134 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Renealmia, L. f. Suppl. 1781. 



R. occidentalis, (Sw.) Griseb. PI. Carib. 1857. Alpinia, 

 Sw. Prod. 1788. 

 Port Antonio. 

 Var. Paro-secora, (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. B. W. I. 1864. 

 Port Antonio. 



Caima, L. Gen. 1737. 

 C. Indica, L. Spec. 1753. 



Blue Mts. ; Port Antonio ; Port Morant. 



BROMELIACE.E. 



Bromelia, L. Gen. 1737. 

 B. Pinguin, L. Spec. 1753. 



Kingston. Common throughout the islands, fre- 

 quently cultivated for hedge. 



Ananas, Adans. Fam. 1763; Tourn. Inst. 1700. Ananassa, 



Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1827. 



A. sativus, (L.) R. & S. Syst. vii. 2, 1830. Bromelia Ananas, L. Spec. 

 1753. Ananassa sativa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1827. Cultivated in the 

 Bahamas, especially Eleuthera. 



^chmea, R. & P. Prod. 1794. 

 M. sp. 



Bog Walk. 



Leaves .6 to 1 m. long, 9 cm. broad, rounded to a pointed apex, minutely 

 lepidote beneath, minutely and rather distantly prickly on margin, pe- 

 duncle stout, spikes sessile, oblong, 4 cm. long; bracts triangular-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, shorter than spikes; bractlets orbicular, not striate, 

 smooth, mucronate. 



M. sp. 



Lucea; Port Morant. 



Leaf 12 cm. wide, rounded to a cusp, marginal teeth small, about 5 

 mm. apart; peduncle stout, spikes on pedicels about 5 to 10 mm. long; 

 bracts about 15 cm. long, gradually narrowed to a sharp point, lax, much 

 longer than spikes (specimen from Lucea) ; pedicels about 25 mm. long, 

 bracts about 5 cm. long, shorter than spikes (specimens from Port 

 Morant); spikes about 5 cm. long, oblong; bractlets ovate, rather 

 abruptly narrowed to a long cusp 3 to 5 mm. long. 



