82 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACE^. 



2-2^ in. long, rolling up to the base. Filaments violet, as long 

 as the petals ; anthers linear, f in. long. 



Hab. Brazil ; province of Bahia. Introduced into cultivation by M. Porte, 

 after whom it is named, in 1849. Described from plants that flowered at Kew 

 in June, 1878 and 1882, and with Mr. J. T. Peacock in Aug., 1885. One of the 

 most showy of all the species. 



34. B. vioLACEA Beer Brom. 116. B. stipulata and macrostachya 

 Brong. inedit. — Leaves lorate, 3 ft. long, lJ-2 in. broad, moderately 

 firm in texture, light green on the face, slightly lepidote on the 

 back, the marginal pricides minute, deltoid. Peduncle 1^-2 ft. 

 long, with several bright red lanceolate bract-leaves 4-6 in. long 

 aggregated towards its apex. Spike simple, lax, drooping, a foot 

 long ; rachis slender, mealy. Ovary obloug, mealy, deeply sulcate, 

 under |- in. long ; sepals as long as the ovary. Petals very narrow, 

 green, 2^ in. long, rolling up to the base. Stamens nearly as long 

 as the petals. 



Hab. French Guiana, Martin ! Poiteaii ! Melinon ! British Guiana, Appun. 

 Introduced into cultivation about 1857, but I have not seen it alive in England. 



35. B. Leopoldi E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1871, 1, t. 1-4, non 

 K. Koch (M.D.). B. nuptialis and ianthina Hort. Helicodea Leopuldi 

 Lemaire in 111. Hort. sub t. 421, with figure. — Leaves 8-10 in a 

 utricular rosette, connivent in the lower foot, lorate from an ovate 

 base, 3-3|- ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, horny in texture, 

 channelled down the face, plain green on the face, copiously 

 transversely fasciated with white on the back, the apex deltoid 

 with a cusp, the marginal prickles small, ascending, deltoid. 

 Peduncle cernuous, 1^ It. long ; upper 6--8 leaves erecto-patent, 

 bright red, lanceolate, 3-4 in. long. Inflorescence a dense oblong 

 spike, 6-9 in. long. Ovary oblong, white-mealy, ^-^ in. long; 

 sepals linear-oblong, also mealy, -J- in. long. Petals violet, 2 in. 

 long. Style longer than the petals. Berry turbinate, f in. diam. 



Hab. Brazil ; island of Santa Catherina. Discovered by M. Devos. 

 Introduced into cultivation by Verschaffelt in 1847. Described from a plant 

 that flowered at Kew in the summer of 1877. B. nuptialis is said to have been 

 introduced from Bahia and first flowered by De Smet in Ghent. Easily dis- 

 tinguished from all the other eastern Helicodeas by its violet petals. 



36. B. iNCAKNATA Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1261. Bromelia 

 incarnata Euiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 32, t. 255. — Leaves lorate 

 from an ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, 

 moderately firm in texture, green on the face, thinly white-lepidote 

 on the back, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex, the ascending dark- 

 brown marginal prickles ^— J in. long. Peduncle much shorter than 

 the leaves, with several lanceolate bright red bract-leaves aggregated 

 towards the top. Spike lax, a foot long, -^ ft. broad, each flower fur- 

 nished with a small ovate scariose bract. Ovary oblong-cylindrical, 

 f in. long, farinose ; sepals as long as the ovary. Petals purplish- 

 violet. Stamens as long as the petals. Style-arms | in. long. 



Hab. Peru ; Andes of Pozuzo, Pavon ! Described from Pavon's type- 

 specimen at the British Museum. 



Of late years many of the species have been hybridised and several 

 fine new garden types have been raised, belonging principally to the 



