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bract, color, fl. eq. In Brazil, fl. bicolor red 

 end yellow. Nearer Pilcairnia than Tillandsia 

 by the scales. All these G. belong to my fam- 

 ily Alchmidia 1835 with Giizrnaiiia, Aechmea, 

 Lachenalia, Kucallis below 80'2 Slc. 



800. DcMntoroGorv R. (tree beard) Neog. 

 1825. (liif. Tillandsia^ stam. 3 (non 6) stylo, 

 stig. 2-3lobo, caps. '2-31oc. Parasitica, ramosttj 

 Jf. axill. — T} pc the D. iisneoidcs and proba- 

 bly other sp. In fact the G. Tillandsia is in 

 utter disorder, it includes several Genera; 

 those with unilocular capsule must form the G. 

 Karaoifata of Adanson. 



861. EmosTAX R. (wooly spike) diff. Sro- 

 melia, ovar. 3alato, cal. globoso 31obo, petalis 3 

 rigidis linearis, stam. 6 ineq. 3 brevior epipe- 

 tala, stigma dilat. 31obo. I'ol. imhric. spica 

 clavata, lanata, jlorib. in lana immersis. — 

 Type E. ^laiica Raf Bromelia melanantha E^ 

 b. reg. 766. fol. imbric. lanceol. marg. spinosis, 

 spica albo lanata, cal. lutesceus, petalis atro- 

 purp. Antilles. Is the fruit a capsule as in the 

 next G ? 



86'2. EucAiLiAs R. diif. Bromelia, ovar. 3 

 gibboso, cal. opart, undulato, basi tubulosoglan- 

 duloso. cor. 3part. apice spiralis, squamis *2 ad 

 medio petalis, stam. 6 filif. 3 inter sq. insertis 

 antheris filif stylo 3gono, stigma Sfido. caps. 3 

 loc. poly sperm a. Parasitica stolonif. ft. spi- 

 calis bracteatis — Type Kiic. versicolor Raf. 

 Bromelia zebrina Hook. b. mag. 2686. fol. lan- 

 ceol. canalic. obt. dent, spinosis, subtus glaucis, 

 albo transverse zonatis, caule albo nutans, brac- 

 teis longis lanceol. roseis. Beautiful plant of 

 Brazil, flowers versicolor, calix white, petals 

 and stamens yellow. Quite distinct from Bro- 

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