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nearly naked ; pedicels erecto-patent, J-i in. long ; bracts small, 

 lanceolate. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 1-1;^ in. long. 

 Petals bright red, more than twice as long as the sepals, scaled at 

 the base. Stamens as long as the petals. Stigma finally exserted. 

 Hab. Brazil; probably the Amazon valley. Introduced into Belgium 

 about 1840. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, July, 1877. 



98. P. Sprucei Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881. — Acanlescent or 

 shortly caulescent. Leaves a dozen or more to a stem, with a 

 slender petiole 4-6 in. long margined with a few small brown spines 

 towards the base and an oblong- lanceolate entire chartaceous blade 

 6-8 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad at the middle, acuminate, cuneate, 

 green and glabrous above, obscurely furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle 

 slender, 6-8 in. long, with several small lanceolate bract -leaves. 

 Kaceme simple, very lax, 4-6 in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower 

 ^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, |~1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 glabrous, f in. long. Petals bright red, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Capsule ovoid, a little shorter than the calyx. Seeds with a broad 

 horny wing, not appendiculate. 



Hab. Amazon valley ; Barra do Eio Negro, Spruce 1658 ! Also banks of 

 the Kiver Tarumu. Collected in Feb., 1855. 



Subgenus 6. Pepinia. 



99. P. PUNiCEA Beer Brom. 56 ; Hassk. Eetz. ii. 12. Pepinia 

 pimicea Brong. inedit. (M.D.). — Caudex slender, cylindrical, ^ ft. or 

 more long below the laxly-disposad leaves, of which about 20 are 

 spread over 3-4 inches, linear from an ovate base, under a foot 

 long, J-| in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on the face 

 with a pale central band, white-lepidote on the back, obscurely 

 spine-margined. Peduncle very short. Eaceme, lax, simple, 4-9 in. 

 long ; pedicels ascending, the lower |— f in. long ; bracts small, 

 green, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, slightly iloccose, ^-f in. long. 

 Petals bright scarlet, 1^-lf in. long. Stamens reaching to the tip 

 of the petals. Capsule ovoid, ^ in. long. Seeds angled by 

 pressure, not tailed either at the base or apex. 



Hab. Mexico ; province of Tabasco, Linden 1159 ! Discovered in 1840. 

 Introduced into cultivation before 1857. Described from a plant that flowered 

 at Kew, July, 1885. 



100. P. APHELANDEiEFLOKA Vcrschaff. ; Lemaire in 111. Hort. xvi. 

 Misc. 90. Pejmiia apkelandrcBflora Andre in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 5 

 (M.D.). — Stem slender, cylindrical, |-1 ft. long below the leaves. 

 Leaves 80-60, extending over 3-6 in. of the stem, linear, reflexing, 

 6-9 in. long, ^ in. broad, very acuminate, minutely serrated, green 

 on both sarfaoes. Peduncle obsolete. Flowers in a dense sub- 

 spicate raceme 4-6 in. long ; lower bracts linear, leaf-like, 2-3 in. 

 long. Sepals coral-red, glabrous, acute, i-f in. long. Petals 

 bright coral-red, 2| in. long, scaled at the base, convolute in a tube 

 to the tip. Stamens and style considerably exserted. 



Hab. Amazon valley, Barciquin. Introduced into cultivation by Linden 

 about 18G7. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in April, 1877, and a 

 specimen in the Paris Herbarium. 



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