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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89432 to 89530 — Continued. 



89439. Aechmea miniata discolor 

 (Beer) Baker. 



With a rosette composed of a dozen 

 leaves over a foot long, claret brown 

 beneath, this Brazilian species pro- 

 duces a rather dense panicle of small 

 lilac flowers with bright-red sepals.. 



89440 and 89441. Aechmea nudicaulis 

 (L.) Griseb. (Billbergia nudicaulis 

 Lindl.). 



89440. A species widely distributed 

 in tropical America. Its horny 

 strap-shaped leaves, 2 to 3 feet 

 long, are armed with small trian- 

 gular marginal prickles, and the 

 pale lemon-yellow flowers are in 

 a lax drooping spike on a peduncle 

 1 to 2 feet long. 



89441. Received as Billbergia nudi- 

 caulis, which is now generally re- 

 ferred to Aechmea. 



89442. Aechmea ortgiesii Baker (Ort- 

 giesia tillandsioides Kegel). 



The sessile rosette of this Uruguayan 

 aechmea consists of about 30 ensiform 

 long-pointed leaves a foot long. The 

 bright-red flowers are in a dense cen- 

 tral head. 



89443. Aechmea pineliana (Brongn.) 

 Baker (Echinostachys pineliana Bak- 

 er). 



A rather large aechmea 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with spiny edged strap-shaped 

 leaves 12 to 18 inches long, a brilliant 

 red peduncle and bracts, and a dense 

 spike of golden-yellow flowers that 

 darken as they fade. It is native to 

 southern Brazil. 



89444. Aechmea veitchii (Morren) 

 Baker (Chevalieria veitchii Morren). 



A Colombian aechmea with a dozen 

 suberect plain-green leaves almost 2 

 feet long and pale-yellow flowers about 

 2 inches long in a dense oblong spike 

 2 inches in diameter and 3 to 4 inches 

 in length. 



89445 and 89446. Aechmea weilbachii 

 F. Didr. 



89445. The rather short leaves of 

 this species, which comes from 

 southern Brazil, are overtopped by 

 the red-stemmed and red-bvacted 

 scape. The small but numerous 

 lilac flowers with bright-red sepals 

 are in a narrow panicle 4 to 6 

 inches long. 



89446. Variety purpurata. A form 

 with purplish leaves. 



89447 to 89453. Aregelia spp. Bromelia- 

 ceae. 



89447. Aregelia carolinae (Beer) Mez 

 (Nidularium meyendorfii Regel). 



The rather horny leaves of this 

 species, 20 in number, are a foot long 

 and plain bright green on both sides. 

 The lilac and white flowers are in a 

 dense central head in the midst of the 

 bright-red reduced inner leaves. Na- 

 tive to southern Brazil. 



89448. Aregelia chlorosticta (Baker) 

 Mez (Nidularium chlorostictum Mor- 

 ren). 



In habit this aregelia resembles a 

 billbergia, with 12 to 20 strap-shaped 

 leaves in a long rosette. The leaves 



89432 to 89530— Continued. 



are reddish brown, with copious green 

 spots, and the flowers, with red-tinged 

 sepals, are in a small head. Native to 

 Brazil. 



89449. Aregelia elegans Mez (Nidula- 

 rium elegans Hort.). 



The dozen sword-shaped leaves of 

 this plant, up to 2 feet long, are 

 marked on the back by distinct trans- 

 verse bands of darker and paler green. 

 The small violet flowers are in a small 

 central head. Probably native to Bra- 

 zil. 



89450. Aregelia marmorata (Baker) 

 Mez (Nidularium marmoratum 

 Hort.). 



About a dozen spreading leaves a 

 foot in length make up the rosette of 

 this Brazilian aregelia. The pale- 

 green surface of the leaves is copiously 

 marbled with red-brown blotches. The 

 small pale-violet flowers are in a dense 

 central head 1 or 2 inches in diameter. 



89451. Aregelia princeps (Morren) 

 Mez (Nidularium princeps Hort.). 



A Brazilian aregelia with a short 

 rosette of 15 to 20 glaucous green 

 strap-shaped leaves a foot long and 

 violet-red flowers in a globose head in 

 the center of 6 to 10 ovate bright-red 

 reduced leaves. 



89452. Aregelia spectabilis (T. 

 Moore) Mez (Nidularium spectabile 

 T. Moore). 



The 20 to 30 leaves of this Brazilian 

 species are a foot or more long, green 

 tinged with brown on the face, and on 

 the back conspicuously marbled with 

 transverse bands of reddish brown. 

 The tip is spotted with bright red. 

 The central flower head consists of 

 nearly 50 small violet flowers. 



89453. Aregelia tristis (Regel) Mez 

 (Nidularium triste Regel). 



With 10 or 12 short sword-shaped 

 leaves, green mottled with brown spots, 

 this Brazilian aregelia has white and 

 violet flowers in a dense central clus- 

 ter. Native to southern Brazil. 



89454 to 89468. Billbergia spp. Bromeli- 

 aceae. 



89454. Billbergia cappei Morren. 



A hybrid between Billbergia speciosa 

 and B. vittata. The rosette of this 

 plant consists of 10 to 12 obtuse horny 

 leaves 2 feet or more long, copiously 

 banded with white on the back ; the 

 marginal prickles are minute. The 

 peduncle is a foot long, with several 

 large red bracts near the top, and the 

 violet-blue flowers are in a lax panicle. 



89455. Billbergia decora Poepp. and 

 Endl. 



Variety tenuifolia. A form with 

 thinner leaves. The 8 or 10 leaves, 

 1 to 2 feet long, which form the rosette 

 of this plant are connivent for about 

 6 inches and are marked on the back 

 with irregular transverse white mealy 

 bands. The pale-green flowers are in 

 a dense spike about 3 inches long, 

 half hidden by the pink leafy bracts. 

 Native to tropical South America. 



89456. Billbergia forgetiana Sand. 



A tropical American epiphyte with a 

 rosette of large strap-shaped leaves, 

 green with white bands. 



