Tab. 7340. 

 DYCKTA Desmetiaxa. 



Native probably of Southern Brazil. 



Nat. Ord. Bromeliace-E. — Tribe PrrcAiRNiEiE. 

 Genus Dyckia, Schultes; (Benth, et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 667.) 



Dyckia Desmetiana, acaulis, foliis 20-30 dense rosnlatis ensiformibus crassis 

 rigidis bipedalibus facie obscure viridibus dorso subtihter striatis aculeis 

 marginalibus ascendentibus uncinatis, pedunculo elongato foliis pluribus 

 reductis prsedito, floribus in racemis laxis racemosis dispositis, pedicellis 

 brevibus crassis ascendentibus, bracteis ovatis parvis, sepalis ovatis 

 viridibus, petalis ovatis acuminatis rubris calyce duplo longioribus, 

 staminibus petalis distincte brevioribus filamentis applanatis, ovario 

 ovoideo stylo brevi apice stigmatoso tricuspidato. 



Bromelia Desmetiana, Hort. 



This new Dyckia differs from all the species previously 

 known by its red flowers. It has been in cultivation in the 

 Cactus house at Kew for several years, under the name of 

 Bromelia Desmetiana, but only flowered last February for 

 the first time, and proved to be not a Bromelia, but a 

 Dyckia. It was purchased several years ago at the sale of 

 the collection of the late Mr. J. T. Peacock, of Sudbury 

 House, Hammersmith, and, I believe, was procured by him 

 from De Smet, of Ghent. The Dyckias all inhabit the 

 South of Brazil and the neighbouring regions, and are 

 amongst the few Bromeliacese that require cool treatment. 

 Thirty-five species are now known, only a small proportion 

 of which have been brought into cultivation. 



Descr. — Acaulescent. Leaves twenty or thirty in a 

 dense rosette, ensiform, thick, rigid, recurving, two feet 

 long, two inches broad at the base, narrowed gradually to 

 a long point, dull green, and faintly striated on the face, 

 distinctly striated with green and white on the back ; 

 marginal prickles uncinate, ascending, pungent. Peduncle 

 two feet long, bearing many small, linear reduced leaves. 

 Panicle lax, rhomboid, two feet long ; racemes lax, the end 



February 1st, 1894. 



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