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slender, 2-3 in. long; bract-leaves with erect subulate points. 

 Flowers 6-12 in a dense simple multifarious spike ; flower-bracts 

 scariose, oblong, acute, bright red, ^-f in. long. Calyx -^in. long; 

 sepals oblong, acute. Petals white or violet, half as long again as 

 the calyx. Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Common in South Brazil. First gathered by Bowie & Cunningham 

 in 1817. Cuba, Wright 685 1 Martinique, Belanger 1 Trinidad, Schacht 1 

 Surinam, Regel 801. Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Shepherd, at Liver- 

 pool, in 1824. Anoplophytum amoenuvi E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1883, 265, t. 

 17 (M.D.), is a handsome variety with violet flowers, introduced by Glaziou. 

 Regnell 1250 ! has a long leafy stem with falcate leaves an inch long. 



171. T. Keameri Baker. Anoploj)Uytum Krameri E. Morren 

 (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves linear-subulate, 4-6 in. long, ^ in. 

 broad above the dilated base, moderately firm in texture, densely 

 finely lepidote all over, narrowed into a long slender point. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves with long 

 linear-subulate points. Inflorescence a dense simple multifarious 

 spike 1^-2 in. long; bower bracts oblong, acute, bright red, the 

 lower cuspidate. Calyx f in. long ; sepals acute. Petals violet, 

 half as long again as the calyx. 



Hab. Mountains of South Brazil. First gathered by Bowie & Cunningham 

 in 1817 ; Sello 1549 ! Blanchet 1764 ! Gardner 696 ! Glaziou 8498 1 



172. T. GLOBOSA Wawra in Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 170, t. 32, 

 fig. A. Anoplophytum undosum E. Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, linear- subulate, 6-9 in. long, 

 i in. broad above the dilated base, moderately firm in texture, 

 narrowed into a long slender point, finely lepidote all over. 

 Peduncle 3-6 in. long ; bract-leaves with long erect rigid points. 

 Inflorescence a moderately dense panicle 2-3 in. long ; lower 

 branch-bracts lanceolate with a long slender point; flower-bracts 

 lanceolate, bright red, i in. long. Calyx as long as the bract; 

 sepals acute. Petals violet, half as long again as the calyx. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of South Brazil, Burchell 1893 ! 3493 ! Gaudichaud 360 I 

 St. Hilaire 284 ! Wawra <£• Maly. Var. crinifolia Wawra t. 32, fig. b., has much 

 more slender leaves than the type 1 — 24th in. diam. low down. Introduced 

 into cultivation by Binot in 1879. 



173. T. FRAGRANS Andre Enum. 7. — Radical leaves subulate 

 from a dilated base, 6-8 in. long, densely argenteo-lepidote. Stem 

 curved ; bract-leaves spaced-oat, their tips setaceous. Panicle 

 dense, composed of 7-8 5-6 -flowered spikes ; branch-bracts ovate, 

 finely lepidote, the lower long-pointed ; flower-bracts lanceolate, 

 ^ in. long, finely lepidote. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals 

 lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla white, fragrant, f in. long ; petal- 

 limb broad. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Central Ecuador, alt. 8000 ft., Andre 4397. 



174. T. MERiDiONALis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 15. Anoplo- 

 phytum refulgens E. Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves about 

 30 in a dense rosette, lanceolate-acuminate, 6-7 in. long, ^ in. 

 broad above the dilated base, firm in texture, deeply channelled 

 down the lower part of the face, densely finely lepidote all over. 



