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55. P. Lehmanni Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 273. P. orgi/alis 

 Baker loc. cit. — Leaves lanceolate, not distinctly petioled, 2-3 ft. 

 long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, firm in texture for the genus, very 

 acuminate, green and glabrous on both surfaces, margined with 

 small spines towards the base. Peduncle with inflorescence 5-6 ft. 

 long ; lower stem-leaves above a foot long. Racemes many, dense, 

 peduncled, ascending, forming a lax panicle, the end one 6-9 in. 

 long ; rachises glabrous, bright red ; lower pedicels J~^ in. long ; 

 bracts very small, lanceolate. Calyx glabrous f in. long. Petals 

 bright red, more than twice as long as the calyx. Stamens shorter 

 than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador ; Montana de Canelos, Spruce 5399 ! Andre 4700. 

 New Granada ; Pasto, Lelimann ! Andes of Bolivia, Weddell 3637 ! 



56. P. DENDRoiDEA Andre Enum. 4. — Leaves lanceolate, 3-3|- ft. 

 long, nearly 2 in. broad at the middle, naked beneath. Peduncle 

 with inflorescence 6-7 ft. long. Panicle very lax ; branches 

 spreading, bearing a dense raceme towards the tip. Sepals red, 

 Petals not seen. 



Hab. Andes of South Columbia, on the banks of the Eio Nembi, Andre 

 3361. 



57. P. Kalbreyeri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 273. — Leaves 

 with a distinct channelled petiole a foot long, margined with a few 

 spines and a lanceolate entire chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, 2|- in. 

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

 Peduncle 3-4 ft. long ; bract-leaves small, distant, adpressed. 

 Raceme lax, simple, a foot long ; lower flowers deflexed ; lower 

 pedicels J-J in. long ; bracts about as long as the pedicels. Calyx 

 green, glabrous, an inch long; sepals lanceolate. Petals bright 

 red, above 2 in. long. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. New Granada; Mountains of Ocana, alt. 4500 — 5000 ft., Kalhreyer 

 1103! Leaves like those of a Neumannia, with the ordinary flowers of Eu- 

 pitcairnia. 



58. P. MACROBOTRYs Andre Enum. 4. — Caulescent, with a stem 

 8-4 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, 2^-3 ft. long, nearly 3 in. broad 

 at the middle, minutely spiny towards the base, glabrous beneath. 

 Stem stout, slightly furfuraceous, 3-3 J ft. long, inflorescence in- 

 cluded ; upper leaf-bracts oblong, acute. Inflorescence a simple 

 moderately dense raceme 1^ ft. long ; bracts lanceolate, reddish- 

 green at the base, the lower above an inch long ; pedicels erecto- 

 patent, i in. long. Sepals lanceolate, nearly an inch long. Petals 

 scarlet, bordered with a white line, above 2 in. long. 



Hab. Andes of South Columbia ; steep cliffs of the Kio Juanambu, Andre 

 2892. 



59. P. lutea Hort. Linden. — Leaves thin, entire, lanceolate, 

 sessile, 2-3 ft. long, IJ in. broad at the middle, not furfuraceous 

 beneath. Inflorescence a simple dense raceme, 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels short, erecto-patent ; bracts lanceolate, lower an inch long. 

 Sepals lanceolate, an inch long. Petals yellow, twice as long as 

 the sepals. 



