reflexed acute crimson fl.- 
aka dense ; calyces ellipsoidal, 3 green 
ron ink apices ; corolla not exserted. 
fa 
Aichmea maaana oo 
fae Z 1880, 59.) } ft. lon: 
grey - mar, ins 
Gane with long straight a spines. The 
oute: 
an mexicana. ((. C. 1897, 
me 
panicle oblong - AERE al, 4-5 in. 
broad. yx and ovary green, devecly 
mealy ; pon bright crimson. Mexi 
Aichmea — Ch. u t 
6939 ;. G. 1887, ii. 108.) S. pe 
distinct-lo =. species with a den 
rosette of narrow attenuate canned 
l., 2-23 ft. long, 1 in. broad, armed 
the bracts a ight red. 
Fl. distichous, esii fading to lilac. 
Tropical Ameri 
Æchmea paniculata. (X. H. 1880, 
245.) S. Two ft. high, with broad arch- 
ing l. ,4 ft. or more long, wi ith spinous 
mar Fl.-stem with 12-15 bracti- 
l cle 1-6 in. long, 3-4 i 
oad, Bra woolly, ; 
subtending 2 sessile fl., between which 
oa peduncle g 4-5 
Sep. scarious, Bepon Pet. 
light Paci eh Mexi 
Aechmea paniculigera. (Bull Cut. 
1882, 13; FI. and P. 1882, 74.) 5 
Plant with ligulate 1., and a reddish- 
pur] rple fl.-stem severa: ral ft. pa Pactra 
with white 
egg above. The WE ews a hac 
on calyces rose-co. oe pet. dee 
purple. West Indi 
Echmea purpurea. (Williams’ Cut. 
poe 22.) S. L. 12-18 in. long, pale green 
at the tips, purplish-green str sh 
in 
time a crimson-purple hue. Colombia. 
Aichmea vee (B. M. t. 6329; 
aa Cat. ra cX] as TMa ice 
her in 
arg ž lax te, 12-15 
in. Tens 2 in. peed: er peni te 
a Tae ; above, 
toothed bracts ; fl. and bracts scarlet- 
red, Colombia. 
— Var. npn (r H, 1880, Le 
Vor. red b 
which retain ie eotont for a DS ‘a 
Æchmea kirtena R 
ar. with a 
(R. G. 1887, 31): A var. w 
rosette of about je armed on the 
] with more crowded and 
mea spines han i ee n pe, uppe: 
ty 
ight 
with the basal pis washed 
s 
z 
= 
> 
blood-red. Fl.-stem shorter than t 
Bracts scarlet, mixed with waite ni 
reen. Fl. smaller than in the type. 
azil. 
Aeranthus anaoa. (Act. 
Hort. -n 1890, xi. 303.) Orchi- 
warf species with 
j in, long, 
t cla 
curved spur. M Distrib buted by Sander 
& Co. Mi d grandidieranus.| Comoro 
Islands 
granted a (G 
1883, 306.) A distinet e 
aving a ey _leaty stem, with 
ligulate emarg es dul 
green zee mee 1., and Pie hehe 
white Sep. and ligulate 
acute ; ip cuneate-obovate, pe with 
a median a apiculus ; spur filiform, five 
times as long as the lip. Madagascar. 
Aeranthus ges ng be (0. 
1888, 200; H. G. 1888, 127.) [A 
synonym of Angrecum grandidieri- 
anum, Carr, | 
Aeranthus Dat eg C. 1885, xxii 
18.) § 
726; xxiv, 80, f.1 aroi 
sword- like, ee ialeate, 8-9 in. 
long. Fl. ivory white, ble to 
ry w mpara 
those of Angrecum eeaguipedale m 
with a muc: hic 
funnel-shaped at its a, oe filiforn rm 
and bent abruptly upwards. Comoro 
Islands. 
