No, 801. 
BROMELIA EXUDANS. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the West Indies, growing 
upon trees, and has been introduced a few 
ears since. It has some relation to 
Bromelia bracteata, but is evidently different 
from the figure to which that species is 
“referred in Houstoun’s reliquiz. 
The leaves are two feet long, and four 
inches broad at the base, lessening to two, 
the 
not longer than the leaves, naked about 
two-thirds of its length, where the flowers 
begin; they form a branching raceme; under 
each fascicle is a large red bracte. The 
flowers are sessile, and emit from their 
calyces a sort of secretion, which looks like 
soft wax, but if touched, instantly melts 
into water of a bitterish unpleasant taste. 
It requires the stove, and increases very 
sparingly by suckers after flowering: it 
should be potted in — earth. 
VOL. x. 
