This fine plant flowered, probably for the first time in Bri- 
tain, during last year (1823), at the Botanical Garden of Li- 
verpool. Again, this year, it has produced a noble spike of 
blossoms, a representation of which, through the kindness of 
my friends Messrs Shepherd, I have now the pleasure of lay- 
ing before the public. 
A comparison of this figure with the one above quoted of 
Plumier, will show that no reasonable doubt can be enter- 
tained of its being intended for the same plant, and conse- 
quently, that it is the figure referred to by Linn^us and 
WiLLDENOW as the true Bromelia nudicaulis. The indivi- 
dual represented in the Botanical Register is the B. pyrami- 
dalis of Sims, in the Botanical Magazine ; and the latter au- 
thor quotes, with a mark of doubt, the synonyms of Linn^us, 
WiLLDENOW and Plumier. 
This plant was received at Liverpool from Trinidad, by 
favour of the Baron De Schack, from whom likewise we have 
individuals in our garden, which have not as yet flowered. 
Fig. 1. Single flower. Fig. 2. The same deprived of the calyx. Fig. 3. 
Petal with its stamen- Fig. 4. Stamen from the receptacle.—^Z^ wiore 
- i)r less magnified. 
