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9. K. SARMENTOSA Baker. Nidularium sarmentosum Kegel, Gar- 

 tenfl. 1870, 268. jEchmea immersa Hort. — Acaulescent, stolon- 

 iferoiis. Leaves about 10 in a rosette, lanceolate, 1-1^ ft. long, an 

 inch broad at the middle, firm in texture for the genus, dark green 

 on the face, more or less tinged with purple, thinly white-lepidote 

 on the back, narrowed to the point, the marginal teeth minute. 

 Flowers in a central head, 1 in. diam., the inner leaves not much 

 reduced or changed in colour. Ovary oblong, white, \ in. long; 

 sepals lanceolate, green, much imbricated, f in. long. Petals 

 white, oblong, acute, protruding nearly | in. beyond the tip of the 

 sepals. Anthers white, l-12th in. long ; filament nearly as long 

 as the anther. 



Hab. Brazil. Introduced into cultivation about 1870. Described from a 

 plant that flowered at Kew, March, 1878. A plant drawn by Morren, under the 

 name of Nidularium inicrops (N. verecundum olim.), is apparently the same 

 species. 



10. K. CYANEA Baker. Nidulariiun cyaneiim Linden & Andre, 

 111. Hort. XX. 184. N. elegans Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves about a dozen in a short rosette, ensiform, erect-arcuate, 

 1|~2 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, firm in texture, plain 

 green, and channelled down the face, marked with distinct trans- 

 verse bands of darker and paler green on the back, narrowed to the 

 tip, the marginal prickles minute. Flowers in a small head in the 

 centre of the rosette, the inner leaves not much reduced in size nor 

 changed in colour. Ovary oblong, white ; sepals lanceolate, f in. 

 long. Corolla with a tube as long as the sepals and ovate acute 

 violet segments ^ in. long. 



Hab. Probably Brazil. Described principally from Prof. Morren's draw- 

 ing, made from a plant flowered by Linden, July, 1872. 



11. K. TRiSTis Baker. Nidularium triste Kegel, Gartenfl. xv. 

 356 (M.D.). Bromelia tristis Beer. — Leaves 10-12 in a short 

 rosette, ensiform, 8-12 in. long, an inch broad at the middle, firm 

 in texture, permanently erecto-patent, green on the face, mottled 

 with brown spots, especially towards the base, the back obscurely 

 lepidote, the marginal prickles minute. Ovary oblong, white, \ in. 

 long ; sepals lanceolate, purplish-brown, \ in. long. Corolla with 

 a white tube as long as the sepals and violet oblong-lanceolate seg- 

 ments nearly as long as the tube. Anther whitish, ^ in. long, 

 about as long as its filament. Fruit as in the other Nidularia, a 

 white oblong berry -| in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Van Houtte, before 

 1857. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in April, 1877. Gathered 

 wild recently by Wawra and Binot. This also is sometimes called N. marmo- 

 ratum in gardens. 



12. K. AMAzoNicA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1886, i. 814. Nidu- 

 larium amazonicmn Linden & Morren, Cat. 1873, 11 (M.D.) — 

 Acaulescent, stoloniferous. Leaves 15-20 in a short rosette, 

 lanceolate, 1-1| ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, moderately 

 firm in texture, narrowed to the point, brownish-green on the face 

 without any spots or bands, a glossy uniform claret-brown all over 

 the back, minutely serrated. Flowers in a dense head in the centre 



