86 HANDB0(3K OF BROMELIACK.t;. 



marginal spines ^-^ in. long. Peduncle erect, 1-1^ ft. long ; stem- 

 leaves oblong, acute, adpressed, scariose, pale, much imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a strobiliform oblong spike 5-Q in. long ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, red towards the tip, pale at the base, 1-1^ in. 

 long. Ovary oblong, |- in. long; sepals linear-oblong, as long as 

 the ovary. Petals violet, ^ in. longer than the sepals. Stamens 

 a little shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil ; in the neighbourhood of Kio Janeiro, Glazioxi 12223 ! 

 Introduced into cultivation by Van Houtte in 1878. 



6. Q. sTROBiLispicA Wawra Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 149, t. 25, 

 Billhergia Glaziovii Kegel Gartenfl. 1885, 2G0, t. 1203. —Produced 

 leaves 5-6 in a rosette, ensiform, erect, 2 ft. long, 1-^-2 in. broad 

 at the middle, firm in texture, green on the face, obscurely banded 

 with Avhite on the back, narrowed gradually to a pungent point 

 without any perceptible marginal prickles. Peduncle slender, 

 erect, central, 1^ ft. long; stem-leaves few, scariose, lanceolate, 

 rolled round the stem, not imbricated. Inflorescence a dense erect 

 oblong spike 2-3 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, tmged with 

 red, the lower an inch long. Ovary clavate, ^ in. long ; sepals 

 linear-oblong, a little longer than the ovary. Petals violet, more 

 than twice as long as the sepals, Stamens ^ in. shorter than the 

 petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, about Kio Janeiro, Wawra ii. 273, Glaziou 15483 ! 

 16451 1 Introduced to St. Petersburg by Glaziou in 1885. 



7. Q. Endeki Gravis & Wittm. in Gartenfl. 1888, 195. t. 41-43. 

 Q, centralis and Idteralis Wawra Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. t. 26, 27. 

 Billhenjia Enderi Kegel Gartenfl. t. 1217. — Leaves 8-10 in a rosette, 

 lorate, 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 

 texture, plain green on the face, thinly lepidote but not transversely 

 banded on the back, rounded to a cusp at the apex, the marginal 

 prickles small, brown, deltoid-cuspidate, hooked. Penduncle 

 slender, above a foot long ; stem-leaves adpressed, scariose, con- 

 tiguous. Inflorescence a dense oblong few-flowered spike ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, tinged with red, the lower above an inch long. 

 Ovary oblong, ^ in. long ; sepals linear-oblong, as long as the 

 ovary. Petals violet, twice as long as the sepals. Stamens a 

 little shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, high up the Organ Mountains, Gardner 694 ! Wawra 

 ii. 315, 376, Glaziou 14336 I I do not think Q. lateralis is more than an ab- 

 normal form of the species. 



8. Q. WiTTMACKiANA Kegel Gartenfl. 1888, 497, t. 1281, fig. 2. 

 — Acaulescent, stoloniferous. Leaves ensiform, rigid, suberect, 

 40-50 in. long, 1J-1| in. broad, green on the face, distinctly 

 fasciated with white on the back, the marginal teeth minute. 

 Peduncle central, much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 small, scariose, adpressed. Inflorescence a dense few-flowered 

 raceme ; flower-bracts very small. Calyx with ovary red, | in. 

 long. Petal-blade small, blue. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Probably Southern Brazil. 



