72 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACE^. 



Otto Gartenzeit. 1857, t. 2. — Leaves longer than in the type and 

 narrowed more gradually towards the apex. 



Hab. Southern Br&zU, Burchell 2281! iUj'm 3873 ! Glaziouindl 16421! 

 16125 ! Now common in cultivation under various forms, to which besides 

 those already cited belong B. Paxtoni Beer, B. Sdmltesiana Lem., B. rliodo- 

 cyanea, Lemoinei, and miniato-rosea Hort. It was first flowered at Kew in Nov., 

 1858, from plants received from Messrs. Henderson. It is scarcely more than a 

 variety of pyrainidalis in a broad sense, longifolia and zonata being inter- 

 mediate between the two types. For an account of the varieties see Andre in 

 Eev. Hort. 1883, 300, 1885, 332. 



3. B, MiTis Mart. ; Sclmlt. fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1267.— Produced 

 leaves about 3, lanceolate fVom a dilated base^ moderately firm in 

 texture, a foot long, 1-|~1| in. broad, obscurely serrulate towards 

 the base. Peduncle slender, much shorter than the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves bright red ; upper 1^ in. long. Inflorescence a few-flowered 

 spike l|in. long. Sepals -|-in. long. Petals fin. long. Stamens 

 a little shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Brazil, Martius. 



4. B. coRYiviBosA Mart. ; Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1258. — 

 Leaves lanceolate from a dilated base, a foot or more long, above 

 an inch broad, the brown spreading marginal spines j-V ^^' ^^^^o 

 towards the base of the blade. Peduncle a foot long, tomentose 

 upwards, loosely sheathed by the bract-leaves, of which the upper 

 are 1^-2 in. long. Inflorescence a short corymbose panicle with a 

 tomentose rachis : lower branches 3-4 -flowered, subtended by large 

 scariose bracts. Flowers about an inch long, subtended by ovate 

 bracts -i-^ in. long. Sepals oblong, ^ in. long. Petals obtuse, 

 f in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the petals. Berry the 

 size of a pea. 



Hab. Woods of the Rio NegTO, Martius. I have not seen either this or the 

 last. They may belong to Quesnella. 



5. B. LiNEARiFOLiA Baker. — Leaves about 10 in a rosette, not 

 connivent at the base, hnear, a foot long, ^ in. broad low down, 

 tapering gradually to an acummate point, moderately firm in 

 texture, green on both surfaces, channelled down the face, the 

 marginal prickles distant and minute. Peduncle slender, shorter 

 than the leaves, its bract-leaves lanceolate-acuminate, all pale, 

 scariose and adpressed. Inflorescence a raceme with three flowers, 

 the lowest with a long ascending pedicel. Mature ovary green, 

 globose, glabrous, ^-^ in. diam. ; sepals lanceolate, glabrous, 

 ^-| in. long. Petals twice as long as the sepals. 



Hab. Paraguay ; forests in the east of the Cordillera of Villa-rica, Balan&a 

 G12 ! Gathered in Sept., 1874. 



6. B. HORRmA Kegel Gartenfl. 1859, 321, t. 272; K. Koch in 

 Berl. Gartenzeit. 1858, 345, t. 8 ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, 

 336, t. 22 (M.D.). — Leaves about 10 in a utricular rosette, con- 

 nivent for the lower 6-9 inches, lorate from an ovate base, 1-1-| ft. 

 long, 2-2|- in. broad at the middle, rigid in texture, plain green on 

 the face, thinly white-lepidote, without distinct bands on the back, 

 deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, the ma>rginal prickles more conspicuous 



