76 STOVE PLANTS. 



Beomelia. 



B. longifolia. — A very fine species, with leaves from one 

 and a half to two feet long, narrow, armed with long spines, 

 white on the under surface, and greyish green on the upper. 

 The flowers are produced in a dense head, and are of a 

 bright rich rose colour ; the bracts at the base spiny and 

 bright crimson. It blooms in July and August. Native of 

 Guiana. 



Encholieion. 



E. corallinum. — This is a superb plant of recent intro- 

 duction. It is vase-like in habit, the leaves sheathing at the 

 base, becoming recurved at the apex ; the colour is dark 

 green on the upper side, dull purple below, with a glaucous 

 tinge spreading over all ; the spike is erect, bearing upon the 

 upper part a distichous scape of boat-shaped crimson bracts, 

 from which issue large yellow flowers, which are tinged with 

 green. It is a conspicuous and beautiful plant. Native of 

 Brazil. 



GUZMANNIA. 



G. tricolor. — A very handsome species, well deserving 

 general cultivation. It is rosulate in growth, producing 

 broad linear sword-shaped involute leaves, which are con- 

 cave, and sheathing at the base, about eighteen inches long, 

 and rich green in colour. The flower scape is erect, from 

 one to two feet long, clothed with numerous bracts of a 

 bright pale yellow green, beautifully streaked with blackish 

 purple towards the top, tipped with red, and at the extreme 

 point rich scarlet ; the flowers are pure white, and are pro- 

 duced throughout the summer. Native of St. Domingo, 

 Jamaica, Peru, &c. 



