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BROMELIA ZEBRINA. WHITE-BARRED ~ 
Brome 1a. 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Vide supra, No. 2392. 
~ Specific Character. 
Brome.ia zebrina; caudice brevi, durissimo, stolonifero, 
parasitico ; foliis tripedalibus, 3-uncias latis, canali- 
culatis, obtusis, dentato-spinosis, albo transversé temere 
striatis ; caule albo, farinoso, nutante; bracteis plu- 
ribus sexuncialibus, latis, pulcherrimé roseis ; floribus 
15—30 pendentibus, sessilibus, laxé spicatis ; calyce 
albo, farmoso, 3-partito; laciniis :-uncie# longis, ob- 
tusis, basi tubulosé, glandulosa ; corolla viridi-lutea, 
24-unciali, breviter revoluta, squamis sex laciniarum 
basi affixis; genitalibus fasciculatis, ceruleo-virescen- 
tibus ; stylo 24-unciali, staminibus longiore; stigmate 
lobis tribus 4-uncialibus ; filamentis tribus ceteris 
brevioribus, inter squamas altids insertis, aliis tribus 
longioribus inter corollz lacinias summo calycis tubo 
insidentibus ; antheris sub-3-uncialibus, filiformibus, 
viridescentibus, obliqué insidentibus ; germine sub-{- 
unciali, albo, farinoso, gibbosé costato, subtus conca- 
vo, dorso rotundato, lateribus gibbosis; ovulis nume- 
rosis, circiter triginta in loculis singulis. W. H. 
This beautiful parasite was cut with a portion of the 
wood from the stem of a great tree in the neighbourhood 
of Rio Janeiro. Its hard and knotty stumps adhere inse- 
parably to the trunk, at least they oe ae parted by 
a hammer and chisel. By. the posture of the leaves when 
; OOF ee . imported 
