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Brazil (Chaste variety W O A iii under)

A chaste variety. (W. O. A. iii. 100, under name of Lycaste Harrisoniae eburnea.) B. H. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl., inner surface of the lip wholly purple, except a narrow, yellowish border; spur yellow, with a few bold, purple stripes.

BIGNONIA. This genus embraces about 120 species, all American, and mostly tropical. To those described on p. 189, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

B. regalis (royal). fl. bright yellow and red, large and exceedingly beautiful. l. opposite, elliptic-lanceolate. British Guiana, 1885. A very handsome climber.

BILLBERGIA. Tropical America is the home of the score species included in this genus. To the species and varieties described on pp. 190-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

B. andegavensis (Angers). fl. having a spreading limb, the tube and centre dark red, broadly bordered with violaceousindigo; bracts bright red; flower-stem arching, mealy-white. l. broad, obtuse, pale green. 1886. A garden hybrid between B. thyrsoidea and B. Moreli.

B. Breauteana (Breaute's). fl. pale flesh-colour, with violet tips; bracts bright rose, lanceolate; stem shorter than the leaves, recurving, glabrous. l. 2ft. long, 2in. broad, recurving, lorate, obtuse, slightly channeled, rather thin, bordered with five distant teeth, bright green above, striated and with mealy-white zones below. 1884. A garden hybrid between B. pallescens and B. vittata. (R. H. 1885, p. 300.) SYN. B. Cappei.

B. Bruanti (Bruant's). fl., calyx very pale green, tipped with blue; corolla very pale yellowish-green; bracts dark red; stem rosy, slender, nearly as long as the leaves. l. green, obtuse, toothed, forming a cup-like rosette. 1885. A garden hybrid between B. pallescens and B. decora.

B. Cappei (Cappe's). A synonym of B. Breauteana.

B. decora (comely). fl., petals greenish, 2in. long, curling up spirally from the base; spike dense, pendulous, simple, 3in. to 4in. long, almost hidden by the large, bright red, oblong-lanceolate bracts; peduncle 1ft. long. January. l. eight or ten in a rosette, lorate, acute, 1 1/2ft. long, 2in. broad in the middle, dilated and clasping at base, with transverse, mealy bands, the margins spiny. Amazon Valley, 1864. (B. M. 6937.) B. Enderi (Ender's). fl. blue, 3/4in. long; bracts bright coral-red; spike short, few-flowered; scape longer than the leaves, the sheaths bright coral-red. l. 1ft. to 1 1/3ft. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, ascending. Brazil, 1886. (R. G. 1217.) B. Euphemiae (Mme. Morren's). fl. six to twelve in a lax, drooping raceme, nearly sessile, the lower ones subtended by large bracts; sepals reddish, horny; petals about 2in. long, with greenish-yellow claws and bright violet tips. l., produced ones five or six in a closely convolute rosette, about 1ft. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, horny, narrowed to an acute point, lepidote-scaly, the margins minutely prickly. Brazil. (B. M. 6632.) B. Gireoudiana (Gireoud's). fl. on an upright spike; calyx with triangular sepals, rose, faintly bluish towards the tips; petals twice as long as the sepals, linear-lanceolate, blunt, the claw reddish-white at the base, azure-blue at the tip; scape white, with a number of narrow-ovate, carmine-red bracts. l. broadly strap-shaped (the inner ones rolled round each other into a wide tube), finely serrated, bright green above, beset with numberless whitish scales, the lower surface striped red, deep blackish-purple towards the base. A garden hybrid, of which B. thyrsoidea is one of the parents. B. Glazioviana (Glaziou's). fl. in a dense, ovate-oblong spike; sepals white-woolly, elliptic-oblong; petals at first violet-rose, at length reddish-brown, oblong, erect, cucullate-obtuse towards the apex; bracts elliptic-oblong, imbricated; scape red, white-woolly, one-third shorter than the leaves. l. coriaceous, channeled, ligulate, acuminate, 2 1/2ft. to 3ft. long, 2 1/2in. broad, dark green and glabrous above, dark green with silvery-lepidote horizontal zones beneath, the margins shortly spiny-toothed. Brazil, 1885. (R. G. 1203.) B. Porteana (Porte's). fl., petals green, lanceolate, above 2in. long, rolling up spirally and disclosing the violet-purple filaments; spike loose, simple, drooping, 6in. to 8in. long; peduncle 2ft. long, with several bright red bract leaves. Summer. l., produced ones five or six in a rosette, erect, lorate, 3ft. to 4ft. long, dull green, tinted on the back with claret-purple, and transversely banded with white. Brazil. Plant stemless. (B. M. 6670.) B. Rancougnei (Rancougne's). fl. corolla bluish-green, tipped with indigo, 2in. long; stamens indigo; bracts rosy, woolly-tomentose at the base, together with the ovary and calyx; stem 3ft. high. l. 3ft. long, 2 1/2in. broad, spreading-recurved, finely toothed. 1885. A hybrid, of which B. Liboniana is one of the parents.

B. rhodocyanea (red and blue). fl. arranged in a capitate thyrse, clothed with numerous rose-coloured bracts; petals at first rose-coloured, then white, gradually passing into blue, the petals slightly convolute. l. radical; outer ones 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, the inner ones gradually shorter and more upright, all ligulate, obtuse, with an acuminate mucro, tinged purple and transversely banded with whitish lines, the sides incurved, the margins sharply prickly. (B. M. 4883; F. d. S. 207; R. H. 1857, p. 482.) B. r. purpurea (purple). This plant is distinguished from the type in having all its parts red instead of light green.

B. Sanderiana (Sander's). fl. 2in. long; calyx and corolla green, tipped with blue; bracts rosy, with one to three flowers to each; panicle pendulous. l. erect, broad, green, coriaceous, obtuse, mucronate, armed with stout spines on the margins. Brazil, 1885. A fine plant. (B. H. 1884, 1-2.) B. thyrsoidea splendida (splendid) fl. scarlet, tipped with violet; bracts scarlet, large. Brazil, 1883. A handsome form. (R. H. 1883, p. 300.) B. Windii (Wind's). fl. few, racemose, about 3in. long; sepals iridescent, reddish at base, blue at the tips, 1/2in. long; corolla greenish-yellow, the lobes 2in. long, circinately rolled up; bracts rich, bright rosy-crimson, boat-shaped, broadly lanceolate, acuminate; peduncle cylindrical, glabrous, pendulous, 1ft. long. Belgian gardens, 1884. A pretty hybrid between B.