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Bromelia Ananas (fi.) The Queen 



Pine-Apple. 



C/^y a«i Order. 



HiXANJDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



Generic Cbaracler. 



Bromelia, Plum. Linn. Karatas, Plurn. Ananas, Plum. 



Tourn. Gartn. 



Calyx et Corolla fupera, tubulofa ; ille brevfor {rifidus, haec 

 longior tripartita Iaciniis (in plerifque G.) ungue appendiculatis. 

 Mamma bafi calycis et corollae, aut glandular fupra gcrmen pro- 

 ducts inrerta (inde quafi epigyna ?) Bacca umbilicata, poly- 

 jperma. Plants herbacea, quadam paralitica ; folia radicalia cana- 

 "Ciilata, marginibus f<epe dentato-Jpinofs j fores Bromeli/e Plum, 

 wfcapo vet caule laxe /pleat i aut paniculate fruclibus vix baccatis : 

 fares Karate Plum, denfe corymbof, corymbo radicals', baccis ovatis ; 

 fibres Ananass,e Plum, denfe fpicati in f capo fupra folio/b, fpica 

 mature Icente flrobiliformi carnofa fquamofa eduli\ e coadunatis concreta 

 baccis, vix loculofis et male facundis. An genera diverfa ? JufT. 

 gen, pi. £0; mutata paffim phrafeologia. Loco citato ftarnina 

 fiantno dicuntur calyci inferta ; lapfu forfan calami ? G. 



Specif c Character and Synonyms. 



BROMELIA Ananas : foliis ciliato-fpinofis mucronatis, fpica 

 comofa. Linn. Sp. PL 2. l. 408. Lam. Encyc. 1. 143. 

 Hort. Kew. 1. 400. ed. 2. 2. 200. Mart. Mill. DiB. «. 1. 

 Willd. Sp. PL 2. 7. Ruiz et Pavm FL Peruv. 3. p. 32. 



ANANAS Acoftje. Hort. Amft. 1. 109. tab. 57. 



ANASSA. Rumph. Amboyn. 5. 227. tab. 81. 



ANANAS. Quf. Exot. 284. Ger. Emac. 1550. fig. 15. 



KAPA-TS JAKKA. Rbeed. Malak 11. 1. t. 1. 2. 



J-ARDUUS brafilianus, foliis aloes. Bank Pin. 384. 



(i 3 -] Queen Pine-Apple. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. loc. cit. ,• (a.) vert 



edit /wis prion's. Ananas blanc. Gallic}. 



ANANAS 



