4 THE THYRSE-LIKE BILLBERGIA. 
of figuring it we are indebted to Mr. Henderson of the Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood. It 
requires to be managed in the same way as a Pine Apple. 
Tt is most nearly allied to the Pyramidal Billbergia figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 1732, 
and in the Botanical Register, t. 203 and 1181; but that plant has glaucous taper-pointed leaves, 
and very large spreading flowers, conspicuous for the white mealiness of the calyx. 
