OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1930 



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89432 to 89530— Continued. 



89457. Billbergia leopoldi (Lem.) 

 Morren. 



The horny, channeled leaves of this 

 Brazilian species are 3 feet long, con- 

 nivent for about a foot, and marked by 

 irregular white blotches on the back. 

 The flowers, with violet petals 2 inches 

 long, are in a dense oblong spike 6 to 



9 inches long. 



89458. Billbergia liboniana DeJonghe. 



With a rosette of five or six sword- 

 shaped plain-green leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 long, this Brazilian billbergia produces 

 a spike a foot high bearing flowers 

 with green violet-tipped petals 2 

 inches long and bright-red sepals an 

 inch in length. 



89459. Billbergia nutans H. Wendl. 



The linear, rather soft leaves, a foot 

 long, of this billbergia are distinctive. 

 The blue-edged petals of the flowers, 

 which are in a lax drooping raceme, 

 make a striking contrast with the 

 bright-red leafy bracts. Native to 

 Brazil. 



89460 to 89462. Billbergia pyramidalis 

 (Sims) Lindl. 



A Brazilian billbergia rather vari- 

 able in many of its characters. The 



10 to 12 thin-textured, dull-green 

 leaves, about 2 feet long, are faintly 

 white-mottled on the back and armed 

 with minute marginal teeth. The 

 flowers, with mauve-scarlet petals 2 

 inches long, are in a dense spike about 

 4 inches long, with narrow bright-red 

 leafy bracts. 



89460. Variety splendida. More ro- 

 bust than the type, with more 

 numerous flowers, brighter in 

 color. 



89461. Variety thyrsoidea. Flowers 

 more numerous than the type ; the 

 petals are bright red with violet- 

 purple tips. 



89462. Variety croyana. Leaves 

 erect ; flowers more numerous with 

 red petals edged with violet. 



89463. Billbergia sadndersii Bull. 



A Brazilian species closely allied to 

 Billbergia vittata, with about five 

 green to brownish-green leaves up to 



2 feet long which have copious white 

 spots and white transverse bands be- 

 neath and close-set small bright- 

 brown marginal teeth. The flower 

 petals are bright lilac at the tips, and 

 the anthers are orange yellow. 



89464 to 89467. Billbergia speciosa 

 Thunb. (B. am-oena Lindl.). 



One of the more commonly culti- 

 vated billbergias, with many garden 

 forms. The 10 or 12 strap-shaped 

 leaves which form the rosette are over 

 a foot long, connivent in the lower 

 foot, with minute deltoid marginal 

 prickles. The pale-green peduncle, 

 with numerous bright-red leafy bracts 



3 to 4 inches long, bears a lax panicle 

 of flowers. The petals, 2 inches long, 

 and the sepals are green with violet 

 tips. Native to southern Brazil. 



89464. Received as B. amoena, which 

 is now referred to B. speciosa. 



89465. Received as B. pallida, which 

 is now considered the same as B. 

 speciosa. 



89432 to 89530 — Continued. 



89466. Variety wiotiana. 



89467. Variety variegata. 



89468. Billbergia zebrina Lindl. 



The deep-green leaves of this South 

 American species are mottled with 

 gray-white blotches and have stout 

 marginal spines. The green or yellow- 

 green flowers are in a long loose droop- 

 ing cluster. 



89469. Canistrum amazonicum (Linden 

 and Andre) Mez (Nidularium amazoni- 

 cum Linden and Andre). Bromelia- 

 ceae. 



A stoloniferous canistrum from the 

 Amazon Valley with 15 to 20 greenish- 

 brown leaves, lanceolate, broader in the 

 middle, uniformly claret brown on the 

 back. The white flowers are in a dense 

 head in the center of the rosette. 



89470 to 89480. Cryptanthus spp. Bro- 

 meliaceae. 



89470 and 89471. Cryptanthus acaulis 

 (Lindl.) Beer. 



89470. A Brazilian epiphyte with sto- 

 lons often overtopping the ro- 

 sette, which consists of a dozen 

 plain green leaves 4 to 6 inches 

 long. The white flowers, with 

 petals an inch long, are in a head 

 more or less hidden among the 

 leaves. 



89471. Received as C. undulatus, 

 which is now generally referred to 

 G. acaulis. 



89472. Cryptanthus beuckeri Morren. 



A Brazilian cryptanthus with 12 to 

 20 oblong-acute leaves 5 inches long, 

 narrowed to a broad channeled petiole 

 2 to 3 inches long, pale brownish on 

 the face and mottled with copious 

 darker green spots. The white flowers 

 are in a small head in the center of 

 the rosette. 



89473 to 89475. Cryptanthus bivitta- 

 tus Regel. 



89473. A species with a short stolo- 

 niferous rosette of 20 oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaves marked with two dis- 

 tinct vertical bands, often tinged 

 with brown on the back and with 

 close minute marginal prickles. 

 The white flowers, an inch long, 

 are in a tuft in the center of the 

 rosette. Native to southern Bra- 

 zil. 



89474. Variety moensis. A form 

 which is shorter and stouter than 

 the type. 



89475. Variety luddemannii. A form, 

 stouter than the type, with leaves 

 2 inches wide, much tinged with 

 brown. 



89476. Cryptanthus lacerdae Antoine. 



The depressed rosette of this species, 

 about 2 inches high, is composed of a 

 dozen somewhat ovate glaucous-green 

 leaves about 3 inches long, scurfy white 

 beneath. The white flowers are in a 

 small cluster half hidden in the 

 rosette. Native to South America. 



89477. Cryptanthus osyanus Makoy. 



A small epiphyte with about 12 

 oblong acute leaves 4 inches long, 

 armed with minute marginal teeth and 

 small white flowers in a small head in 

 the center of the rosette of leaves. 



