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ovate-lanceolate, red or red-green, 1-2 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 small, red, ovate. Calyx red or yellow, i-f in. long ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla yellowisli-wbite, balf as long again as tbe 

 calyx. 



Hab. New Granada; Mount Quindio, alt. 8000—10000 ft., Andre 2228, 

 Lehmann 3660. 



24. C. MULTiFLORA Andre Enum. 6. — Leaves densely rosulate, 

 lanceolate, 2-2f ft. long, 2 in. broad, narrowed gradually to tbe 

 point, pale green often tinged with red towards tbe edge. Peduncle 

 longer tban tbe leaves; lower bract-leaves elongated. Inflores- 

 cence a lax panicle a foot long, composed of about 16 erecto-patent 

 branches 1-1|- in. long; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, reddish, the 

 lower as long as the branches ; spikes not dense ; flower-bracts 

 oblong, "I in. long. Calyx as long as the flower-bract, yellow. 

 Corolla white, half as long again as the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia ; Cauca near Pasto, &c., alt. 6000 — 9000 ft., Andre 

 2970, Lehmann 2887. 



25. C. Zahnii Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6059.— Leaves 20-30 to 

 a rosette, thin, lanceolate, falcate, l-l^ ft. long, 1-1^ in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed gradually to the point, not lepidote, often 

 tinged with bright red, conspicuously striped vertically with red- 

 brown on both sides towards the base. Peduncle about as long as 

 the leaves ; many upper bract-leaves large, lanceolate, bright red. 

 Inflorescence a dense panicle 3-4 in. long, with a few short dense 

 erecto-patent multifarious spikes ; branch-bracts small, ovate, 

 acuminate, yellow tipped with red ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 

 yellow, as long as the calyx. Calyx above \ in. long ; sepals lan- 

 ceolate, free down nearly to the base. Corolla yellow, an inch 

 long; segments oblong, obtuse, half as long as the tube. Fila- 

 ments very short. 



Hab. Mountains of Chiriqui ; sent home by Zahn to Messrs. Veitch about 

 1870, and regathered by Pfau in 1883. 



26. C. CANDELABRUM Andre Enum. 6. — Stoloniferous, with 

 several floriferous stems radiating^ from a centre. Eadical leaves 

 lorate, glabrous, 16-18 in. long, above 3 in. broad. Peduncle 

 2-3 ft. long, bright red, as are the bracts and calyx ; lower bract- 

 leaves elongated, upper short. Panicle lax, narrow, 16-20 in. 

 long, composed of several spaced-out spikes 2-2|- in. long, usually 

 trifid at the base ; branch-bracts small, ovate, acute ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, acute, half as long as the calyx. Calyx arcuate ; sepals 

 acute, connate halfway up. Corolla white, an inch long ; tube as 

 long as the calyx ; segments ovate, \ in. long. Stamens half as 

 long as the corolla-lobes. 



Hab. Southern Andes of Columbia, Andre 2963. 



27. C. MAGNiFicA Hort. (M.D.). — Leaves 30 in a rosette, pliable, 

 lanceolate, above a foot long, lJ-2 in. broad, tinged with claret- 

 brown. Peduncle much overtopping the reflexing leaves. Inflor- 

 escence a panicle Ij— 2 ft. long, with many dense erecto-patent 

 multifarious branches ; flower-bracts ovate-lanceolate, red-yellow, 



