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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Phyllocladus 



ADVENTURE BAT PINE. 



rhomboidalis. 



ADVERSE. Opposite. 



2ECHMEA (from aichme, a point ; in reference to the 

 rigid points on the calyces, or flower-envelopes). Including 

 Pironneaua. OBD. Bromeliaceas. Very handsome stove 

 plants. Flowers scapose, panicled ; perianth six-cleft, three 

 outer segments eepaloid, longer than the three inner or 

 petaloid ones. Leaves ligulate or sword-shaped, sometimes 

 with marginal spines. The species thrive best in a well- 

 drained compost of rich fibrous loam and leaf mould 

 They like plenty of light, which may be afforded by 

 standing them on inverted pots, so as to raise their 

 heads well up above the surrounding plants. Propagation : 

 When the flower-spikes, which are sent up from the heart 

 or crown of the plant, die away, suckers or offsets are 

 produced near the base, and from these other flowers 

 appear the year after. If large plants are desired, these 

 suckers should be left to grow and spread around ; but to 

 produce single plants, the suckers must be taken off and 

 potted singly, in sharp soil, and then stood where they can 



FlO. 33. JiCHMEA FULGEN3. 



get a moist heat till rooted. To enable them to do this it 

 is necessary to strip off a few of the lower leaves, and trim 

 the bottom with a sharp knife, in order that it may heal 

 over and callus more readily than it otherwise would. 

 When rooted, the plants may be shifted into larger-sized 

 pots; but for single crowns 32-sized pots are large 

 enough, as the .plants, being epiphytal in their nature, 

 do not require much soil or any great supply of water, 

 except when growing freely or sending up their flower- 

 spikes. In winter, they should be kept rather on the dry 

 side, to induce partial rest. Water must not be allowed 

 to lie in the crown of the plant. 



calycnlata (calycled).* fi. bright yellow, tubular, with red 

 dish heads at the top of an erect scape. 



bracts, borne in close round __________ 



L strap-shaped, with the ends having the 

 cut off, but armed with a sharp spine. 

 SYN. Hoplophytum calyculatum. 

 JE. ccelestis (heavenly blue). 



irance of beiiii! 

 Brazil, IE 



JL sky-blue, in close pyramidal 



panicles, on erect scapes. Winter. I. ligulate, concave, spiny- 



edged, scaly beneath. Brazil, 1874. SYN. Hoplophytum cxlente. 



JE. ccerulescena (bluish), fl. bluish. h. 1ft. South America, 



1870. This pretty species is very attractive on account of the large 



jEchmea continued. 



dense head of deep blue and pure white berries which are pro- 

 duced in October. SYN. Lamprococcita ccerulescens. 



JE discolor (two-coloured-leaved).* fl. scarlet, borne on a loose, 

 branched panicle. June. I. broad, minutely toothed on the 

 margin, deep green above, and rather purplish beneath, h. 2ft. 

 Brazil, 1844. 



JE. disticnantha(two-rankod-flowered).* fl. sepals rose-coloured ; 

 petals bright purple; spikes densely clothed with bright red 

 bracts. I. long, glaucous, linear-oblong, tapering to a sharp point, 

 and distinctly armed with reddish brown spines. A. 1ft. South 

 Brazil, 1852. SYN. Billbergia polystachya. 



JE. exudans (exuding), fl. orange-coloured (exuding a white 

 greasy substance, whence the specific name) interspersed with 

 green bracts ; scape erect, with scattered crimson lanceolate bracts, 

 terminating in a dense head. I. oblong, spine-margined, grey- 

 coated. A. 2ft. West Indies, 1824. SYN. Hohenbergia capitata. 



JE. fasciata (banded).* fl. scape upright, clothed with leafy bracts 

 of a rosy-pink colour ; each of the pink blossoms in the dense 

 conical head is subtended by a narrow, spiny-edged, similarly- 

 coloured bract, longer than its own. I. broad, recurved, banded 

 with white. Rio Janeiro, 1826. SYN. Billbergia fasciata. Lasts 

 in perfection for a considerable length of time. 



JE/fulgens (glowing).* /. deep rich red, with a bluish tip, fifty 

 or more in a large branching panicle ; scape stout, erect, scarlet. 

 August, September. I. somewhat sword-shaped, terminating 

 rather abruptly. Cayenne, 1842. See Fig. 33. 



JE. Furstenbergi (Furstenberg's). A. rose ; flower spike dense, 

 with overlapping showy pink bracts. I. tufted, linear, spinous at 

 the edge, recurved. A. 1ft. Bahia, 1879. 



JE. glomerate (glomerate).* fl. violet ; scape erect, stout, Sin. to 

 lOin. high, with glomerate branches of crowded blood-red bracts. 

 I. oblong-ligulate, cuspidate, about 18in. long, dull green ; margin 

 with short wide-set spines. Bahia, 186a SYN. Hohenbergia ery. 

 throstachys. 



Si. hystrix (bristly).* fl. in very dense, oblong spikes ; floral 

 leaves and bracts scarlet. February. I. densely crowded, ascend- 

 ing, linear lanceolate, saw-toothed. A. 24ft. Cayenne, 1880. 



JE. Legrelllana (Legrell's). A synonym of Portea, Legrelliana. 



JE. Linden! (Linden's), fl. yellow, in dense terminal heads, with 

 lanceolate red bracts, shorter than the flowers. 1. linear-oblong, 

 rounded, apiculate ; margins saw-toothed ; habit tufted. A. 1ft. 

 South Brazil, 1864. 



JE. Marioo Regime (Queen Maria's).* fl. tipped with blue, chang- 

 ing to salmon colour with age, arranged compactly upon the 

 upper portion of the spike ; scape erect, about 2ft. high ; half the 

 length is clothed with large boat-shaped bracts, some 4in. long, 

 intensely rich rose-pink. June, July. 1. 18in. long, with a tufted 

 habit. Costa Rica, 1873. This is perhaps the best species. 



JE. Melinoni (Melinon's). fl, bright scarlet, tipped with pink, 

 cylindric; panicle dense, terminal. I. oblong, leathery, about 

 18in. in length, dark green ; margin spiny. South America. 



JE. Ortglesii (Ortgies 1 ). fl. red, on short spikes. I. numerous, 

 channelled, recurved, spongy, broad at the base, and tapering to 

 a point; stem short, gouty. Tropical America, 1860. SYN. 

 Ortgiesia tillandsioides. 



paniculigera (panicled). /.rose-coloured; petals projecting 



ng ; scape reddish, "downy; f 

 coloured. I. ligulate, shortly acuminate. West Indies, 



beyond the sepals, deep bright purple ; panicle 

 1ft. to 2ft. Ion 



ge, compound, 

 ; scape reddish, downy; rachides and bracts rose- 



(showy).* fl. rosy; calyx fleshy, ovate; corolla 

 I. spreading, channelled, ligulate, 2Jft. 

 Guatemala, 1875. 



lin. long, rosy crimson. 



long, 3in. to 4in. broad. 

 JE. Veltchli (Veitch's).* fl. scarlet; spike densely clothed with 



scarlet toothed bracts, closely investing flowers. I. tufted, 



leathery in texture, broadly strap-shaped, spotted, and minutely 



serrulate. A. 1ft. Columbia, 1877. SYN. Chevalliera Veitchii. 



2EGICERAS (from aix, a goat, and keras, a horn; 

 alluding to the shape of its fruit). OBD. Myrsineas. Small 

 trees, with obovate entire leaves. Flowers white, fra- 

 grant, in terminal or axillary umbels. For culture, see 

 Jacquinia. 

 JE. fragrans (fragrant), fl. white, fragrant ; umbels pedunculate, 



axillary, terminal April. I. obovate, margin undulated, and 



unequally dilated, veiny ; upper s * 



crescence. A. 6ft. New Holland, 

 JEGILOPS. See Quercus 

 .XGIPHIIiA (from aix, a goat, and philos, dear; a 

 favourite with goats). OBD. Verbenacece. Stove orna- 

 mental evergreen shrubs, generally with ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, smooth leaves ; and flowers in axillary and 

 terminal panicles. They require a rich sandy loam. Pro- 

 pagated from cuttings, which will root in sand, under a 

 glass, with bottom heat. 



surface covered with saline ex- 



1824. 



.1 (large-flowered).* fl. yellow, terminal, corymbose ; 

 corolla downy. November. Berry compressed, blue, I. verti- 



