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VRIESIA 



BBB. Lvs. marked with strong transverse bands. 



hieroglyphica, Morr. (Tilldndsia hieroglyphica, 

 Bull.)- Lvs. man}-, rosulate, stout, recurved, short- 

 acute, very strongly and irregularly marked and 

 banded with dark green above and brown-purple be- 

 neath: inflorescence paniculate, the bracts broadly el- 

 liptic-ovate, the fls. yellowish. Brazil. I. H. 31:514; 42, 

 p. 318. R.H. 1891:400. -A very striking and showy 

 plant. Sometimes known as a Massangea. 



F fiiJfiida, Hort., has been catalogued in this country. It is 

 a garden hybrid (V. incurvata X Duvali). It has short green 

 Ivs. and an exserted simple spike with distichous bright red 



VRIESIA 



imbricated bracts. I.H. 35:67. V. glaucophylla Hook is re 

 ferred to Tillandsia fascieulata. V. musdica, Cogn., is Guz- 



cussion under Tillandsia and Fig. 2515. 



L. H. B, 



VULNEKARIA. V. AtitlnjUis, Scop., is Anthyllis 

 Vulneraria, which see in Vol. I. The other Vulnerarias 

 are referred to the same genus. 



VYENOMUS is another spelling for Euonymus. 



2707. Vriesia carinata. 



