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BROMELIA pallida. 



Pale-Jloivered Bromelia. 



HEXANDRIA jVOXOGYNIj^, 



NQLord. Bromel!/e. Jussieu gen. ^9. Dk. IL Gernien inforum. 

 BROMELIA. Suprh voL S,JoL 203. 



^^ pallida^ paniculu laxissima, patentissimfi, pauciflorS, pedunculis 2- (in 

 nostra plajita abortu J-) floris; spathis supremia fertilibus, florem a;(|uan- 

 tibus, divaricatis. 



FoK tnultifariam ambientiaj erectO'divergentia, coriaceo^Jirma^ lauceolato- 

 lorala acumine brevt^ remotius spinulosO'cUiata^ convolutO'Concava^ longiora 

 spithamaa v. vltr^. Caulis erecius, dodrantatis v, tdir^j tere^ simplex^ 

 spathaceo'Vaginatus : spathffi singularesj sparsm, sphncelnto-membranostB^ 

 tnvotuto4anceolatat acttviinat^^ iiif^Tioxes Juscescentes^ imbricato-erect^e^ su^ 

 periores longiores^ divaricatiet vimdc pxmicantes^ Ramuli v* pedunculi 

 SKbangulosi, disiantes^ sparsi^ crassly patenteSy mnrgine anteriori in bracteas 

 2 obsolete producii^ inferiores in snatkis axiliares^ superiores nudiy S-plo 

 irevioresjlore -j. ultr^* FJores tnbulosi subbiuncialesy diametro circiier pennm 

 scriptoriiB vulgaris^ chloroleuci apicibus tivido-cteruiescentibus, summitate 

 ramslorum gemtnis collateralibus, supremo v, exieriore in nostra exemplari con^ 

 stanier ahoriiente, Cal. duplo brevior coroUSy firmior^ nervosa^ segmentis 

 ^nceolato'acuminatis corollce arete applicitis. Cor. subsesquiuncialiSf ore hrevi 

 ^ttbbiiabiatO'patenSf laciniis ligulatis convoluto-imbricaiis^ acumine obtusiusctdo 

 hrevi. Anth. lutetBt linearesy Versailles. Germ, cylindracetim^ obton^my 

 viride, sulcaio-striatnm^ triplo breuius cortdlS. Stylus subexsertus^ vindis^ 

 stigmata saturatius viridiay dimidiato-lanceolatay linearia, in unum contorta, 

 vel tandem sotuta. Sertum squamosum ad basin interioremfioris omninb ut in 

 Brohklia nudicaulif ci^us descriptio videnda in vol. S.Jbl. 203. 



As far as we have been enabled to ascertain, our plant 

 is of an unpublished species. It differs widely fi-om any 

 we are acquainted with in the disposition of the inflorescence 

 and colour of the corolla, the dulness of which forms a 

 singular contrast with the brilliancy of the upper spathes 

 of the stem. We have not learned its native country- 



The drawing was taken at Mr. Malcolm's nui-sery at 

 Kensington; where it was cultivated in the tan-pit of the 

 hothouse, and flowered about the latter end of November. 

 It had been obtained from a garden at LiverpooL We sus- 

 pect it to be a South American plant. 



Leaves multifariously ambient, from upright divergent, 

 of a leathery firmness, lanceolately lorate shortly tapered at 



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