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lower 2-2J in. long, the tips erecto-patent, not squarrose. Flowers 

 yellowish-white, 2-| in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the 

 petals. 



Hab. Chiriqui. Sent in 1878 by M. Boucard to M. Oscar Lamarche of 

 Li^ge. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made Aug., 1881. Nearly 

 allied to P. petiolata. 



87. P. LiNDENi Baker. Neumannia Lindeni E. Morren inedit. 

 (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves 8-10 to a stem, with a spine-edged 

 channelled petiole half a foot long, and a lanceolate acuminate 

 chartaceous reflexing blade 1|— 2 ft. long, 1| in. broad at the 

 middle, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle erect, a 

 foot long. Inflorescence a dense cylindrical spike half a foot long ; 

 bract-leaves adpressed, ovate-acuminate, squarrose towards the tip, 

 bright red, greenish upwards, the lower 2 in. long. Flowers 

 whitish, 2 in. long. 



Hab. Country not known. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made 

 from a plant flowered by Linden, April, 1870. Nearly allied to P. petiolata. 



88. P. ATKORUBENS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 307. Phlomo- 

 stachys atrorubens Beer Brom. 48. Neumannia atroruhens K. Koch 

 Ind. Sem. Berol. 1856, App. 3. Puya Warszceidczii Wendl. ; Hook, 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 5225. Laniproconus Warszcewiczii Lemaire (M.D.). 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves about a dozen in a rosette, with a chan- 

 nelled spine-edged petiole 3-6 in. long and a chartaceous lanceolate 

 blade 1-|~3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, very acute, bright 

 green above, glaucous beneath. Peduncle short, stout, erect. 

 Baceme dense, erect, 6-9 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, very acute, 

 claret-brown, densely imbricated, 2-3 J in. long ; pedicel very short. 

 Sepals acute, under an inch long. Petals Ungulate, whitish, 2 J in. 

 long. Stamens rather shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of Chiriqui, Warszcewicz ! Introduced into cultivation 

 about 1850. First flowered at Kew in 1860 ; received from the Hanover Garden. 



89. P. PETIOLATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881. Neumannia 

 'petiolata K. Koch et Bouche Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1856, App. 2 

 (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves about a dozen to a stem, with a 

 spine-edged channelled petiole a foot or more long and a lanceolate 

 blade 2-3 ft. long, If -2 in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Peduncle stout, erect, 1-2 ft. long ; lower bract- 

 leaves elongated. Inflorescence a dense simple cylindrical spike 

 1-lf ft. long ; flower-bracts closely adpressed, ovate-acuminate, 

 reddish-brown, the lower 2-2f in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 glabrous an inch long. Petals greenish-white, more than twice 

 as long as the sepals, scaled at the base. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of Guatemala, Salvin <& Godman ! Introduced into 

 cultivation by Warszcewicz in 1856. Flowered by Prof. Morren at Lidge in 1872. 



90. P. Wendlandi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881. Puya sulp/mrea 

 Wendl. ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4696. Phlomostachys sulphurea 

 Beer Brom. 46. Neumannia sulphurea K. Koch Ind. Sem. Berol. 

 1856, App. 2. — Acaulescent. Leaves with an unarmed channelled 

 petiole J-1 ft. long, and an entire lanceolate chartaceous reflexing 



