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shorter than the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade small, 

 oblong. 



Hab. Eastern Cuba, C. Wright 479 ! Introduced by Linden in 1852. 



3. G. Kranzliniana Wittm. m Engl. Jahrb. xi. G2. — Leaves 

 spread densely over a stem 3-4 in. long, lanceolate from an ovate 

 base, 4-5 in. long, ^ in. broad above the base, tapering gradually to 

 the point. Peduncle short. Flowers few, arranged in a capitulum 

 overtopped by ovate-lanceolate bright red bracts, which are 1-3 in. 

 long. Calyx -^ in. long. Corolla white, under an inch long. 



Hab. New (jranada ; province of Cauca, alt. 6000 — 7000 ft., Lehmann 3325 I 



4. G. Seemanni Baker. — Stem more or less produced below the 

 dense rosette. Leaves 12-20 in a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate 

 base, 3-4 in. long, J-J in. broad at the base of the blade, tapering 

 gradually to the point, thin, obscurely lepidote. Peduncle shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers 6-10 in a dense distichous spike 1-2 in. 

 long ; bracts broad ovate, red, compressed laterally, many-ribbed, 

 |— I in. long. Calyx i in. long; sepals much imbricated, oblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla-segments very short, obtuse. 



Hab. Ecuador ; province of Loja, Seemann 898 ! Lehmann 1 Discovered 

 by Dr. Seemann in 1847. 



5. G. cRisPA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 173. — Leaves 30-40 in 

 a dense rosette, linear from a dilated base, 2-3 in. long, thin, 

 recurved, much crisped, ^ in. broad at the base of the blade. 

 Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Flowers 6-15 in a dense distichous spike ^-1 in. long ; bracts 

 green, broad ovate, minutely cuspidate, |- in. long. Calyx rigid, 

 ^ in. long; sepals free to the base, oblong, obtuse, much imbri- 

 cated. Petals not seen. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. New Granada ; Ocana, Purdie 1 Antioquia, Lehmann I 



30. Catopsis Griseb. 

 {Pogospermum Brong. ; Tussacia Klotzsch). 



Sepals free to the base, oblong, obtuse, imbricated. Petals free to 

 the base, with only a short blade exserted from the calyx. Stamens 

 shorter than the calyx, 3 hypogynous, 3 inserted on the claw of the 

 petals. Ovary 3-celled ; style and stigmas very short. Capsule 

 ovoid, septicidally 3-valved. Seeds with a short funiculus and long 

 flexuose appendage broken up into fine threads. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves lorate or lanceolate, thin, nearly naked. Spikes simple or 

 panicled, not strictly distichous. Petals white or yellow. All the 

 species are closely allied to one another. 



Flowers small .... Sp. 1-4. 



Flowers middle-sized . . . Sp. 5-13. 

 Flowers large for the genus . . Sp. 14-15. 



1. C. iNcoNSPicuA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 174. — Pago- 

 spermum inco7ispimmm Brong. — Leaves thin, lorate, falcate. Ped- 

 uncle short. Spike simple, few-flowered ; flower-bracts ovate. 



