§§ Pothuava, Gaudich. — Inflorescence spicate. 
17. H. NUDicAULis, Baker = Bromelia nudicaulis, Linn. Sp. 
p. 409; Mill. Diet. No. i; Hook. Exot Flora, t. 153, non 
Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 208. Billbergia nudicaulis, Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. sub. t. 1068. JEchmea, Griseb. Flor. Brit. W. Ind. 
p. 592. HoplopUytum, K. Koch, Walp. Ann. v. p. 70. 
Bromelia kitea, G. F. Meyer, Esseq. p. 145. Billbergia 
liitea, Schult.yiZ., Syst. Yeg. vii. 1258. Hoiilophytum lanu- 
ginosum, Beer, Brom. p. 138. H. imispicatum, Beer, 
loc. cit. 
18. H, SPiCATA, 'Bsikev= Pothuava spieata, Gaudich. Atl. Bonite, 
t. 117. Hoplophytum, Beer, Brom. p. 140. (Vide sp. 15). 
19. H. coMATA, Baker = Pothuava comata, Gaudich. Atl. 
Bonite, t. 116. Hoplophytum, Beer, Brom. p. 140. 
20. H. MUCRONiFLORA, Baker = JEchmea mucronifiora, Hook. 
Bot. t. 4832. Hoplophytum, Beer, Brom. p. 131. 
21. H. Legrelliana, Baker, tab. nostr. 285. 
Tab. 284. — 1, flower complete, with bract ; 2, flower divested of one 
of its outer segments ; 3, petal with two stamens ; 4, pistil : all mag- 
nified.— J. G. B. 
Hohenbergia ccslestis is an interesting species, with sky-blue 
flowers, and reddish flower-bracts. It is easily grown in a moist 
warm stove, which seems essential for its successful cultivation. 
I obtained the plant, some time since, from the Continent, but I 
have now lost all further history of it. — W. W. S. 
