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rosette, ensiform, rigid, 1-1| ft. long, 1| in. broad at the dilated 

 base, ^ in. at the middle, plain green on the face, thinly lepidote 

 on the back, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal prickles 

 small and deltoid. Flowers in a head 2 m. diam. in the centre of 

 the reduced red inner leaves, those just outside the capitulum 

 ovate, with large spines; flower-bracts oblanceolate, rather shorter 

 than the calyx. Ovary clavate, above an inch longT-sepals shorter 

 than the ovary, furfuraceous towards the tip. Petals violet, little 

 longer than the sepals. Stamens not exserted. Fruit 1|- m. long. 



Hab. Chili, about Valdivia, Concepcion, &c. Native name " Chupalla." 

 Not known in cultivation. 



2. K. ALBO-BRACTEATA Baker. Jlrowelia albo-bracteata Steud. in 

 Phil. PL Chil. No. 204. — Leaves in a dense rosette, 1-1|- ft. long, 

 ^ in. broad at the middle, not so rigid in texture as m R, hicolot\ 

 sharply prickly on the margin. Flowers in a central head 2 in. 

 diam. ; outer bracts oblong-cuspidate, very furfuraceous, the inner- 

 most not overtopping the flowers. Ovary glabrous, subcylindrical, 

 ^ in. long ; sepals linear-oblong, furfuraceous, ^-^ in. long. Petals 

 pale lilac, very little longer than the sepals. Stamens not exserted. 



Hab. North Chili, on trees and rocks, Philippi 204 1 Gathered in 1852. 



8. K. piTCAiRNiiEFOLiA Bentli. Gen. Plant, iii. 662. R. Joinvilleiy 

 Benth. loc. cit. Bromelia Johivillei E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, 

 161, 1. 10-11. B. pitcainiicr/olia K. Koch, Wochen. 1868, 325 (M.D.). 

 HeclUia pitcairm'cqfolia Verlot in Rev. Hort. 1868, 21], with figure. 

 BilJben/ia Joinvillei Hort. Van Houtte. Pourretia Joinvillei Chantin. 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves about 50, ensiform, 1^ ft. long, an inch or 

 more broad at the dilated base, ^-% in. at the middle, dull green on 

 the face, thinly white-lepidote on the back, tapering gradually to 

 the point, less rigid in texture than in R. bicolor, the marginal 

 prickles more slender and not so close. Flowers in a dense central 

 head lf-2 in. diam., reduced inner leaves bright red. Ovary 

 clavate, an inch long ; sepals nearly as long as the ovary. Petals 

 bright violet, little protruded, minutely scaled at the base. Stamens 

 a little shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Probably Chili. Common in cultivation under a great variety of 

 names. First flowered in 1866 by M. Luddemann, at Paris. We have had it 

 at Kew for many years, but I have never seen it in flower. 



4. R. ANDiNA Phil, in Linnaea, xxix. 57. Bromelia Jonf/ifolia 

 Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. t. 65 ; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 223, non 

 Rudge. B. earned Beer, Brom. 31. Fiudna Elemeeti Regel, 

 Gartenfl. 1868, Qt>, t. 571. — Leaves about 100 in a dense rosette, 

 ensiform, 1-1 J ft. long, above an inch broad at the dilated base, 

 ^-f in. at the middle, firm in texture, green and rather channelled 

 down the face, naked when mature, persistently white-lepidote on 

 the back, acuminate, the edge-prickles conspicuous and pungent. 

 Flowers in a globose central head 2-3 in. diam., the inner ensiform 

 leaves not turning red ; the innermost ovate, as long as the flowers, 

 eroso-dentate, shghtly tinged with pink ; flower-bracts oblanceolate, 

 acute, rather shorter than the calyx. Ovary clavate-trigonous, 

 glabrous, f in. long ; sepals rather shorter than the ovary. Petals 



