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an ovate base ; flower-bracts green, ovate, f in. long. Calyx green, 

 glabrous, 1-1|- in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 

 straw-white, a little longer than the calyx ; segments oblong, half 

 as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla-segments. 

 Style a little exserted. 



Hab. Country unknown. Introduced into cultivation by Linden before 

 1857. 



36. C. viREscENS Baker. Schlumhergeria virescens E. Morren, 

 Belg. Hort. 1879, 225, 360, 1. 19. S. Roezlii E. Morren, Belg. Hort. 

 1878, 311 (M.D.); Antoine in Oester. Bot. Zeits. 1882, 277, with 

 figure. Pui/a virescens Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4991. Pitcairnia 

 virescens K. Koch. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 30, lorate, 1^-2 ft. 

 long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, plain 

 green, with only a few brown spots towards the base, not lepidote. 

 Peduncle slender, as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves small, distant, 

 adpressed. Panicle of 2-4 moderately dense peduncled branches 

 G-9 in. long; branch-bracts small, ovate; flower bracts green, 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx an inch long, green ; segments 

 lanceolate. Corolla white, half-an inch longer than the calyx ; 

 segments spreading, oblong. Stamens nearly as long as the corolla- 

 lobes. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, alt. 10,000—13,000 ft., Roezl 105, 106, Flowered at 

 Kew in 1857, after which it was lost, and introduced again in 1878. 



37. C. LiNDENi Baker. Scldumherqeria Lindeni E. Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1883, 121, t. 10-12 (M.D.). Massangea Lindeni Andre 

 in 111. Hort. 1878, 55, t. 309. — Acaulescent. Leaves 20-30 in a 

 dense rosette, lorate, 2-2|- ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, 

 marked with very conspicuous transverse bands of green or red- 

 brown all over on both sides. Peduncle overtopping the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a narrow lax 

 panicle 3-4 ft. long, composed of many short ascending dense 

 spikes ; branch-bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, variegated, like the 

 leaves ; flower-bracts ovate, green, f in. long. Calyx as long as the 

 bract. Corolla white, ^ in. longer than the calyx. Stamens not 

 exserted. 



Hab. Andes of Northern Peru. Introduced by Linden. First exhibited at 

 Ghent in 1878. 



38. C. ScHLUMBERGERii Baker. Schhunhergeria Morreniana E. 

 Morren in Belg. Hort. 1883, 46, t. 4-6 (M.D.). Massangea Morren- 

 iana Hort. Linden. — Leaves about 30 in a dense rosette, lorate, 

 3-6^ ft. long, 2-21 in. broad at the middle, plain green on the face, 

 marked on the back with copious transverse vermiform lines of red- 

 brown, not lepidote, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle stout, 

 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated. Panicle of about 5 

 dense multifarious oblong congested spikes 1^-2 in. long ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, red-brown, |-1 in. long. Calyx an inch long, whitish ; 

 segments oblong. Corolla pale yellow, 2 in. long ; segments 

 lingulate, rather shorter than the cylindrical tube. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla-lobes. 



