Tas. 6632. 
BILLBERGIA EUPHEMIZ. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Brometiace®.—Tribe BRoMELIER, 
Genus Bitnpereia, Thunb. et Holm. (Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vol. vii. p. 71.) 
BIttBerGia Euphemia; acaulis, copiose stolonifera, foliis 5-6 lanceolatis rigidis 
suberectis dimidio inferiori arcte convolutis ad apicem sensim angustatis 
sordide viridibus utrinque tenuiter albo-lepidotis haud fasciatis, aculeis mar- 
ginalibus minutis deltoideis, pedunculo albo-lepidoto foliis breviori bracteis 
lanceolatis scariosis obscure rubellis, racemis laxis cernuis 6-12-floris, bracteis 
inferioribus magnis lanceolatis, oyario oblongo-trigono, sepalis oblongo- 
lanceolatis subacutis rubellis, petalis lingulatis basi appendiculatis apice 
splendide violaceis ungue flavo-viridibus, staminibus petalis distincte breviori- 
bus, stigmatibus arcte convolutis. 
B, Euphemiz, H. Morren in Belg. Hort. vol. xxii. (1872), p. 11, t. 1-2. 
Of all the Bromeliacee, the greatest favourites with culti- 
vators have been the Billbergias with large persistent violet- 
tipped flowers and lax drooping or erect racemes. They 
are all natives of Central and Southern Brazil, where they 
grow with Orchids and other epiphytes on trunks in the 
forests. The present plant is a comparatively new species 
of this group, of which B. vittata, Moreliana, macrocalyz, 
Saundersii, and iridifolia are the best-known garden re- 
presentatives. Its' history is not quite clear, but it has 
been known for some time in the Belgian gardens (where 
from its copiously-stoloniferous habit it is sometimes called 
Billbergia repens), and it is believed to have been originally 
introduced by De Jonghe. It was first described and 
figured in a flowering state by Professor Morren ten years 
ago, and named in compliment to Madame Morren. We 
have had it for many years at Kew, and it flowered with 
us in 1878, and now again in 1882, when the present 
drawing was made. It grows so freely that I have no 
doubt it will hold its ground in our conservatories, 
JUNE Ist, 1882, 
