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Baker . — A Synopsis of the 
above the shortly adnate base. Flowers 10-12 in a cluster, 
yellowish-white, 2 in. long ; pedicels short ; bracts lanceolate, 
hairy, as long as the flowers. Staminode lanceolate. Bahia, 
Blanchet , 2984! Santarem, Spruce , 445! Bogota, Turner ! 
11. H. curtispatha, Peters, in FI. Bras. Ill, pt. 3, 15. Leaves not 
seen. Panicle pendulous ; rachis flexuose, pubescent ; branch- 
bracts ovate, deeply boat-shaped, spaced out on the rachis, 
glabrous, coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, 2 in. round at the base, the 
lower only reflexed. Flowers many in a cluster, under 2 in. 
long ; pedicels short ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, as long as the 
flowers, hairy on the back. Panama, Wagner ; Nicaragua, 
Seemann, 169 ! 
12. H. rostrata, Ruiz et Pav. FI. Peruv. t. 305. Whole plant 6-8 ft. 
long. Leaves oblong, acute, green and glabrous beneath, 
subcordate at the base, 2 ft. long. Panicle pendent, a foot 
long, 6-8 in. broad at the base ; rachis very flexuose, 
finely pubescent; branch-bracts 12-18, ovate, deeply boat- 
shaped, spaced out, all reflexed, glabrous, bright red with 
a greenish-yellow margin, 3-4 in. long by 2 in. broad above 
the base. Flowers many in a cluster, yellowish, 2 in. long ; 
bracts lanceolate, villose. Staminode small, spathulate. Peru, 
Pavon ! McLean ! 
Subgenus Stenochlamys. 
13. H. dasyantha, K. Koch et Bouchd, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1854, 
app. 12; Regel, Gartenfl. t. 198; Peters. FI. Bras. Ill, pt. 3, 
t. 3. Whole plant 5-6 ft. long. Leaves oblong, long-petioled, 
green and glabrous beneath, reaching a length of 2-3 ft., 
deltoid at the base. Panicle pendulous, from a long curved 
peduncle, above a foot long, 6-8 in. broad ; rachis flexuose, 
very hairy ; branch-bracts 7-8, lanceolate, shallowly boat- 
shaped, hairy outside, bright red with a green edge, the lower 
reflexed, 3-4 in. long, an inch round at the base and middle, 
the upper shorter, ascending. Flowers few in a cluster, hairy, 
yellow, 1 1 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the flowers. 
Staminode short, acute. Brasil, in woods at Maribi, Martius ; 
French Guiana, Leprieur. 
14. H. platystachys, Baker. Leaves very large, oblong, green and 
glabrous beneath, 3-4 ft. long, above a foot broad. Panicle 
