SCITAMINEZ. 313 
Sout Mexico, Tuspango (Bourgeau, 2502).—CotomBia to Perv and Guiana and the 
West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2. Heliconia hirsuta, Linn. fil. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 600. 
Heliconia psittacorum, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 213, non Linn. 
Panama, near the city of Panama (Seemann, 574).—VENEZUELA; Gutana; St. VINCENT. 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Heliconia psittacorum, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 158; Horan. Prodr. Monogr. 
Scit. p. 40; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 600; Bot. Mag. t. 502. 
_ Nicaracua, Chontales (Tate, 419, 420).—Vunuzveta to Brazit and in the West 
Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
4. Heliconia vaginalis, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘Sulphur, p. 171; Horan. Prodr. 
Monogr. Scit. p. 39. 
Nicaracua, Chontales (Seemann, 170); Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 443).—Isip or 
Goreona. Hb. Kew. 
Order CXLIT. BROMELIACE. 
Bromeliacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iti. p. 657. 
This Order is restricted to America, and numbers about 350 described species, 
referred to twenty-seven genera. 
1. BROMELIA. 
Bromelia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 395, pro parte; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 660. 
Agallostachys, Beer, Bromel. p. 35. 
Four or five species, inhabiting Tropical America. 
1. Bromelia pinguin, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 285; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. vii. 2, 
p. 1277; Redout. Lil. t. 396; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 216; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind. p. 591. 
Agallostachys pinguin, Beer, Bromel. p. 36. 
PANAMA, common in dry sunny localities (Seemann).— West Inpins and CoLoMBIA to 
GUIANA. 
2. KARATAS. 
Karatas, Adans. Fam. ii. p. 67; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 660. 
Nidularium, Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. iv. Misc. p. 60, t. 411. 
Regelia, Lemaire, Tl. Hort. 1860, sub t. 245, non Schauer. 
About ten species in Tropical America and the West Indies. 
1. Karatas plumieri, E. Morr. Belg. Hort. 1872, p. 131. 
Bromelia karatas, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 285 ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. tt. 31 et 32; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, , 
p. 216. 
Nidularium karatas, Lemaire ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 591. 
Panama, in dark woods all over the isthmus (Seemann).—Cusa to GUIANA. - 
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