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BROMELIACE^. 



[ExNDOGENS. 



preparation of an ointment used against haemorrhoids. Puya chilensis pelds an extract 

 used in heahng broken bones ; a transparent gum flows from the spike of Puya lanu- 

 ginosa. A yellow colour is extracted m Brazil from the root of Billbergia tmctoria. 

 Ropes are made in Brazil from a species of Bromelia, called Grawatha ; and very 

 fine muslin has been manufactured from the fibres of the common Pine Apple. 



Ananassa, Lindl. 



Ananas, Tournef. 

 Bromelia, Linn. 



Karatas, Plum. 



Ananas, Gaertn. 

 Aechmea, Ruiz et Pav. 



Oechmca, .Juss. 

 Billbergia, Thimb. 

 Ilohenbergia, Schidt.fl. 

 Acanthostachys, Klotsch. 



Araeococcus, Bro)i(in, 

 Cryptanthus, Klot'xch. 

 Brocchinia, Schxlf. Jil. 

 Pitcairnia, Herif. 



Hepetis, Swartz. 



Spirastigma, Herlt. 

 Vriesia, Lindl. 

 Neumannia, Bronpn, 

 Tillandsia, Li7i7i. ' 



Renealmia, Plum. 



Amalia, Hort. hispan. 



Strepsia, Nutt. 

 Caraguata, Plum. 



DcviUea, Bert. 

 Guzmannia, Ruiz et Pav. 

 Bonapartea, Ruizet Pav. 



Acanthospora, Spr. 



Misandra, Dietr. 

 Navia, Mart. 

 Cottendorfla, Schiilt.fil, 



Dyckia, Schult. fil. 

 Encholirium, Mart. 

 Pouretia, Ruiz et Pav. 



Puya, Molina. 



Renealmia, Feuill. 



AchupaUa, Humb. 

 Hechtia, Klotsch. 

 Dasylirion, Zucc. 

 ? Roulinia, Brongn. 



Numbers. Ge\. 23. Sp. 170. 



Hydrochandacece. 

 Position. — Hsemodoraeeae. — Bromeliace/e. — Hypoxidacese. 



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Fig XCVI. 



Fig. XCVI.*— iEchmea inlgms.—Paxton. 



