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HEXANDIIIA MONOGYNIA. 
Cl-ASS VI. 
725. FURCR^'A. T. 
■il03 gigantea Vent. 
4104 tuberosa H. K. 
4105 cubensis TV. 
4106 r'lgida Mill. 
4107 australis Haw. 
726. BROME'LIA. W. 
4108 Ananas W. 
4109 semiserrata W. en 
41101ucida W.en. 
4111 Pinguin W. 
4112 sylvestris W. 
4113 fastuosa imrf/. 
4114 Karatas W. 
4115 nudicaMis W. 
pyramidalis B. M. 
4116 pallida Ker. 
4117 chrysantha Jac^'. 
4118 lingulata W. 
4119 bracteata IV. 
4120 Acanga L. 
4121 exs6dans Zoc?rf. 
4122h(imilis W. 
4123 melanantha A'tr. 
727. GUZMAN'NIA 
FURCRTEA. 
gigantic ^ 23 or 
tuberous ]g 1Z3 or 
Cuba l£ 23 or 
rigid 23 or 
entire-leaved j£ 2] or 
Pine-apple. 
common (73 fr 
half-sawed-lvd. £ ^ or 
King-Pine ]f ^ fr 
broad-leaved j£ CSl ec 
wild j£ [23 or 
noble £ [Z3 or 
upright-leaved [23 or 
naked-stalked j£ (SJ or 
pale IS] or 
golden-floweredj£ [23 or 
tongue-leaved [23 or 
red-bracted ^ (23 or 
recurved [23 or 
sweating ^ C23 or 
dwarf i£ (23 or 
black-flowered j£ (SI or 
F/. Per. GUZMANNIA. 
Bromeliacece. 
20 ja.s Gr 
10 au.s Gr 
6 ... Gr 
Bromeliacea; 
1690. 
1739. 
1739. 
1768. 
1811. 
4124 tricolor Fl. Per. three-colored j£ (SI or 
728. PITCAIR'NIA. W. Pitcairnia. 
4125 bromeliffifolia W. 
4126 angustifolia W. 
4127 integrifolia B. M. 
4128 latifolia W. 
4129 bracteata H. K. 
4130 sulphCirea B. R. 
4131 furfuracea W. en. 
4132 coarctata R. 8( P. 
4133 staminea B. M. 
729. TILLAN'DSIA. W. 
4134 utriculata W. bladder 
4135 serrata W. saw-leaved 
scarlet ^ CS] or 
narrow-leaved j£ (23 or 
entire-leaved ^ [23 or 
broad-leaved i£ (23 or 
large bract.-red j£ (23 or 
yeUow-flower'd (23 or 
drooping-leav'dj^ [SI or 
contracted ^ [23 or 
long-stamened [23 or 
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Sp. 5—1. 
S. Amer. 
S. Amer. 
S. Amer. 
S. Amer. 
N.HoU. 
Sp. 16—29. 
S. Amer. 1690. 
S. Amer. 
S. Amer. 
W. Indies 1690. 
S. Amer. 1820. 
S. Amer. 1815. 
W. Indies 1739. 
R. Janiero ... 
S. Amer. 1817. 
Caraccas 1819. 
S. Amer. 
Jamaica 
Brazil 
W. Ind. 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 
Sk r.m 
Sk r.m J. am. t. 26 
Skr.m 
Skr.m 
).f.25 
1759. 
178.5. 
1822. 
1820. 
1789. 
1824. 
Trinidad 
Sp.l. 
S. Amer. 
Sp. 9—14. 
Jamaica 1781. 
Sant. Cruz 1777. 
W. Indies 1800. 
W. Indies 1785. 
W. Indies 1799. 
W. Indies 1797. 
S. Amer. 1816. 
Chile 1822. 
S. Amer. 1823. 
Sp. 11—27. 
S. Amer. 1793. 
Jamaica 1793. 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 1554 
Sk r.m 
Sk r.m D. el. 25.t.21.f.22 
Sk r.m Jac. am. pic. t.91 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 2392 
Sk s.p Lindl. coll. 1. 
Sk r.m Jac. V. l.t. 31,32 
Sk r.m Bot. reg. 203 
Sk s.p Bot. reg. 344 
Sk s.p Jacq. sch. 1. 1. 55 
Sk r.m Plum.ic. t.64.f.l 
Sk r.m Par. lond. 40 
Sk s.p Pis. bras. t. 91 
Sk r.m Bot. cab. 801 
Sk r.m Jac. ic. 1. t. 60 
Sk r.m Bot. reg. 766 
1820. Sk r.m Lindl. coll. 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 824 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 1547 
OK S.p isot. mag. 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 
Sk = - TR"< 
Sk 
Sk 
Sk r.m 
Skr.m Feuill. chiL t. 39 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 2411 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 856 
Sks.p Red. lil.73,74 
" p Bot. mag. 1416 
Sk s.p 
Sks.p PLic.63.t.75.f.l 
A noble genus resembling 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
725. Furcrcea. Named in honor of M. Fourcroy, the famous French chemist, 
the last. 
726. Bromelia. So named by Linnteus, in memory of Olaus Bromel, a Swede, author of Lupulogia, and 
other works, 1694, &c. Ananas, Fr., Ger., and Ital. ; and Nanas among the Peruvians, where it was origin- 
ally found by Europeans. This fruit may, without hesitation, be pronounced the first in the world, though 
it has not been known in Europe above two centuries, and has only been cultivated about a century as a fruit 
plant in Britain. It passed from Brazil to the West, and thence to the East Indies, where it has long been 
successfully cultivated. About the middle of the seventeenth century it was brought to Holland, by Mr, 
La Court, a merchant, and cultivated at Driehoek, his seat, near Leyden ; and from thence it was imported 
into this country, and first fruited by Sir Matthew Decker, at Richmond, about 1715, or earlier. La Court 
began by growing his pines without bottom heat, as dry stove plants ; but afterwards had recourse to low pits 
and tanner's bark. Plans of his pits, and an account of his mode of culture, are published in his work, 
entitled, Aenmerkingen over Lusthoven, Plantagion, &c. (See Ency. of Gard. p. 1129, Anno. 1737.) Sir 
M. Decker, Bradley informs us, adopted pits ; and soon after pine stoves, or larger and more commodious pits, 
were, by the year 1730, in most of the first English gardens, and some also in Scotland, where the pine-apple 
was first fruited by Justice, at Crichton, near Edinburgh, in 1732. The pine is now cultivated very generally in 
Britain, in several places in Ireland, and at most of the capital cities on the continent. In one or two of the 
southern provinces of Spain, it is grown in sheltered situations in the open air. 
There are many varieties of the pine in the West Indies, procured by raising from seed : in this country 
there are upwards of thirty sorts, but the queen. New Providence, and one or two others, are most esteemei 
The plants are propagated by suckers, and by that singular production, proceeding from the summit of the 
fruit, called a crown : from large suckers fruit is sometimes obtained in eighteen months, but, in general, a 
period of two or three years is required, and for the New Providence sometimes longer. Loamy soil well en- 
riched with rotten dung, and the pots sufficiently drained, with abundance of heat without sudden extremes, 
will ensure large and well flavored fruit. (See The various Modes of cultivating the Pine-Apple from its first 
Introduction to the Improvements of Mr. Knight, Sjc. 8vo. 1822.) 
Some of the other species of true Bromelia have crowns, and the fruit of most of them is eatable, though 
small. B. Pinguin has the fruit separately in clusters, and not in a cone or pine, as in the Ananas. It is very 
common in Jamaica, in most of the Savannahs, and on the rocky hills. It is used there for fencing pas- 
