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Hab. Porto Rico, Sintenis 1589 1 4712 1 6603 1 Jamaica, on St. Catherine's 

 Peak, alt. 4500 ft., Eggers 3624 1 



14. C. BRACTEOSA Andre Enum. 5. — Radical leaves not known. 

 Peduncle erect, under a foot long, furnished with many imbricated 

 lanceolate bract leaves. Spike dense, simple, 4-5 in. long, 2 in. 

 diam. ; flowers solitary in the axils of the obscurely-lepidote 

 oblong bracts, which are above 2 in. long. Calyx an inch long. 

 Corolla yellow, 3 in. long, with a tube gradually widening from tlie 

 base to the throat and oblong segments ^ the length of the tube. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla- segments. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador at Niebli, alt. 6000 ft., Andre 3805. 



15. C. Bertekoniana Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1229. Devillea 

 speciosa Bertero. — Leaves thin, lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, 1^ in. 

 broad above the dilated base. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves many, lanceolate, erect. Inflorescence a simple multi- 

 farious spike 6-8 in. long, not dense, each flower placed in the axil 

 of an ovate-lanceolate bract 2-2^ in. long. Calyx under an inch 

 long ; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla yellow, 2-2^ in. long : 

 tube subcylindrical ; segments oblong, obtuse, half as long as the 

 tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla-segments. 



Hab. Forests of Porto Rico, Bertero. 



16. C. Peacockii E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1885, 82 (M.D.).-^ 

 Acaulescent. Leaves about a dozen in a rosette, lanceolate, 1 ft. 

 long, 1^ in. broad above the dilated base, bright claret-purple on 

 both sides, conspicuously striped vertically on tlie back towards the 

 base. Peduncle covered with bright red bract-leaves ; upper 

 crowded round the densely spicate flowers. 



Hab. Probably Andine. Sent by the late Mr. J. T. Peacock, of Hammer- 

 smith, to Professor Morren, in 1879. 



17. C. AcoRiFOLiA Andre Enum. 6. — Radical leaves linear, 

 18-20 in. long, |-J in. broad at the middle. Pedurcle nearly as 

 long as the leaves. Panicle 6-8 in. long, composed of 6-8 dense 

 erecto-patent cylindrical spikes 1|~2 in. long ; lower branch-bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, upper ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, a little 

 longer than the calyx. Calyx trigonous, arcuate, as long as the 

 corolla-tube. Corolla-tube narrow, cylindrical ; segments very 

 short, acute. Filaments very short. Capsule above ^ in. long. 



Hab. South Andes of Columbia ; Rio Nembi, alt. 3000 ft., Andre 3396. 



18. C. ? viTTATA Baker. Bonapartea vittata Mart ; Roem. et 

 Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 1198. Massangea vittata E. Morren. 

 — Leaves ensiform-acuminate from a ventricose ovate base, 1-1^ ft. 

 long, 2 in. broad at the base, an inch at the middle, lepidote 

 beneath, marked with purple transverse bands ^-^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle simple, 1^-2 ft. long. Spikes 3, dense, congested ; 

 branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, as long as the spikes ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, ^-| in. long. Calyx ^ in. long ; sepals obtuse. 

 Petal-blade oblong, white, ^ in. long. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals. 



Hab. Amazon valley near Para, I\lnrtins. 



