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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89432 to 89530 — Continued. 



89478 to 89480. Cryptanthus zonatds 

 Beer. 



The 10 to 12 dark-green leaves of 

 this Brazilian cryptanthus are oblong 

 lanceolate and 6 to 9 inches long. The 

 small tuft of white flowers is produced 

 in the center of the rosette of leaves. 



89478. Variety fuscus. A form with 

 tawny leaves. 



89479. Variety ~b rune is. A form 

 with brownish leaves. 



89480. Variety viridis. A form with 

 leaves greener than the type. 



89481 to 89485. Guzmania spp. Bromeli- 

 aceae. 



89481 to 89483. Guzmania lingulata 

 (L.) Mez. 



The rosette of this guzmania con- 

 sists of 30 to 40 thin lanceolate leaves 

 nearly 2 feet long, striped vertically 

 with red brown on the back. The 

 yellowish-white flowers. 1 to 2 inches 

 long, are in a globular cluster on a 

 scape a foot long, overtopped by the 

 bright-red leafy bracts 1 to 2 inches 

 long. Native to the West Indies and 

 northern South America. 



89481. Variety cardinalis. A form 

 with larger and more brightly 

 colored outer bracts. 



89482. Variety splendens. A form 

 with larger and more brightly 

 colored outer bracts. 



89483. Received as Nidnlarium splen- 

 dens, which is now referred to 

 Guzmania lingulata. 



89484. Guzmania musaica (Linden) 

 Mez {Tillandsia musaica Linden). 



The 15 to 20, rather horny leaves 

 of this species are copiously marked on 

 the back with fine wavy red-brown 

 lines on a purple-tinted green ground. 

 The whitish flowers are in a globose 

 head 3 inches in diameter with bright- 

 red flower bracts up to an inch long. 

 Native to Colombia. 



89485. Guzmania zahnii (Hook, f.) 

 Mez (Tillandsia zahnii Hort.). 



A yellow flowered epiphyte from 

 Panama, with a rosette of 20 to 30 

 thin lanceolate falcate leaves con- 

 spicuously striped with red brown on 

 both sides near the base. The flowers 

 are in a dense panicle 3 to 4 inches 

 long. 



89486 to 89491. Nidularium spp. Bro- 

 meliaceae. 



89486. Nidularium chantrieri Andre. 



A hybrid between Nidularium fulgens 

 and V. innocentii. The dark-green 

 leaves are violet beneath, and the 

 floral bracts are a brilliant blood red. 



89487 and 89488. Nidularium fulgens 

 Lemaire. 



89487. The short dense rosette of 

 this nidularium consists of 15 to 

 20 strap-shaped spreading bright- 

 green leaves about a foot long, 

 copiously marked with spots of 

 darker green. The flowers, which 

 have violet corollas and white 

 tubes, are in a dense central clus- 

 ter, surrounded by the brilliant 

 scarlet reduced inner leaves. 

 Native to southern Brazil. 



89432 to 89530 — Continued. 



Variety joliboisy. 



89489. Nidularium innocentii Lemaire. 



A stoloniferous plant from south- 

 ern Brazil which consists of a rosette 

 of 20 strap-shaped leaves less than a 

 foot long, green tinged with brown, 

 and white flowers. 



89490. Nidularium neglectum Andre. 



The bright-green lanceolate leaves 

 of this nidularium are about a foot 

 long, and the white flowers are in a 

 small central head, surrounded by a 

 few brownish-green reduced leaves. 

 Probably native to Brazil. 



89491. Nidularium scheremetiewii 

 Regel. 



A nidularium with 10 to 15 sharply 

 serrated lanceolate leaves a foot or 

 more long, which are bright green 

 above, and violet flowers in a small 

 head surrounded by the bright-scarlet 

 reduced inner leaves. Native to south- 

 ern Brazil. 



89492 to 89497. Pitcairnia spp. Bromeli- 

 aceae. 



89492. Pitcairnia alten stein ii Le- 

 maire (Puya altensteinii Klotzschj. 



An alpine species from Venezuela 

 with 12 to 20 weak recurving papery 

 leaves 2 to 3 feet long, green on both 

 surfaces. The simple raceme of white 

 flowers is made showy by the bright- 

 red bracts 1 to 2 inches 'long. 



89493. Pitcairnia andreana Linden. 



A Venezuelan pitcairnia less than a 

 foot high, of the P. australis group, 

 with lanceolate drooping chartaceous 

 leaves, white beneath, and bright-red 

 flowers over 2 inches long in a moder- 

 ately dense erect raceme 5 inches in 

 length. 



89494. Pitcairnia coralllna Linden. 



The outer leaves of this Colombian 

 species are hard, dry, and spineless ; 

 the inner leaves have brown-spined 

 petioles and broad plicate recurved 

 blades. The coral-red flowers, 3 inches 

 long, are in a raceme borne on a 

 bright-red scape a foot high. 



89495. Pitcairnia darblayana Baker. 



A hybrid between P. corallina and 



some unknown species. 



89496. Pitcairnia platyphylla Schrad. 



With a dense tuft of linear leaves 

 2 to 3 feet long, covered beneath with 

 white mealy scales and spiny margined 

 near the base, this West Indian pit- 

 cairnia has bright-red flowers 2 inches 

 long in a lax raceme on a scape a foot 

 in length. 



89497. Pitcairnia tabulaeformis Lin- 

 den. 



The 20 to 30 spreading or reflexed 

 leaves of this tropical Mexican species 

 are 5 or 6 inches long, papery in tex- 

 ture, and green on both sides. The 

 bright-red flowers. 30 to 40 in number, 

 form a dense central head. 



89498. Portea kermesina Brongn. Bro- 

 meliaceae. 



The 8 or 10 leaves which form the 

 rosette of this Brazilian plant are 2 feet 

 or more long, bright purple on the back, 



