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Linn. 6.51. Spec. Herb. Lamb. Ovata, B. M. 2848 ? 
Stem about 7 feet high ; leaves 4 or 5 inches long, 
lanceolate, acuminate, with a harsh pubescence 
underneath ; peduncles 5-7, 1-3-flowered, 4-6 
inches long ; sepals red ; petals green spotted with 
red ; stamens, germen, and base of the petals, 
pubescent. Between Mexico and Tingello on the 
road to Tolucca. This fine plant thrives well in 
England at the foot of a south wall, or against the 
front of a greenhouse, with the precaution of pour- 
ing a small heap of sawdust or coal-ashes over it in 
the winter to keep the frost from the root. It lies 
at rest through the winter, and late in the spring 
the shoots rise like asparagus. It ripens its seed, 
unless the season is very unfavourable. — Chili? 
10. Latifolia. — Flor. Per. 3. 64. t. 295. Leaves a palm 
wide, a palm and half long; peduncles 7-14, a 
palm long, bracteate ; perianth above an inch long; 
sepals red tipped with green, petals green speckled 
and streaked with purple. In Peru on the hills 
near Atiquipa called Lomas. 
11. Cordifolia. — Flor. Per. 3. 64. t. 290. Stalk 2-3 
yards high ; leaves 4 inches long, nearly 3 wide, 
petiole three lines, peduncles six ; involucral leaves 
ovate, lanceolate, acuminate; perianth an inch long, 
yellowish red ; germen a little downy. In the 
woods of the Andes of Peru by the road ofPozuzo. 
12. Grandifolia. — H. and B. Kunth, 3. 285. Differs 
from cordifolia in a ^narrower leaf, longer petiole, 
shorter peduncles and leaves, not alternate. The 
colour of the flower is not perfectly ascertained, and, 
as it is the native of a hotter climate, it is probably 
distinct. 
13. Ovata. — Var. 1. Cavanillesiana. Cavanilles ic. p. 54. 
76. Leaves alternate, with the edge revolute ; pe- 
duncles about five, two-flowered, bracteate at the 
fork ; sepals bright red tipped with green ; petals 
green speckled with black. In Peru. 
Var. 2. Tatiana. — PI. 15. fig. 3. Specim. Mexico. Herb. 
Hooker. Cervantes Mexico. Herb. Lambert. Leaves 
3| inches long, li broad, ovate, acutely acuminate ; 
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