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the epiphytic Tillandsia which, like tropical Orchids, live 

 on trees, and often have the bases of the leaves filled with 

 water, which has proved serviceable to men and animals. 

 T. acaulis zebrina and T. splendens are remarkable for their 

 singular transversely-streaked foliage. 

 To this order belong : 



Aechmea coelestis Karatas rutilans 

 coerulescens tristis 



,, conglomerata Ortgiesia legrelliana 

 distacantha, var. tillandsioides 



Schumbergeri Quesnelia cayennensis 

 exudans wittmackiana 



pineliana Rhodostachys pitcairniaefolia 



Guzmannia devansayana Tillandsia dianthoidea 

 Karatas carolinae fenestralis 



,, innocentii variegata lindeni, var. anceps 



johannis morreni 



,, makoyana ,, parabaica 



,, princeps tessellata 



Among the other pot plants are some fine Caladiums^ 

 and several members of the SCITAMINEAE or Ginger Order, 

 among which Hedychium coronarium is related to H. spicatum, 

 the source of abir, the scented powder of the Hindus. 



No. 7. THE SMALL STOVE-HOUSE 



On entering the Small Stove-house the first plants which 

 attract the visitor's eye are- the grotesque Pitcher Plants, of 

 which we have a good collection in hanging baskets. Each 

 of the leaves terminates in a pitcher, having a lid at top. 

 These pitchers contain a considerable quantity of fluid which, 

 as Daubeny rightly argued, is secreted by the plant, and is 

 not necessarily derived from without. By means of this pitcher- 

 liquid, the plant is enabled to vary its diet by adding an 

 occasional fly to its menu. 



Professor Vines has been able to show that in the case 



