PLaTE 2258, 
BROMELIA ARGENTIN A, Baker. 
Bromewiacez. Tribe Brometiea. 
B. argentina, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1892, p. 194; terrestris, 
acaulescens, foliis (5-pedalibus) Super vaginam hand constrictis sed 
ies F , 
subito dilatatis a basi sursum versus uncinatis armato, inflorescentia 
se 
ovato-lanceolatis scariosis obtecto, bracteis inflorescentiw primariis 
Ovatis dentatis in apice nguste lanceolatam rubro-coloratam subito 
integris, ovario oblongo trigono tomentoso, sepalis oblongis obtusis, 
petalis rubris lingulatis sepala paullo superantibus, staminibus styloque 
Has. South America: Argentine Republic, F. Z. Harman; Para- 
guay, Dr. W. Stewart. 
Ovarium 1 poll. longum, 4 poll. diam. Sepala pollicaria. Bacca 
ga. 
plant, proving to belong to a different species. We are inde to 
Dr. Stewart, H.B.M. Consul at Ascension, for the excellent and com- 
plete specimens which enable us to give the accompanying figure and 
corrected description. 
The aculei of the median portion of the leaf are about one inch 
apart, laterally directed towards the apex, but occasionally a few are 
retrorse, 
The importance of this species from an economic point of view, as 
affording the < Caraguata fibre,’ is pointed out in the number of the 
‘ Kew Bulletin’ above referred to. Its nearest ally would appear to be 
Bromelia Regnellii, Mez in Martius, ‘ Fl. Bras.’ (Bromeliacew, p. 194, 
tab. 53).—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1. Detached flower and bract. 2. Flower, the perianth-segments in front 
removed. Slightly enlarged. 
