to which Latin names have been given being as follows, viz. ; — • 



I. A. pyramidalis Miller Gard. Diet. No. 2 (Plumier, Bot. Amer. t. 

 31, 35, 36), with a large pyramidal syncarpium, with yellow flesh, 

 to which belong the Sugar-loaf Pine-apple and many of the forms 

 now most commonly cultivated. 2. A. ovalis Miller, Gard. Diet. 

 No. 1 ; Plumier, Bot. Amer. iii. t. 38 ; Trew Eliret, t. 2 ; Sims in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1554, the Queen Pine-apple, with an ovoid syn- 

 carpium with white flesh. 8. A. viridis Miller, Gard. Diet. No. 6, 

 the Montserrat Pine-apple, with a pyramidal greenish-yellow syn- 

 carpium. 4. A. serotinus Miller, Gard. Diet. No. 5, the St. 

 Vincent's, or Green Olive Pine-apple, with a small late-maturing 

 green syncarpium with sweet yellow flesh. 5. Var. coccineus 

 E. Morren (Descourt. Fl. Med. Ant. v. 141, t. 341), with reddish 

 flesh. 6. A. vatiegatus Bojer, leaves variegated with white, fruits 

 rarely produced. 7 and 8. A. Porteanus K. Koch; E. Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1872, 193, t. 16-19, and A. penamiensis Hort., two 

 decorative forms, with variegated leaves. 9. Var. poh/cephalKs 

 Hassk. PL Rar. Jav. 125 {A. monstrosus and A. proUferus Hort.), in 

 which the lower drupes of the syncarpium are replaced by small 

 clusters. 10. A. microcephalus Hort. Linden, a dwarf form with 

 small drupes of unpalatable taste and small globose syncarpia, 

 which perhaps represents the original wild form of the species, and 



II. A. hracamorensis Hort. Linden, a giant form from Columbia, of 

 which a full description will be found Illust. Gartenzeit. Wien, 

 1885, p. 272. 



Var. A. GLABER Miller, Gard. Diet. No. 3. A. semiserratm 

 Scliult. fil. Bromelia semiserrata Willd., the Havannah Pine-apple. 

 • — Leaves with only a few small teeth towards the tip. Bromelia 

 subspinosa Wendl., is a form with the inner leaves tinged with red. 



Var. A. LuciDUs Miller, Gard. Diet. No. 4 (Plumier, Amer. t. 60 ; 

 Trew Ehret, t. 3 ; Dill. Hort. Elth. 25, t. 21, fig. 22), the King 

 Pine-apple. — Leaves bright green, entire. Syncarpium bright 

 yellowish green. Bracts often tinged with red. A. Monlilona 

 Hort. Linden ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 302, is a form with 

 variegated leaves. Most of the pine- apples sold in the London 

 shops belong to this variety, and are grown in the Azores. 



Var. A. DEBiLis Lindl. in Bot. Beg, sub t. 1081 (Pomol. Mag. 

 tab. 1). — Leaves weaker, spreading, with small reddish teeth. 

 Syncarpium oblong, dull yellow. 



Hab. Widely spread in Tropical America and now often naturalised in the 

 tropical regions of the Old World. It was introduced into England by Lord 

 Portland in 1690, and was first figured in Oviedo's ' History of the Indies,' in 

 1535. For a full bibliography see Beer's ' Bromeliace.K,' pages 207 — 221 , and 

 for a synopsis of the cultivated varieties see Munro's paper in Trans. Hort. 

 Soc, new series, vol. i. p. 1 (1830 — 1831), reprinted Gard. Chron. 1860, pp. 97o, 

 1)99, 940, translated into German by Beer, Brom. p. 222, and into French in the 

 ' Belgique Horticole,' 1878, p. 144—172. For an account of the fibre yielded by 

 its leaves see Morris, in Kew Bulletin, 1887, No. 9. 



2. A. BRACTEATUS {Aiiafiassa hracteata) Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 

 1081 ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5025. A. Swienaria Schult. fil. Syst. 

 Veg. vii. 1286. Bromelia Sagenaria Arruda. — Leaves 30-50 in a 

 rosette, ensiform, 4-5 ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, firm in 



