BILLBKRGIA. 81 



apex. Spike dense, drooping, |-1 ft. long : racliis densely white- 

 mealy. Ovary white, oblong, deeply sulcate, ^ in. long ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse, as long as the ovary. Petals green, 2 in. long. 

 Filaments 1^ in. long; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Fruit sub- 

 globose, f in. long, with numerous prominent ribs. Seeds brown, 

 clavate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Central and Southern Brazil, 7?Mrc/t6^Z 862 ! 995! Claussenl Weddell 

 2518 1 Gaudichaud 363 ! Regnell 1258 1 Glaziou 2729 1 Introduced into culti- 

 vation in 1826. B. commixta K. Koch, and B. anisodora Schott, appear to be 

 forms of this species. 



81. B. BOLiviENSis Baker. — Leaves few in a rosette, lanceolate, 

 acute, l|-2 ft. long, above an inch broad at the middle, thinly 

 lepidote; marginal teeth minute. Peduncle 1^ ft. long; upper 

 bract-leaves spreading, bright red. Inflorescence a moderately 

 dense spike ^ ft. long ; flower-bracts minute. Ovary oblong, thinly 

 white-lepidote, finely sulcate, ^ in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse, 

 twice as long as the ovary. Petals oblanceolate-unguiculate. If in. 

 long, greenish, rolling up spirally. Genitalia longer than the petals. 



Hab. Bolivian Andes ; Unduavi, alt. 8000 ft., Rxisby, 2853 ! A Billbergia 

 which I have not seen is said to grow high up on the east side of Pichincha. 



82. B. DECORA Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. 42, 1. 157 ; E. Morren 

 in Belg. Hort. 1875, 221, t. 13, 14; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6987. 

 B. Baraquiniana Lemaire in 111. Hort. t. 421. Helicodea B(trciqidn- 

 iana Lemaire. B. granulosa Brong. — Leaves 8-10 in a utricular 

 rosette, the bases connivent for 5-6 in., lorate, 1^-2 ft. long, 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, thinly lepidote on 

 the face and furnished with irregular transverse white mealy bands 

 on the back, the brown marginal prickles minute. Peduncle 

 cernuous, a foot long; 8-9 pink lanceolate bract leaves, 8-6 in. 

 long, aggregated towards its apex. Spike dense, 8-4 in. long, half 

 hidden by the bract-leaves ; rachis mealy. Ovary oblong, sulcate, 

 thinly white-mealy, ^-\ in. long; sepals ovate, obtuse, mealy, 

 greenish, \-^ in. long. Petals pale green, 2-2f in. long. Anthers 

 linear, yellow, ^-| in. long. 



Hab. Yurimaguas, Peru, Poeppig 2432. New Granada, Linden in Hort. Paris 

 1851. Introduced into cultivation by Baraquin, from Para, in ISei. Described 

 from a plant tlowered by Sir G. Macleay in Jan., 1887. 



88. B. PoRTEANA Brong. ; Beer Brom. 115 ; E. Morren in Belg. 

 Hort. 1876, 9, t. 1, 8 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6670. B. rosea Beer 

 Brom. 128. — Leaves 6-8 in a utricular rosette, connivent for the 

 lower foot, lorate from an ovate base, 8-4 ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad 

 at the middle, very horny in texture, the channelled face plain dull 

 green, the back furnished with copious transverse white mealy 

 bands, sometimes tinged with brown towards the base, the apex 

 deltoid-cuspidate, the marginal prickles close, lanceolate, curved, 

 ascending, brown, the lower a line long. Peduncle 2 ft. long, with 

 many bright red scariose bract-leaves 4-6 in. long, the upper 

 spreading. Spike lax, drooping, sometimes a foot long; rachis 

 white-farinose. Ovary oblong, densely mealy, shallowly sulcate, 

 ^ in. long ; sepals oblong, shorter than the ovary. Petals green, 



