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years. Thirty years ago there was a large plant in the 
Victoria regia House, where it was grown in a pot over 
the lily tank. The plant from which the material for 
our figure has been derived was raised as an offset from 
the original plant and was about thirty years old when 
it flowered in the Mexican Section of the Temperate 
House, Kew, in May, 1912, dying down soon afterwards. 
It is of interest to note that in July, 1912, another plant 
of the same species flowered in the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Glasnevin. A sufficient supply of seeds has 
been matured so that it has been possible to raise a 
stock of young plants. 7. Regina belongs to the section 
Vriesia, which differs from Tillandsia proper in having 
scales at the base of the petals within. The only species 
with which it has been confused is 7. imperialis, C. H. 
Wright, which is readily distinguished by the flowers 
being secundly disposed on the branches. There is 
another species of the same section, even more closely 
allied to 7. Regina, which has been figured at t. 8192 of 
this work. The species in question, 7. Slokii, Hort., is 
however, easily recognised by its leaves with red blotches 
and its blood-red bracts. : 
Description.—Herb of large size, stemless. Leaves 
about 30, rosulate, lorate from an ovate base, acuminate, 
recurved, glaucous, densely finely lepidote beneath, 
34-44 ft. long, 3-4 in. wide. Peduncle 3} ft. high, 
- densely clothed with bracts recurved at the tips, 
gradually diminishing upwards; panicle 3} ft. long; 
bracts at the base of the panicle-branches elliptic-ovate, 
acuminate, 3} in. long, 14 in. wide, with rose-coloured 
margins ; bracteoles ovate-deltoid, concave, acute, 1} in. 
long, } in. wide. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 14 in. long, 4 in, 
wide. Petals oblong, obtuse, white or yellow, 34 in. long, 
over } in. wide; basal scales 2 in. long, } in. wide. 
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Filaments 35 in. long; anthers linear. Ovary conical. 
Fig. 1, a petal, showing the basal scales; 2, an anther; 3, ovary; 4, stigma; 
5, sketch of the entire plant :—all enlarged except 5, which is eal A voile 
