120 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACEyE. 



2 in. ; flower-bracts linear- oblong, shorter than the pedicels. 

 Sepals linear-lanceolate, 2 in. long. Petals narrow, | in. lon'^er 

 than the calyx, twisted after flowering. Capsule ovoid-trigonous, 

 acute. Seeds oblong, slightly arcuate, with a horny border on one 

 side. 



Hab. Ecuador ; rocks of San Jose, on the Pacific slope of Mt. Chimborazo, 

 alt. 8000—9000 ft., Andre 4019. Near P. ferruginea. 



117. P. SAMCT^-cRucis Baker. — Leaves rigid, ensiform, 2 ft. 

 long, an inch broad at the base of the blade, with only a few large 

 brown spines towards the base. Inflorescence a lax amnle panicle 

 with finely pubescent rachises ; lower branches 6-9 in. long ; 

 pedicels short, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, i~f in. 

 long. Sepals lanceolate, 1^ in. long. Petals blue, twisted, shortly 

 protruded. 



Hab, Bolivia ; department of Santa Cruz, Gastelnau ! (Herb. Mus. Paris). 

 Collected in 1847. Near P. megastachya and Fearcei. 



118. P. Pearcei Baker. — Whole plant 4-6 ft. high. Leaves 

 sessile, rosulate, ensiform, acuminate, 3-4 ft. long, 1t^— 2 in, broad 

 low down, tapering gradually to a long point, moderately rigid, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces, armed with large pungent 

 ascending slender brown horny spines. Panicle lax, ample, rhom- 

 boid ; rachises, pedicels and calyces tomentose ; racemes lax, sub- 

 secund, lower a foot long ; branch -bracts small, spine-edged ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, scariose, |— f in. long ; pedicels ^-^ in. 

 Sepals lanceolate, rigid, 1^-1^ in. long. Petals bluish-green. 



Hab. Andes of Peru ; valley below Corvico, alt. 3000—4000 ft. Pearce I 

 Gathered in May, 1866. Allied to P.Jioccosa and megastachya. 



119. P. MEGASTACHYA Baker. Puya Boezli E. Morren in Belg, 

 Hort. 1885, 80 (M.D.).— Caudex shortly produced. Leaves 50 or 

 more in a dense rosette, ensiform-acuminate, 2-25- ft. long, 1^ in. 

 broad above the dilated base, narrowed gradually to a long point, 

 green and glabrous on the face, densely persistently white-lepidote 

 on the back, armed with small ascending brown hooked spines. 

 Peduncle shorter tlian the leaves. Inflorescence an ample lax 

 rhomboid panicle 2-3 ft. long, with a stout floccose rachis and 

 numerous spreading lax-flowered racemose branches not more than 

 5-6 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, ^-f in. long ; pedicels 

 short, erecto-patent. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, whitish-pink, f in. 

 long. Petals dark blue, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. Introduced into cultivation by Koezl in 1873. 

 Allied to P. fioccosa. 



120. P. GUYANENSis Baker. Puya (jidaneiisis Klotzsch. AgaUo- 

 stachys guymiensis Beer. — Leaves ensiform, acuminate, rigid, above 

 2 ft. long, an inch broad low down, shining on the face, thinly 

 white-lepidote on the back, armed with small hooked spines. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; lower bract-leaves with long linear 

 rigid points. Liflorescence an ample panicle, with many spreading 

 spicate branches, the lower half a foot long ; rachises and bracts 

 thinly floccose ; lower branch-bracts rigid, spine-margined, 1^-2 in. 



