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Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 13248 ! 15492 1 Introduced into cultivation 

 by Pinel in 1854. Described from a plant seen in flower at Mr. J. T. Peacock's, 

 March, 1874. Named in compliment to M. St. Innocent, of Autun. 



24. K. FULGENS Antoine, Brom. 41, t. 24, Nidulm-ium fulgens 

 Lemaire, in Jard. Fleur. t. 411 (M.D.). Guzmaimia picta Hort. 

 N. yictum Hort. — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-20 in a short dense 

 rosette, lorate, spreading, the outer a foot long, If- 2 in. broad at 

 the middle, not rigid in texture, bright green, usually copiously 

 mottled with spots of darker green, paler and lepidote on the back, 

 deltoid-cuspidate or rounded at the tip, sharply toothed on the 

 edge. Flowers 30-40 in the centre and a few usually in the axils 

 of the 6-10 brilliantly-scarlet reduced ovate inner leaves. Ovary 

 white, ^ in. long ; sepals lanceolate, acute, f in. long, tinged with 

 red. Corolla violet, i— If in. long, the cylindrical white tube twice 

 as long as the segments. Anthers linear, J-^ in. long ; filaments 

 very short. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Libon in 1849. 

 Described from plants flowered at Kew in 1870 and 1877, It is the commonest 

 and most showy of all the Nidularia. N. Marichali Hort., which I have not 

 seen, is said to differ by its deeper-coloured inner leaves. 



25. K. Carolina Antoine, Brom. 52, t. 31. Bromelia CaroUncB 

 Beer; Eegel. Gartenfl. t. 211. Billhergia olens Hook., in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5502. Nididayium Carolina, Lemaire. N. M.eyendorjil 

 Eegel, in Gartenfl. 1859, 266, figs. 5—8; 111. Hort. t. 245 (M.D.). 

 Billbenjia Meyendorjii Kegel. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 20 in a 

 short rosette, lorate, rather horny in texture, a foot long, li-lj in. 

 broad at the middle, plain bright green on both sides, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the tip, minutely toothed. Flowers in a dense 

 capitulum in the centre of the reduced inner leaves, 3 or 4 of 

 which are entirely bright red and as many more bright red at 

 the base ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, entire. Ovary oblong- 

 trigonous, I in. long ; sepals lanceolate, greenish, f in. long. 

 Corolla f in. longer than the calyx ; lilac lanceolate segments half 

 as long as the white cylindrical tube. Anthers ^ in. long ; 

 filaments very short. 



Hab. South Brazil, GZa^ioM 15491 ! Sent alive by Dr. Kegel to Kew in 

 1856. Described from plants that flowered at Kew in 1861, 1878 and 1887. 



26. K. RUTiLANS Baker. Xididarium rutilans E. Morren, in 

 Belg. Hort. 1885, 81 (M.D.). — Leaves about 20 in a long utriculate 

 rosette, lorate, above a foot long, 1-1^ in. broad at the middle, 

 plain green, minutely toothed, rounded to a cusp at the apex. 

 Flowers in a small central capitulum, with a hidden peduncle 

 3-4 in. long, surrounded by 6-8 bright crimson ovate minutely- 

 toothed reduced inner leaves. Corolla bright red, ^ in. longer than 

 the calyx. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Dr. Glaziou in 1883. 

 Described from Professor Morren's drawing. 



27. K. MoRRENiANA Antoiuc, Brom. t. 35. Nidularium Morrcn- 

 ianum Hort. Makoy (M.D.). N. gayaneme A. Brong. inedit. 

 N. pnlverulentum E. Morren. — Rosette elongated, sometimes 

 forked. Leaves about 20, lorate, a foot long, under an inch broad 



