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BILLBERGIA* pyramidalis ; var. bicolor. 
Two-coloured Pyramidal Billbergia. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BROMELIACER. 
BILLBERGIA.— Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1068. 
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B. pyramidalis ; caule erecto: bracteis magnis spathaceis coloratis, spica 
subcapitata ebracteata. : 
Billbergia. pyramidalis. Lindl. supra, vol. 13. fol. 1068, in notd. 
Bromelia nudicaulis. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 203. 
Bromelia pyramidalis, Bot. mag. 1732. 
B. bicolor ; petalis obtusis bicoloribus, foliis magis acuminatis. 
or 
This appears to be a variety distinct from that repre- 
sented at fol. 203 of this work, from which it differs in the 
more obtuse figure of the petals, and in their colour ; the 
leaves also appear to be more taper-pointed. 
It is a native of some part of South America, and. 
highly deserving of cultivation on account of the great 
beauty of its flowers. ' 
Our drawing was made in April 1827, in a stove in 
the Nursery of Mr. Samuel Brookes, of Ball’s Pond, 
Islington. val 
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* Named by Thunberg. after Gustavus John Billberg, a Swedish 
Botanist, whom’ he calls “ Botanicus longé celeberrimus, Flore: Suecicce 
elegantissimee Auctor meritissimus.” 
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