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| Canistrum (Greek, a basket). Bromeliaceae. Epiphytic or terrestrial hothouse plants, requiring the treatment of billbergias. | | Canistrum (Greek, a basket). Bromeliaceae. Epiphytic or terrestrial hothouse plants, requiring the treatment of billbergias. |
| Leaves in a dense tuft, acute, spinulose on the margin : infl. compound, in a cup of lvs., on a very short st. as in Nidularium, or on a longer exserted st.; fls. usually green, rarely golden or blue. — A genus of about 10 species, natives of Brazil. They are sometimes referred to Nidularium. | | Leaves in a dense tuft, acute, spinulose on the margin : infl. compound, in a cup of lvs., on a very short st. as in Nidularium, or on a longer exserted st.; fls. usually green, rarely golden or blue. — A genus of about 10 species, natives of Brazil. They are sometimes referred to Nidularium. |
− | | + | C. aurantiacum, E. Morr. (Aechmea aurantiaca. Baker). Plant vigorous: lvs. expanded in the middle: fls. yellow, 2 in. long. S. Amer. B. H. 1873: 15. Gerge V.Nash. |
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