.ECHMEA. Gl 



Peduncle about a foot long, stout, stiffly erect, clothed with white 

 tomeutum, its numerous bright crimson reflecting lanceolate bract- 

 leaves 3-5 in. long, serrated on the margin. Inflorescence a dense 

 oblong spike 3-6 in. long ; bracts red, minute, subulate from a 

 deltoid base, entire. Calyx with ovary ^ in. long; sepals very 

 mealy, imbricated, obtuse, with a large mucro. Petals half as long 

 again as the sepals, violet at the tip. 



Hab. Costa Kica. Introduced into cultivation about 1863. Described from 

 a plant flowered by Mr. B. M. Williams in April, 1879. " Flor de Santa 

 Maria " is the native name. 



97. M. Lalindei Linden & Kodigas in 111. Hort. n.s., t. 481. 

 a3?. gigas E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves about 30 in a short rosette, 

 lorate from an ovate base, 3-4 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, 

 plain green, channelled down the face, deltoid-cuspidate at the 

 apex, the marginal prickles small. Peduncle very stout. If ft. 

 long, with many oblong-lanceolate bright red scariose reflexing 

 bract-leaves in its upper half. Inflorescence a dense oblong spike 

 6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. diam. ; flower-bracts small. Ovary with 

 calyx f-1 in. long, greenish white ; sepals ovate, with a small 

 erecto-patent mucro. Petals greenish, shortly protruded. 



Hab. New Granada. Introduced into cultivation by M. Lalinde in 1867. 

 Closely allied to J5. Marice-regince, but much larger in all its parts. Prof. 

 Morren's plant was received from Glaziou and supposed to be Brazilian. 



98. M. LiNDENi K. Koch, Wochen, 1865, 398 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6565. Hoplophytum Lindeni E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 

 1873, 81, t. 5 (M.D.). — Leaves about 20 in a rosette, lorate from an 

 oblong base, 2-4 ft. long, li-2 in. broad at the middle, moderately 

 firm in texture, green on the channelled face, thinly white-lepidote, 

 not transversely banded on the back, rounded to a small cusp at the 

 tip, the marginal teeth minute. Peduncle 1-li ft. long; bract- 

 leaves small, scariose, lanceolate or the upper ovate, not brightly 

 coloured. Inflorescence a dense oblong spike 2-4 in. long ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, membranous, reddish, |— f in. long. Ovary 

 with calyx f in. long ; sepals ovate, obliquely cuspidate, as long as 

 the ovary. Petals lemon-yellow, twice as long as the sepals. 



Hab. South Brazil ; province of Santa Catherina, Z)'C/7-vi7/e ! Introduced 

 into cultivation by Libon in 1864. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew 

 in Feb., 1879, presented by Mr. J. T. Peacock. 



99. M. Fraseri Baker. — Leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, 

 under a foot long ; bract-leaves numerous, imbricated, lanceolate, 

 ascending, spine-edged, the lower 2 in. long. Inflorescence a 

 dense oblong spike 2 in. long ; flower-bracts small. Calyx ^ in. 

 long ; sepals oblong, with a horny erecto-patent cusp. Petal- 

 blade lanceolate, yellowish, i in. long. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Fraseri (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



100. M. Hystrix E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 243, t. 13 

 (M.D.). — Leaves about 20 in a utricular rosette, ensiform, above 

 2 ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle, firm in texture, channelled 

 down the plain green face, thinly white-lepidote, not banded on the 



