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with the inflorescence 2 ft. long ; flower-bracts imbricated. Eaceme 

 simple, very dense, ^ ft. long ; racliis white -cottony ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracts linear, the lower i in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 nearly an inch long. Petals scarlet, half as long again as the 

 calyx, scaled at the base. Stamens a little shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Eastern Andes of Columbia, on metamorphic rocks near Guariterma, 

 Andre 1209. 



51. P. PooRTMANi Andre Enum. 4. — Leaves lanceolate, 2-2^ ft. 

 long, above an inch broad, spine-edged towards the base, glabrous 

 beneath. Stem with inflorescence 4-5 ft. long. Panicle lax, 

 deltoid, a foot long ; branches short, bearing at the tip a lax 

 raceme of 5-6 flowers; pedicels ascending, |— ^ in. long; bracts 

 lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, an inch 

 long. Petals red, scaled at the base, half as long again as the 

 sepals. Stamens rather shorter than the petals. 



Hab. New Granada, in the Cauca valley, Andre 2937 bis. Ecuador, 

 Poortman. 



52. P. CARACASANA Baker. — Leaves ensiform, not distinctly 

 petioled, above 2 ft. long, IJ in. broad at the middle, green on both 

 surfaces, entirely destitute of marginal spines. Peduncle stout, 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, scariose. Inflorescence 

 a moderately dense simple raceme 6-9 in. long ; bracts small, 

 lanceolate, the lower i in. long ; pedicels ascending, ^-^ in. long. 

 Sepals J-f in. long. Petals bright red, an inch longer than the 

 calyx. 



Hab. Caracas, Gollmer 268 ! (Herb. Eeg. BeroL). 



53. P. MoRELii Lemaire in Hort. Univ. vii. 231, tab. 289. 

 P. australis and ruhicunda K. Koch. — Stem bulbiform at the base. 

 Leaves few in a rosette, not distinctly petioled, lanceolate, 1|~2 ft. 

 long, 1-1 i in. broad at the middle, quite destitute of spines, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle 1-1|- ft. long; lower bract- 

 leaves with produced foliaceous tips. Inflorescence a dense simple 

 raceme 6-9 in. long; pedicels ascending, lower ^-^ in. long; 

 bracts lanceolate, green, 1-1|^ in. long. Calyx bright red, glabrous, 

 an inch long ; sepals acute. Petals bright red, more than twice as 

 long as the calyx. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. South and Central Brazil, Claussen ! Miers 4078 ! Glaziou 12238 1 

 13256 ! Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Dec, 1878. 



54. P. NUBiGENA Planch, in Flore des Serres, t. 847. — Acaules- 

 cent. Leaves with a distinct petiole and a lanceolate chartaceous 

 blade 3 ft. long, 1-1 J in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous 

 on both sides ; spines none. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long. Eaceme 

 simple, moderately dense, 6-8 in. long ; pedicels arcuate or erecto- 

 patent, ^-1 in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, 

 bright red, an inch long. Petals bright red, scaled at the base, 

 more than twice as long as the calyx. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals. 



Hab. Venezuela ; Mountains of Merida, Funck & Schlim 1213 ! 1214 ! 

 Montz 1233, ex parte ! Allied to P. Moreli. 



