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very narrow, tube red with a little vestige of beard ; 
leaves 2 to 2^ inches wide. 
Var. 2. Unguiculatum. — Martins ap. Schultes. With- 
out a figure. Stated to approach closely to sub- 
barbatum, differing in a less cernuous tube with a 
thin membrane between the filaments; the upper 
sepal to be less reflex than in fulgidum. The leaves 
agree with those of subbarbatum. It grows in the 
glens of Mount Corcovado, and on the hills near 
St. Sebastian’s in Brazil. 
Var. 3. Rutilum. — Am. rutila. Bot. Reg. 1.28. Flowers 
brilliant, tending to scarlet, smaller, tube about 
half an inch long, with a minute knob at the 
mouth ; leaves under an inch wide. 
Var. 4. Fulgidum. — Am. fulgida. Bot. Reg. 3. 22G. 
Flowers larger, paler, tube about an inch long, 
throat quite smooth. 
Var. 5. Pallidum. — Like the former, but the flower 
smaller and much paler. Imported some years 
ago by Mr. Tate. 
Var. 6. Simsianum. — Am. miniata. Bot. Mag. 45. 1943. 
Flower red lead colour, tube short, smooth at the 
mouth ; leaves growing near the ground, arcuate. 
Certainly not the A. miniata of Ruiz and Pavon ; 
but so closely allied to Fulgidum, as to leave no 
doubt in my mind that it came from Brazil ori- 
ginally, though said vaguely to have been from the 
West Indies. 
Var. 7. Equestriforme. — Flower very similar in struc- 
ture to equestre minus, but the mouth of the tube 
smooth, the leaves and bulb like Fulgidum. Sent 
growing in the midst of some epiphytes unperceived 
by my collector from the neighbourhood of Rio. 
Var. 8. Acuminatum. — Am. acuminata. Bot. Reg. 7. 
534. and 14. 1188. Flowers pale, undulate, acu- 
minate, tube smooth ; leaves with a glaucous 
bloom. 
Var. 9. Pulverulentum. — Bot. Mag. 49. 2273. Flowers 
darker, less acuminate ; leaves with a glaucous 
bloom. Both the varieties acuminatum and pul- 
verulentum grow naturally near Rio, where my 
