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

 not longer than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Popayan, Ecuador, Lehmann ! 



46. P. ALBORUBRA Baker. — Leaves with a non-spinose channelled 

 petiole a foot long and a chartaceous entire acuminate linear blade 

 2 ft. long, under an inch broad at the middle, green and nearly- 

 glabrous both above and beneath when mature. Peduncle slender, 

 simple, l-lj ft. long. Eaceme very lax, simple, half a foot long ; 

 pedicels arcuate-ascending, the lower an inch long ; bracts very 

 small, ovate. Ovary adherent to a campanulate calyx-tube J-^ in. 

 long; sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, | in. long. Petals more 

 than twice as long as the sepals, red at the base, white towards 

 the tip. Stamens not protruded. 



Hab. New Granada ; province of Antioquia, alt. 6000 ft., Kalbreyer 16401 



47. P. Lechleri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 269. — Whole plant 

 about 4 ft. high. Outer rudimentary leaves with a pectinate rigid 

 tip as in P. pungens. Produced leaves linear, entire, not distinctly 

 petioled, 1^-2 ft. long, f- 1 in. broad at the middle, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves all 

 small, the lower spine-edged. Eacemes several, arranged in a lax 

 panicle ; end one dense in the upper half, 8-10 in. long ; rachis not 

 at all floccose ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 

 f-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, J in. long. Petals 

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

 the petals. 



Hab. Eastern declivity of the Peruvian Andes at Sachapata, Lechler 3132 I 



48. P. SPATHACEA Griseb. Sym. Fl. Argent. 1878, 329. — Leaves 

 linear, sessile, 2-3 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, spine- 

 margined towards the base, slightly furfuraceous on the upper 

 surface, glabrescent beneath. Eacemes several, 6-8 in. long, 

 forming a lax panicle ; pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, 

 ■|~ I in. long. Sepals lanceolate, very acuminate, an inch long. 

 Petals J in. longer than the calyx, not scaled at the base. 



Hab. Argentine Eepublic; banks of the Eio Primero, Lorentz. 



49. P. TARAPOTENSis Baker. — Acaulescent. Outer rudimentary 

 leaves pectinate. Leaves indistinctly petioled, linear, 2 ft. long, 

 ^ in. broad at the middle, chartaceous, green and glabrous on both 

 sides, armed with hooked black spines towards the base. Peduncle 

 slender, a foot long. Eacemes several, very lax, not more than 

 3-4 in. long, forming a rhomboid panicle ; pedicels ascending, 

 ^-^ in. long ; bracts minute. Sepals lanceolate, ^ in. long. 

 Petals bright red, 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Andes of North-Eastern Peru at Tarapoto, Spruce ! 



Group of P. AUSTRALIS. 



50. p. GuARiTERM^ Andre Enum. 4. — Eudimentary leaves not 

 spine-edged. Produced leaves linear-lanceolate, 2|- ft. long, above 

 an inch broad at the middle, spineless, glabrous. Stem robust, 



