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Petals oblong-spathulate, blue, twice as long as the calyx, soon 

 fading and twisting up spirally. Capsule ovoid, as long as the 

 calyx, with 3 septicidal valves. 



Hab. Northern provinces of Chili, first noted by the late Mr. Miers in 

 1826. It was exhibited by Mr. A. B. Lambert in 1838, at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, and was again introduced by Mr. Mark Whyte in 1868, and has 

 been flowered since at Kew and by Messrs. Veitch and Tyerman. No descrip- 

 tion was ever given of Pourretia ruhricaulis, Miers Travels, ii. 531, but if a plant 

 so labelled, that flowered in the Chiswick Garden in 1839, be rightly named, it 

 is a mere form of this species. There are two excellent paintings of the plant 

 in Miss North's gallery, Nos. 25 and 26. 



124. P. Philippii Baker. Puya paniciilata Philippi in Linnaea, 

 xxxiii. 247. — Habit of P. ccenilea. Leaves ensiform, acuminate, 

 ^ in. broad above the dilated base, not white-lepidote beneath; 

 marginal prickles small. Lower branches of the panicle a foot 

 long, peduncled, not sterile towards the tip ; branch-bracts small ; 

 pedicels ascending, ^-1 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 small; sepals lanceolate, f in. long. Petals blue, twice as long 

 as the sepals, twisted after flowering. Capsule subglobose, shorter 

 than the sepals. 



Hab. Chili ; frequent in the province of Colchagua, PhiUpin ! I cannot 

 distinguish specifically a plant in Herb. BeroL, labelled by Philippi ''Puya 

 glahrata.'" 



125. P. STENOTHYKSA Baker. — Leaves not seen. Upper bract- 

 leaves with long rigid spine-edged points. Inflorescence a narrow 

 panicle with short dense branches ; branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, 

 serrated, glabrous, 2-2^ in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, an inch 

 long ; pedicels short, stout, erecto-patent. Sepals lanceolate, an 

 inch long. Petals twice as long as the sepals. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Sorata, Mandoii 1189 ! Near P. ccsrulea Benth. 



126. P. PASTOENsis Baker. — Leaves not seen. Liflorescence a 

 panicle with shortly peduncled oblong-cylindrical dense subspicate 

 branches 3-4 in. long ; rachises, calyx and bracts densely brown- 

 pubescent ; pedicels very short and stout ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 ^ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, f in. long. Petals twice as long 

 as the sepals. 



Hab. South Columbia ; Cordilleras of Pasto, alt. 5000 — 9000 ft., Lehmann 

 665 I Allied to P. venusta. 



127. P. Weddelliana Baker. — Habit of P. ccenilea. Leaves 

 ensiform, much shorter than the peduncle. Inflorescence a panicle 

 with short dense branches ; flower-bracts lanceolate, f in. long ; 

 pedicels floccose, J in. long. Sepals lanceolate, f in. long. Petals 

 blue, twisting up spirally, twice as long as the sepals. Upper 

 flowers of racemes abortive. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Tarija, Weddell 4001. Described from Weddell's 

 sketch and specimens in Mus. Paris. 



128. P. EusBYi Baker. — Habit of P. ccenilea . Leaves not seen. 

 Kacemes reaching a foot in length ; axes stout, floccose ; flower- 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, 1-1^ in. long ; pedicels reaching 1 in. 

 Sepals oblong-lanceolate, an inch long. Petals blue, twisting up 



