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high, pubescent upwards; leaves lanceolate, a palm 
long, near an inch wide; bractes narrow ; peduncles 
*20-60, 1| inch, sometimes bracteate in the middle; 
perianth an inch long, purple, sepals cuneiform, 
petals spatulate. 
N. Leaves pubescent, flowers about an inch, few. 
34. Simplex. — PL 15. fig. 5. Spec. Matthews, 786. 
Herb. Hooker, misnamed by Mattli. tomentosa. 
Leaves 2^ inches long, ovate, above an inch wide ; 
involucral leaves very small ; peduncles five ; a 
small bracte thereon towards the middle ; perianth 
an inch long. This plant is much more allied to 
ovata of Cavanilles than to tomentosa, but it differs 
in having one-flowered peduncles, though the 
bractes indicate a disposition to form a secondary 
one. Found near Purruchuco in Peru. 
O. Leaves pubescent, flowers large, peduncles long. 
35. Crinita. — PL 15. fig. 4. Spec. Matthews, Peru, 
1664. Herb. Hooker. Stalk downy ; leaves 
harshly nerved, about 4 inches long, f wide, 
lanceolate, acute; petioles near i; involucral 
bractes an inch, like hairs or bristles ; peduncles 
ten, 6 inches long ; perianth 2 inches long, seem- 
ingly red and orange. 
P. Leaves pubescent, flowers large, crowded. 
36. Crocea. — Flor. Peruv. 3. 61. Stalk 18 feet high, 
smooth ; leaves linear, lanceolate, sessile, very 
acute, a palm and a half long, 4 lines wide ; invo- 
lucral bractes many, broader, but thrice shorter ; 
peduncles arcuate, downy; perianth 1^ inch, equal, 
saffron-coloured. In the woods at Chumpulla in 
the Peruvian province of Tarma. 
§§. 2. Perianth very unequal. 
Q. Leaves smooth, flowers large, crowded. 
37. Caldasiana. — Alstr. Caldasi. H. and B. Kuntli 3. 
283. Stalk smooth, leaves ovate, lanceolate, rather 
rigid, acuminate, 3-3 inches or longer, an inch 
wide or nearly ; peduncles l^inch, sepals tubercled 
at the point, scarlet, 9 lines long, petals much more 
than an inch, orange spotted with red; germen and 
