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Hab. Brazil ; woods about Rio Janeiro, Tweedie 1313 ! Miers 8122 ! 

 Glaziou 1547ii ! First gathered by Tweedie in 1837. 



9. B. LiBONiANA De Joiiglie in Journ. Hort. Prat. Mcli. 1851, 

 with fig. ; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 197 ; Flore cles Serres t. 1048 ; 

 Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5090 ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1877, 57, t. 

 34 (M.D.). — Leaves 5-6 in a rosette, connivent in the lower half 

 foot, ensiform from an ovate base, 1^-2 ft. long, 1-1-| in. broad at 

 the middle, firm in texture, plain preen on the face, thinly wliite- 

 lepidote without distinct bands on the back, narrowed gradually to 

 the point, the marginal spines very minute. Peduncle slender, a 

 foot long, all its bract-leaves small, adpressed, pale and incon- 

 spicuous. Inflorescence a lax erect or cernuous simple 6-10- 

 flowered spike ; flower-bracts minute, ovate. Ovary obloug- 

 cylindrical, bright red, shallowly sulcate, ^ in. long ; sepals linear- 

 oblong, bright red, an inch loiig. Petals 2 in. long, green with a 

 violet-blue tip. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the petals ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Woods of Brazil, about Baliia and Eio Janeiro, Wetherill ! Pvof. 

 Gunninrjham ! Glaziou 9324 ! 9325 ! [Vawra Zli. Introduced into cultivation 

 by M. Libon, about 1850. 



10. B. ENSiFOLiA Baker. — Leaves few, ensiform from an oblong- 

 base, 12-15 in. long, f-1 in. broad, at the middle, narrowed to the 

 point, sharply minutely serrated. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; 

 upper bract-leaves with erecto-patent lanceolate points. Liflores- 

 cence a lax 6-8-flowered suberect spike, with a slender straight 

 rachis ; flower-bracts minute. Ovary naked, subcylindical, f in. 

 long. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, an inch long. Petals linear, 



2 in. long, tipped with violet. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 16437 ! Allied to B. Libouiana. 



11. B. MoRRENiANA Baker. B. Beichardti Hort. Morren non 

 Wawra (M.D.). — Leaves 8-10 in a utricular rosette, connivent only 

 in the lower 3-4 in., ensiform, above a foot long, an inch broad, 

 thin in texture, plain green on the face, whitish on the back 

 witiiout any bands, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal 

 prickles minute, deltoid. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves, 

 with several bright red ascending lanceolate l)ract-leaves. Inflor- 

 escence a lax suberect spike, 3-4 in. long with a red flexuose 

 rachis ; several lower flowers with large ascending bright red 

 bracts. Ovary oblong-cylindrical, bright red, shallowly sulcate ; 

 sepals longer than the ovary, red tipped with violet. Petals an 

 inch longer than the calyx, green, tipped with violet-blue. Style 

 reaching to the tip of the petals. Stamens a little shorter; anthers 

 Imear- oblong, yellow. 



Hab. Origin unknown. Described from a plant that belonged to Prof. 

 Morren, that Howered at Kew, Dec, 1887. May be a hybrid between B. Libou- 

 iana and iridifolia. 



12. B. TiLLANDSioiDES Baker. — Habit of a Tillandsia. Leaves 

 20-30 in a dense rosette, with a dilated ovate base an inch broad, 

 narrowed suddenly to a linear blade 5-6 in. long, ^-^ in. broad 

 low down, tapering gradually to a long point, moderately firm in 



