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1-11 in. long. Calyx-tube red, cylindrical, IJ in. long ; segments 

 ovate, acute, imbricated, falcate, f in. long. Corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, an inch long ; segments oblong, J in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador; forests of Pastassa, alt. 6000—6000 ft., Pearce 

 416 ! Gathered before 1867. 



6. S. DissiTiFLORA Andrc Enum. 5. — Leaves lanceolate, narrowed 

 into a long setaceous point, the lower 4-5 in. long, the upper 

 growing gradually shorter. Flowers 7-8 in a very lax spike ; 

 bracts ovate, obtuse, obscurely mucronate, nearly as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx above an inch long ; segments oblong, obtuse, as 

 long as the tube. Corolla not seen. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Cordilleras of South-western Columbia, in the valley of the Kio 

 Nembi, Andre 3339, bis. 



7. S. Andreana Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 57. — Stems i in. diam. 

 Leaves linear from a clasping ovate base, spaced out, 6-8 in. long, 

 ■J in. broad low down. Flowers 5-6 in a dense terminal head ; bracts 

 ovate or oblong, bright red, the inner an inch long. Calyx 1^ in. 

 long ; tube cylindrical-trigonous ; segments obovate, as long as the 

 tube, J in. broad. Corolla not seen. Capsule-valves lanceolate, an 

 inch long. 



Hab. New Granada ; Antioquia, alt. 6000—7000 ft., Lehmann 1 (Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.). 



A plant, without flowers, amongst the Morren drawings, 

 gathered by Pfau in Chiriqui, marked Pepinia insignis, is most likely 

 a Sodiroa. It has shorter and broader leaves than any of the fore- 

 going, with a lax inflorescence and bright red acuminate bracts. 



28. Caraguata lAndl. 

 (including Schlumhergeria E. Morren). 



Sepals erect, imbricated, shortly connate at the base. Corolla 

 gamopetalous ; segments oblong, shorter than the cylindrical tube. 

 Stamens inserted at the throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments short ; 

 anthers free. Ovaru free, ampullseform, 3-celled ; style long ; 

 stigmas linear, twisted. Capsule oblong-trigonous, coriaceous, 

 dehiscing septicidally into three lanceolate valves. Seeds numerous, 

 narrow, with a long funiculus, which breaks up into fine threads. 

 — Acaulescent, with leaves in a dense rosette. Inflorescence very 

 various. Habit and leaves of Tillandsia, from which it only differs 

 by its gamopetalous corolla. 



Subgenus Caraguata proper. — Corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Filaments and corolla-segments short. 



Liflorescence capitate .... Sp. 1-5. 

 Liflorescence a simple spike or raceme . Sp. 6-16. 

 Inflorescence panicled .... Sp. 17-27. 



Subgenus Massangea. — Corolla shorter than the calyx. 



Sp. 28. 



