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BROMELIA wih eS i 
Black-flowered Bromelia. 
--HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 5 PY J 
».| Nat. ord. BROMELIZ. Jussieu gen. 49. Div. JT, Germen inferum 
BROMELIA Supra vol. 3.203. 
teata’? foliis ligulato-oblongis czsiis spin’ nigra ciliatis 
, Spica obeso-strobiliformi hexasticha? distantér laxata, 
lternis, floribus rigidis fundo land immerso, calyce 
B. melanantha, ebr 
cuspidato-obtusi 
verticillis triflor 
trialato. a : A. 
Fol. plurima, radicalia, ambientia, alterna, ligulato-oblonga, pedalia 
v. ultra, uncias plusquam 2 lata, cesia, levitts involuta, obtusa, cum spind 
terminali lateralibus grandiore, spinis nigris cartilagineis sursum incurves- 
centibus ciliata, subtus e squamulis furfuraceis contiguis argenteis catenatim 
lineata, inferné imbricato-fasciculata et intis obsolete purpurascentia, exte- 
riora sepe plus minus revoluta, interiora rectiora gradatim interne versus al- 
tiora, per spicam superata. Scapus simplex, cylindraceus pennam olorinam 
crassitudine vix excedens, centralis, foliis equalis, albo-lanatus, bracteis 
sparsis spathaceis sterilibus melinis arido-membranaceis tenuibus saturatins 
nervosis elongato-lanceolatis subtilissimé acuminatis distanter imbricantibus 
erectis floribus tenis vestitus, erectus, cum spica clavato-continuus. Spica 
ebracteata? strobiliformis oblonga obtusa (biuncialis v. magis?) duplo fere 
pollice crassior, distanter hexasticha? lanata: floribus porrectis sessilibus 
obesis subsemiuncialibus, per trinos? ordine laxo verticillatis, respectu seriei 
sextuplict alternantibus. Germ. breve cum calyce isoperimetrum, scariosum, 
viride, diaphanum, triptero-molendinaceum (v. cylindraceum exque angulis 
inaciim attenuatis trialatum) venosum venis obscurioribus basin versis reti- 
culatim anastomozantibus, superné albo-lanatum, polyspermum, ovulis or- 
dine plurali sursum imbricatis opacis ovato-oblongis, e strophiolA crassa. suc- 
culenté diaphand subclavata intimo loculorum angulo affivis. Cal. germinis 
continuum pallide virens triphyllum rotundaté 3-gonum, foliolis crassis duro- 
carnosis in tubum brevem conniventibus d lateribus alte imbricatis, forts albo- 
lanuginosis. Petala 3, atropurpurea, rigida, recta, erecto-convergentia ca- 
lyce % parte prepropterve longiora, lamina lineari-oblonga involuto-concava 
apice truncate retusa erosula, ungue breviore lato intas jimbrid crispa trans- 
versa concolori coronato. Stamina inclusa erecta, alterna 3 breviora summo 
petalorum ungui inserta filamentis quam anthera plurimim brevioribus, reli- 
qua 3 carnoso calycis disco vel germinis incrassato cacumini inserte filamen- 
tis longioribus gracilioribus corolle aqualibus : anther lineari-elongate pal- 
lide introrse, erecté, mobiles, summo puncto filamenti superné attenuati a 
dorso medio appense. Stylus inclusus, erectus, colore filamentorum simili: 
stigmata 3 lobiformia dilatata, brevia, in unum cortorquenda. 
We were supplied with the plant for our drawing ; by 
Mr. Lambert, who received the seed of it from Trinidad. 
Leaves many, radical, surrounding the crown of the 
roots in alternate order, ligularly oblong, a foot or more 
high, and more than two inches broad, blueish grey, slightly 
involute, obtuse, with a largish terminal spine, black like — 
the others at the edge, which are cartilaginous, bowed 
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