5 e long, ovate 1. less than 1 in. long, peene lone, oblong A 6 in. 
in. in eye oy ; corolla long. and a about 9 in. long 
cary yellow. South Afri bearing 10-12 E greenish - ela 
spotted with brown; lip pale yellow 
Brahea nitida. (R. H. 1887, 344, f. with white keels and orange marks. 
-70.) Palme. palm with large 
fan-like palmatifid glaucous-green l. ; ore ppe (G. C. 1881, xvi. 6.) 
and very large much branched glab- Sep. and pet. green changin g to 
rous spadices. Fr. aed rae the eaa with epi eer lines at the 
size of a pea, black. Mexi base of the pet., a 
base of the sep. ; tip yor a ate, gon 
pona Roezlii. (R.H. 1883, 102.) 9: date, with two keels, white with t 
A palm with silve ery- -blue fan 7 = Sirs or four purple central spots, two 
rele . [2 Wats] orange eyes on the base of the keels, 
and yellow in the disk underneath, 
Brassia “gr omen (G.C. 1879, xii. 
782 ; t. 159.) Orchidacew. G. | Bravoa bulliana. (@. C. 1884, xxii. 
3 A distinct 
Fl. E e the odd sep. and the 28.) Amaryllidaceæ. 
pet. purple-stained at base, the others nd remarkable p 
are blote blacki e. bulb, clothed w emains of the 
p with a callus at the base, velvety dl. which split into bristly fibres. L 
inside. Mexico? few, lanceolate, bright green, about 6 in. 
long, and 1-14 in. broad, rough at th 
Brassia bicolor. (Z. viii. t. 878.) |G. ine yr persia ree 
fe allied to B., Wi pepe It h a raceme of 5-6 pairs of curved fl. 14 
in. An L whitish pect tinged w 
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EP ng alone pu P Da oE nish purple, dull yellow reien 
exten: 
ie 2} in. long, the pet. 2 in. long, 
the lip patent and EDERA A hy eru. 
Brassia caudata hieroglyphica. Briza rotundata. La 8 1887, ea < 
(JU. H. 1881 t. 410.) @. A distinct | 158. . An 
Ti i mental grass with erect pe en ar 
irregularly barred with cinnam mon- , and narrow era es of erect spike- 
brown. Mexico. lets. Mexico to 
Brassia Bhi agent eee (GC. 1879, Fr Time o n gue u 
54.) wit th ving t 
ia. ‘pepe ates eae Ti ense raceme ies. asi a h F narro 
w fi. The upper part of the linear-oblong spike-like inflorescence. 
= “rs oxen h violet inside. Lip deep Greece ; Asia Minor. 
yellow, with dark blotches. Peru. 
Brocchinia cordylinoides. (6. C. 
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Brassia elegantula. (G.C. 1885, xxiv. 1888, iv. 474.) Bromeliaceæ. S. A large 
616.) G. Asmall-flowered species, with terrestrial Bromeliad with a trunk 
glaucous pseudobulbs an growing to 15 ft. in height. L.ina 
yA 5 er ; sep spreading, gree dense terminal roset a f ong, 
with br ba Lip obl api- 6-8 broad, 'green, and obscurely 
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Brassia orgs G.C. se xiii. 680.) 
G. Sep. slg Sam sh red, with | Brodiwa Bridgesii. (G. and F. 1888, 
yellow tips "P. very perie scented. 125, f. 24.) Liliaceæ. 
Colombia Umbel of 10-20 funnel-shaped blue fl., 
1-14 in. long. California. 
Brane keiliana tristis. (W. 0. 
viii. t. 347; G.C. 1888, iv, 411.) G. EATE Douglasii. (B. M. t 
: var. with pybes amber-brown sep. . H. 1887, 166.) G. [Syn. Raden 
and pet., and a lemon-yellow lip with a ndli flor a.] 
a semicircular series of brown — a 
e base, Venezuela ; Colombia Brodiæa grandifiora Warei. (v7. 
1886, uea G A n glo Mipi a 
Brassia Lewisii. (0.R. i, 199.) G. rose fi, 3 in. long, and a fi,-stem 
P. oe It ig oblong 21 ft. high, California, 
