Seen Waltoni. (G. C. 1887, i. | | ohne drakona.. (R. H. 1888, 
11.) G. Garden variety. BES 1888, 650; . W. G. 1888 
? 
| 432.) s . plant, = a rosette of 
Alaia Pi. tad 2. n aa | eee ty ree Fai te bead” a 
i. ane 884, 9. 3. : P ? 
pele ‘with angular, tripinnate, | nennt. com me a: ee se 
glaprous seas pinne stalk , ovate straight A sat 4, green 
the l pair oblong - triangular ; : j ; 
pinnules stalked, the lower one - isr Pe operert Ees ee aa 
upper 5 S with ns on ees at the base, red ab and covered 
its angai black, shining. Anga hina O a e ones ng. 
pee b lax. T escai calyx glabrous, bright 
rose; corolla 1} in, long, bright blue. 
wer Williamsii. CG 20. Pane iaae ea 
. fern, somethin 
n the 
a ol 4. hilense, ‘Stipe Save RAEN, Achmea flexuosa. (G. C. 1887, i. 8.) 
aes 
eek ie abri pe ate g gh rae ee S. aax of the pera EN oe nee 
with a rosette of 20-30 large horn 
et ar, with t oblong- zenitorm aarian San: broad, bright. green afr Ae 
W ; prickles small and pale, Fl.- 
stem about 3 igh ; panicle lax, 
— PAA, Ce C. 1896, xix. ovate, with zigzag ultimate branchlets., 
40.) Ranunculaceæ A pretty Fl. distant, sessile glabrous; calyx 
Ta with ee i vided 1 "and yellow and ovary pale pink; pet. bright red. 
fl. about 2 in. in diameter. Ma nd- [Now identified with E. spectabilis, 
shuria. Brongn n. | 
— vernalis ipao. (4. U. 1879, eres i ncrseenbere. (B. ai, vie 
620, ith 
arfer and wit 2, pecies, with 1 
asa ‘than fr on A aL Tt. long, ee a 
on the gins, green. Panicle large, 
Aechmea Barlesi. (0. C 1983, xx. 102.) |- Tense, sessile, cone- or spike-like, 
Pismeliaicat: A large plant, with en apei -N = at 
a rosette of 8 9 lorate-ensiform green A mealy 2 pekes anok 5 
hast long and g in: iria, Baniy its axil - ‘fl. dis ichous, about 9 on each 
eo a e o a he branch. with BREA ured bracteoles. 
Fl.-stem central, paniculately Be 
branched, the —— on the lower part — 
red, the upper part green. FI. ee 
distichous, calyx with a lobo mealy Æchmea Glaziovii. (R. //. 1881, 100: 
tube, oe pale yellow. British B. H. 1880, 240.) S. A pretty 
cra ies p heat: 
of the genus, with a rosette o 
Achmea brasiliensis. (Gj. t.1202) | bout 40 Jorate channelled arched 
E RTA ous L. wi nute distant 
o ae pase chiens ing, : spines on rgins. Scape shor 
spreading 1l., 2 to 3 ft. long, spiny on ti ey ee age 
p a8 bright Sam ni eas cuspidate, rosy ; fl. purplish. Rio 
mealy beneath. Fl.-stem ut 3 ft 
“high bright red as well as the bracts 
and oa calyces of the blue fl. which are Achmea Hystrix. (4. H. issv, 91.) 
disposed i ina vie pike: like panicle. S. With numerous spreading rigid 
i inescent 1. 
2-3 ft. long, greyish beneath. Scape 
nearly as long as the l., covered with 
st oi a 2 Seat eee a vt) B. smooth unarmed scarlet bracts. Fl. 
teal ded hs teed. same mu oron onae i at violet, Song Jae in a dense oval spike, 
the a too at Cayen 
apex. Infi. rather Moci a Lalindei. (Zi/. H. ages, t 
than the l. The scape a Aer 1; Fl. and P. 1883, 57.) S. A plant 
sparce white tomentum. t ai long broad concave acute denticu- 
calyx carmine red. e Sollow. late green 1., 3-4 ft. long, and a tall 
Brazil fl.-stem, upper part with large 
