Refugiimi Botanicum.] 
TAB. 285. 
[June, 1871. 
Natural Order Bromeliace^e. 
Tribe Bromelie^. 
Genus Hohenbergia, Schultes fil. 
H. Legrelliana, Baker. Foliis ad turionem circiter 20, lanceolatis 
crasse cartilagineo-coriaceis, maximis 12 — 15 poll, longis, deorsum 
12 — 15 lin. latis, e basi ad apicem acuminatum sensim angustatis, 
utrinque obscure pallide viridibus, baud fasciatis, precipue subtus 
griseo-furfuraceis, margirie spinis duvis falcatis concoloribus copiosis 
munitis, exterioribus valde falcato-recurvatis, caulibus semipedalibus 
erectis foliis multis bracteiformibus scariosis lanceolatis adpressis 
munitis, floribus 14 -15 lin. longis 12 — 20 in spicam confertam 
dispositis, bracteis saturate rubris lanceolatis acuminatis serratis 
floribus paulo brevioribus, ovariis pallidis lagenaeformibus, sepalis 
lanceolatis longe aristatis rubris semipollicaribus petabs saturate 
purpureo-rubris paulo brevioribus. — Billbergia Legrelliana, Hurt. 
A native most likely of Brazil. 
Ttifts rising to a height of about a foot. Leaves about twenty, 
lanceolate, much recurved, the largest twelve to fifteen inches 
long, twelve to fifteen lines broad downwards, narrowed very 
gradually from the base to an acuminate point ; in texture thicker 
than in the other species of the genus, and resembling those of a 
Bromelia ; the edge margined with copious sharp ascending con- 
colorous spines three -fourths to one line long ; both sides pale 
dull green, especially the lower one gray-furfuraceous. Flower- 
stem half a foot high, clothed with numerous ascending gray 
scariose entire lanceolate bract-like leaves. Flowers twelve to 
twenty in a close spike, the whole flower fourteen to fifteen lines 
long ; bracts bright red, lanceolate-acuminate, minutel}^ toothed, 
nearly as long as the calyx ; ovary pale, flask-shaped, five-eighths 
of an inch long ; se'pals lanceolate, bright red, with a long awn, 
rather shorter than the bright red-purple permanently counivent 
ligulate-spathulate 'petals. 
Tab. 285. — 1, flower complete, with bract ; 2, petal with two stamens ; 
3, pistil ; 4, horizontal section of ovary : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
The crimson flower and flower-bracts of this species of Hohen- 
bergia render the plant attractive. It is easy of cultivation in a 
damp stove, where it flowers regularly every season. When not 
growing, it may have a season of rest, by being not much 
supplied with water. Another species received from the Continent 
some time since, and of which the history has been lost. — 
w. w. s. 
