Adiantum bbs sere T. Arx " de 
1887, v. 1.) den 
variety. 
JEchmea flexuosa, Baker. (G. C. 
1887, v. 1, p. 8.) Bromel 
ta 
leaflets obovate-oblo ong, obtuse, narrow: 
s- Dt n into the petiole, entire, with horizontally 
spotted with whitish, prickles small and -e veins. Umbels 3-7 flowered. 
e -st bout 3 ft. high, panicle Fiji 
th zi alti ii, Baker. (G. C. 
branchlets. FI distant; sessile glabrous; Agave xs T LT and E 2, . 
alyx and ovary eod pink, pet.brightred 70. : yllidae nt, 
Mr. Baker has now identified this with intermediate between A. zylonacantha an 
JE. spectabilis. Brongn. orrida. Acaulescent. ng, 
JEchmea mexicana, Baker. 5 in d, oblong-lanceolate, bright 
1887, v. l, p. 8.) S. epiphyte. A green, margined with a dark brown horn 
handsome t: epe a hg ati b » anc with broad based 
of 20-30 1,2 ft. ong, 3 ins prickles 4 in. long. Fl.-stem 12-14 ft. 
broad, with a Tek as tip, pale high, the spike-like I cocapying 
green ’spotte ted Mi darker r green, tee a of Ovary green, above 
mall. Fl.-s 2 ft. nsely long, A with a- very a tube, sak 
mealy; — pan nicle oblong - f Bndeical 
4-5 ins. broad. Calyx and ovary green, 
ae ut mealy, petals bright crimson 
p. 198.) 
dis stinet-looking species with a 
kinei 9. 0 C INI T m a M. 
S 
b 
calyces bright red. Fl. € chos 
n fading tolilae. Trop. Am 
JEchmea Dude A eotienas 
André. (R. H.1 . epic 
h 
searlet, mixed with violet and am 
sm maller than in the 
Aerides odoratum, var. bir 
Rehb. f. (Ge ; 1887, v. ~ p. REA 
Orchider mall-flowered var. with 
only a light pui = fe the tips of the 
lat ep., and the mid lobe of the lip 
very narrow a Burmah. 
Aerides — quinquevulneru var. 
Schadentergiana, Stein. MCA 1886, 
606.) <A var. of more ¢ ompact habit 
With shorter and broader l. than in the 
type. 
Aerides s mirens, Me 2989 A Ww — 
(W. o 3 ong- 
venia 
A 53574. 375.—8/88. Wt. 16. 
came ep an inch long, tinged 
with bro 0? 
Agave tius — v ČC. 1887, 
. 548 "nd 549, f. 105) 8. 
15-20 
delabra-like branches. de Lra long, 
bright yellow. Jamaic 
Agave Villarum, André. oe H. 1886, 
p.465) 5$. Garden hy brid 
Koia nebulosum, N. E. Br 
CIl. H.: v. 84, p. 67, pl. 24.)- -Aracer 
S. foliage per, much like A. pietum, 
having short broad sheaths to the 
a 
bright dark green irregularly bictobed 
with whitish- -green. Jay 
Allamanda cathar ard, ve r Hender 
soni, (Gf. 1887, pp. 554 aid 560-1, 
f. 142.)  Apocynem. S. Gard 
variety. Syn A. Hendersoni. 
Allium elatum, Rgl. (Gf. 1887, 
369, t. 1251.) pr nd H. bulb wi 
large, oblong, obtuse l, 8-12 in. sae, 
2. 
re hig l 
merous purple fl, with spreading, 
ting. obtuse segments. Central Asia. 
Alocasia Chantrieri, André. (R. H. 
1887, p 465, f. 92)  Aracem. B. 
Garden hybrid. 
Alocasia = N, E. Br. (G. C. 
1887, v. l, p. 103.) 5. -A fine bold. 
habited Rew allied to A. Thibau- 
]tate. ittate, 
ing to 20-22 ins. . long, by 9-104 ins. 
broad, dark green above, ele beneath 
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