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9. C. Melinonis E. Morren. Guzmamda MeJinoki Eegel 

 Gartenfl. 1885, 116. — Leaves densely rosulate, lorate, a foot long, 

 1^-2 in. broad, thin, flexible, green above, tinged with brown 

 beneath. Peduncle shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a dense 

 simple multifarious oblong spike 3 in. long ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 red, 1^ in. long. Calyx half as long as the corolla. Corolla yellow, 

 1| in. long ; segments oblong, ^ the length of the tube. Anthers 

 nearly sessile at the throat of the corolla-tube, not connate. 



Hab. French Guiana. Introduced into cultivation by Melinon in 1879. 

 Habit of Guzmania enjthrolepis. 



10. C. coRiosTACHYA GHseb. in Gottmg. Naclit. 1864, 21. — 

 Leaves lanceolate, 1^ ft. long. Peduncle as long as the leaves. 

 Inflorescence a dense oblong spike 8-4 in. long ; bracts round- 

 deltoid, coriaceous, 8-10 lines broad. Calyx as long as the corolla- 

 tube ; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube clavate ; segments 

 oblong, obtuse, half as long as the tube. Alternate anthers longer 

 than their filaments. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, alt. 4000 ft., Fendler 2167. 



11. C. FuERSTENBEEGiANA Kircli. et Wittm. in Berlin Garten- 

 zeit. 1883, 299, with coloured figure. — Leaves about 15 in a rosette, 

 lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, without spots or stripes. Peduncle 

 much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves numerous, short, 

 ascending, ovate-lanceolate, lower green, upper bright red. Inflor- 

 escence a simple multifarious spike 2-3 in. long ; bracts broad 

 ovate, bright red. Calyx oblong; segments lanceolate, twice as 

 long as the tube. Corolla whitish, 1^ in. long; segments much 

 shorter than the cylindrical tube. Stamens half as long as the 

 corolla-segments. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Lehmann 187. Discovered by Koezl. Flowered 

 in the collection of Hrince Fuerstenberg at Donauschingen in 1883. Now 

 placed by Dr. Wittmack in Guzmania. 



12. C. GRANDiFLORA Bakcr. — Leaves densely rosulate, thin, 

 lanceolate, subglabrous, narrowed to the point, 1-1-| ft. long, 

 1-1|- in. broad at the middle. Peduncle much shorter than the 

 leaves. Inflorescence a dense multifarious spike 3-4 in. long, 

 1^-2 in. diam. ; bracts ovate, bright red, much imbricated, 1|~2 in. 

 long, an inch broad. Calyx much shorter than the bract ; sepals 

 obtuse. Corolla 1| in. longer than the calyx, bright yellow ; 

 segments linear-oblong, f in. long. Anthers linear, ^ in. long, not 

 united. Capsule 2 in. long, ^ in. diam., tapering to the point. 



Hab. Forests of Porto Rico, Shitenis All ! 1577 ! 2765 ! 2970 ! Closely 

 resembles G. tricolor and erythrolepis in habit, but the anthers are not united. 



13. C. SiNTENEsii Baker. — Leaves densely rosalate, lanceolate 

 from an ovate base, ^-1 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, 

 obscurely lepidote. Peduncle ^ ft. long ; bract-leaves large, lan- 

 ceolate. Inflorescence a lax spike -| ft. long ; bracts ovate, bright 

 red, 2-4 in. long ; flowers usually 2 sessile in the axil of each bract. 

 Sepals oblong, obtuse, f-1 in. long. Corolla-tube cylindrical, as 

 long as the calyx ; segments small, oblong, bright yellow. Capsule 

 IJ in. long. 



