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19. C. vioLACEA Andre Enum. C. — Radical leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, a foot long, above an inch broad at the middle, nearly naked. 

 Peduncle weak, curved, under a foot long ; bract-leaves many, long, 

 lanceolate. Inflorescence a moderately dense narrow panicle ^ ft. 

 long, formed of several short distichous 3-4-flowered spikes, the 

 lower much shorter than the ovate-lanceolate branch-bracts ; 

 flower-bracts deltoid, the lower ^ in. long. Calyx longer than the 

 bract ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla violet, under an inch long ; 

 segments oblong, ^ in. long. Filaments just longer than the 

 anthers. 



Hab. Southern Andes of Ecuador, Andre 2746. 



20. C. GLORiosA Andre Enum. 5. — Radical leaves not seen. 

 Peduncle very robust ; bract-leaves many, lorate, reaching a foot 

 in length, bright red in the middle. Panicle narrow, dense, made 

 of several clusters of sessile flowers which are quite hidden by the 

 deltoid branch-bracts, which reach a length of 4-5 inches and are 

 green at the base, golden-yellow in the middle and scarlet at the 

 tip ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, 1^ in. long. Calyx as long as the 

 bract, with a short tube and oblong acute segments. Corolla 

 yellow, under 2 in. long ; segments very short. Filaments shorter 

 than the anthers. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador near Quito, alt. 6000 ft., Andre 3791. 



21. C. MosQUER^ Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 58. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate from a large ovate base, 1 ft. long, 1^ in. broad 

 at the base of the blade, thinly lepidote on the back, narrowed 

 gradually to the point. Peduncle rather shorter than the leaves. 

 Inflorescence a dense panicle, 4-5 in. long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 lower 3 in. long, upper ovate, an inch long, with several flowers 

 crowded in the axis of each. Calyx-segments oblong, obtuse. 

 Corolla yellow, about an inch long ; segments oblong, half as long 

 as the tube. Anthers sessile at the throat of the corolla-tube. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia ; Cauca, alt. 8000 ft., Lehrnann 3636 ! 



22. C. MoRRENiANA Andre in Rev. Hort. 1887, 12, with coloured 

 figure. — Leaves 30-40, densely rosulate, lanceolate, 16-20 in. long, 

 2 in. broad, green tinged with red-violet, faintly striated vertically. 

 Inflorescence a congested panicle with a short stem (4-6 in. long) 

 in the centre of the rosette of leaves, about 3 in. diam. ; branch- 

 bracts ovate, bright red, each subtending several flowers ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, obtuse, red-yellow, as long as the calyx. Calyx about 

 an inch long. Corolla bright yellow ; tube above an inch long ; 

 sepals oblong, nearly ^ in. long. Stamens much shorter than the 

 corolla- segments. 



Hab. Southern Andes of New Granada, Andre. Discovered by M. Andre 

 in 1876, and introduced by him into cultivation. 



23. C. Van-Volxemi Andre in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 326 (M.P.). 

 — Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, thin, lanceolate, plain green, 

 2-2|-ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves erect, green, much imbricated. Inflores- 

 cence a narrow panicle 1 ft. long, with a bright red rachis ; spikes 

 many, short, erecto-patent, multifarious ; branch-bracts ovate or 



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