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Genera and Species of Museae . 
20. H. Burchellii, Baker. Whole plant 6-8 ft. long. Leaves 
oblong, green and glabrous beneath, the upper shortly-petioled, 
the lower i J-2 ft. long, 5 in. broad at the middle, rounded to 
the base. Peduncle long, glabrous, stiffly erect. Panicle 
subcernuous, J ft. long; rachis very flexuose ; branch-bracts 
7-8, rose-crimson, glabrous, all deflexed, lanceolate, the lower 
2 in. long, | in. round at the base. Flowers many in a cluster, 
golden-yellow ; pedicels pubescent, J in. long. Central Brazil ; 
between Retiro and Rio Grande, Burchett , 5623 1 Differs 
from acuminata and brasittemis by its very small deflexed 
branch-bracts. 
21. H. densiflora, B. Verlot, in Rev. Hort. 1869, 274, with coloured 
figure. Whole plant 1 J-2 ft. long. Leaves long-petioled, 
oblong, green and glabrous beneath, 4-5 in. broad, con- 
spicuously cordate at the base. Peduncle long, slender, 
glabrous. Panicle dense, deltoid, J ft. long ; rachis hidden, 
but little flexuose ; branch-bracts 5-6, lanceolate-acuminate, 
glabrous, bright scarlet, the lowest 6-7 in. long, 1-1J in. 
round at the base, the upper much smaller. Flowers 
1 J in. long, bright yellow with a black tip. French Guiana, 
sent by Melinon to the Jardin des Plantes at Paris about 
1869. 
22. H. hirsuta, Linn. fil. Suppl. 158. Whole plant 3-4 ft. long. 
Leaves oblong, acute, green and glabrous beneath, without 
any petiole except the sheath which clasps the stem, J-ift. 
long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, rounded to the base. 
Peduncle long, erect, hairy. Panicle 3-4 in. long ; rachis 
densely pubescent, flexuose ; branch-bracts 6-8, arcuate- 
ascending, bright red, pubescent outside, lanceolate-acuminate, 
the lowest the largest, 3-4 in. long, under an inch broad. 
Flowers 6-12 in a cluster, bright yellow, pubescent outside, 
1 J in. long. Staminode obovate-cuspidate. 
Var. H. cannoidea, L. C. Rich, in Nova Acta, XV, Suppl. 
tab. 9 and 10, fig. 2 ; Peters, in Mart. FI. Bras. Ill, pt. 3, tab. 8 ; 
H. vaginalis, Benth. Bot. Sulphur, 171 ; H. Richardiana, 
Miquel, in Linn. XVIII, 70 ; H. Swartziana, Schult. Syst. Veg. 
V, 591 ; H. psittacorum, Brit. Mag. t. 502 ; H. refrada, Mart. ; 
H. bicolor , Klotzsch, non Benth. Rachis, branch-bracts, pedicels 
and sepals nearly or quite glabrous. Throughout Tropical 
