78 STOVE PLANTS. 



PUYA. 



P. Warscewiczii. — A very beautiful plant, attaining the 

 height of two or three feet. The leaves are radical, with the 

 margins rolled in, and furnished with black spines, and 

 the blade of the leaf expanding, so as to become lanceolate 

 in shape, tapering to a point ; it is altogether two feet or 

 more in length, and of a rich dark green. The flower spike 

 is large, dense, oblong, furnished with large, deep, blood 

 red bracts, from between which the pale yellow flowers pro- 

 trude, affording a beautiful contrast of colours. It blooms 

 during the early autumn months. Native of Guatemala. 



TiLLANDSIA. 



T. argentea. — A very novel-looking plant, with elegant 

 recurved leaves, covered with fine white hairs, giving it a 

 beautiful frosted silvery appearance. It is said to produce 

 very handsome flowers, but these we have not seen. 



T. Lindenii (vera). — A superb 'Species ; the leaves are 

 arranged in a rosulate manner, broad and sheathing at the 

 base, tapering upwards and ending in a fine point, beautifully 

 recurved, light green on the upper side, suffused with rose 

 below, and streaked with parallel lines of reddish brown. It 

 bears a handsome broad distichous scape, which is rosy 

 carmine, and the large flowers vivid azure blue, with a pure 

 white eye. This plant should be grown in every stove. 

 Native of Peru. 



T. Lindenii Regeliana. — This is a rather stronger growing 

 plant than the preceding, it produces a large spathe and 

 flowers ; the spathe is somewhat narrower than the vera 

 variety, and instead of being rosy carmine, is green. Native 

 of Peru. 



