Tas. 6329, 
ZECHMEA (Cunvartiera) Veitchii. 
Native of New Granada. 
Nat. Ord. Bromeniacem.—Tribe ANANASSER, 
Genus Aicumea, Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peru. tab. 264. 
Ecumea (Chevalliera) Veitchii ; acaulis, stolonifera, foliis 12-15 loratis rigide co- 
riaceis pedalibus vel sesquipedalibus facie glabris viridibus dorso prorsus albo- 
lepidotis haud zonatis margine dentibus crebris minutis brunneis armatis, 
scapo pedali bracteis pluribus viridibus firmis lanceolatis adpressis dentatis 
predito, floribus in capitulum densum oblongum dispositis, bracteis 
squarrosis dentatis cartilagineis splendide rubris calyce paulo longioribus, 
ovario inquilateraliter globoso facie exteriori magis convexo, sepalis 
lanceolato-deltoideis acutis haud mucronatis ovario longioribus, petalis 
pallidis parvis lingulatis, genitalibus sepalis subequilongis, staminibus 
petalinis basi squamulis parvis preeditis. 
CuHEvALLIERA Veitchii, Morren in litt. 
This is a very fine new Bromeliad, discovered by Gustave 
Wallis in New Granada in 1874, and introduced this present 
year into cultivation by Messrs. Veitch. It is closely allied 
to the Costa-rican ichmea Marice-regine of Wendland, and 
belongs tothe section Chevalliera, which was proposed asa genus 
by Gaudichaud (Atlas, Voy. de la Bonite, tab. 61-62), and has 
been maintained as such by Grisebach and Morren. Chevalliera 
differs from Hohenbergia, under which most of the cultivated 
Aichmeas fall, by the heads being so tightly packed that the 
ovary and calyx have become unequal-sided by pressure, 
instead of remaining symmetrically globose, and both 
Chevalliera and Hohenbergia recede from the original species 
of Aichmea by their central inflorescence and shorter and less 
protruded petals and stamens. In addition to these, [ am 
_ disposed to look upon Hoplophytum, Pothuava, Pironneava, 
Canistrum and Ortgiesia as mere sections of Auchmea. 
NOVEMBER lst, 1877. f 
