as long as the leaves. Inflorescence a very lax simple raceme a 

 foot long ; pedicels erecto-patent, lower -I in. long ; lower bracts 

 lanceolate, ^ in. long, upper ovate. Sepals lanceolate, an inch long. 

 Petals bright red, above 3 in. long. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Caldas, Begnell 1253 ! 



39. P. ScHLiMii Baker. — Leaves thin, linear, entire, indistinctly 

 petioled, 2-3 ft. long, |-1 in. broad at the middle, not furfuraceous 

 beneath. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. long ; bract-leaves small. Inflores- 

 cence a dense simple raceme 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ascending, 

 lower J-^ in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, 

 i in. long. Petals bright red, |-1 in. longer than the sepals. 



Hab. Venezuela, Funch (& Schlim 144 ! 



40. P. Selloana Baker. — Leaves linear, 2|-3 ft. long, sessile, 

 entire, ^ in. broad at the middle, not furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle 

 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves with long free points. Inflorescence a 

 dense raceme, ^ ft. long ; pedicels floccose, ascending, the lower 

 J-^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, the lower an inch long. Sepals 

 lanceolate, ^ in. long. Petals bright red, an inch longer than the 

 sepals. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sello 1317 ! 5346 ! (Herb. Berol.). Near P. suaveolens. 



41. P. coRcovADENSis Wawra Bot. Ergeb. 160, t. 27. — Acaules- 

 cent. Leaves 10-12 to a stem, with a short channelled petiole 

 half a foot long and a linear chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, |~| in. 

 broad at the middle, green and glabrous on both surfaces, entirely 

 free from prickles. Peduncle slender, 1-1-|- ft. long ; lower bract- 

 leaves with long points. Eaceme lax, simple ; pedicels ascending, 

 ■J-f in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, 



