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BROMELIA noupicavuis. 
Leafless-stalked Bromelia. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA—Nat. Onv. BROMELLE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyzx 3-fidus. Petala 3; Squama nectarifera ad basin petali. 
Bacea trilocularis.—W. * 
Bromelia nudicaulis ; foliis lato-lineari-lanceolatis obtusis mucronulatis 
spinuloso-serratis, scapo tomentoso infra squamoso, squamis lan- 
ceolatis convolutis integerrimis coloratis, spica elongata. 
B. nudicaulis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 409.—Wuip. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 9, (not of Bot. 
Reg. t. 203. which is B. pyramidalis Bot. Mag.) 
Bromelia pyramidata aculeis nigris, PLum. Gen. t. 62. 
Stem none. Leaves often 2 feet long, numerous, ligulate, of a rather thick 
and remarkably coriaceous texture, their colour dark lurid green, herve- 
less, edged with sharp black teeth pointing forwards, recurved up- 
wards, convolute at the base, there forming a tube, which is filled with 
water. ; 
Scape a foot and a half, or more, in length, rounded, whitish, covered with 
a thin, soft wool or down, and partly clothed, especially in the = 
point. 
Spike terminal, subpyramidal, simple, destitute of leaves. Flowers adie 
distantly inserted, spreading, ovato-acuminate, with a small, red, = ped 
appressed bractea at the base. The inferior part 1s occupied <f ; . 
large, ovate, green, pubescent, 3-celled, many-seeded germen. og 
superior, of 3 erect, rigid, oblong, yellow-green, glabrous leaflets, 78 
nate at the point, their margins oblique and somewhat a nore 
rolla of 3 linear, oblong, yellow, upright petals, oblique wep C8 sais 
mity, scarcely unguiculate, each bearing a stamen, which a an - 
near its base, and having, just above this point of ener a vr : 
fringed nectary or double scale. Stamens: 3 inserted 1 Aa cases 
tacle, and 3 upon the petals, shorter than the petals. Filamen’ s - 2 
white. Anthers connate over the stigma, oblong, 2-celled, pale yellow. 
Style filiform, green. Stigmas 3, small, twisted, green. 
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