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Bromelia (Bromel, a Swedish botanist). Bromeliaceae. Hothouse plants, grown for the stiff form and clusters of flowers.
About two dozen species of Trop. American herbs, with stiff, pineapple-like Lvs., and fls. in heads or panicles; corolla 3-parted; calyx of 3 ovate-oblong sepals. Differs from Billbergia and Ananas in technical characters, particularly in the deeper-cut calyx. Less popular as stove plants than Aechmea and Billbergia. B. bracteata and B. macrodontes of trade-lists belong to Ananas. Culture as for Billbergia, which see. Monogr. by Mez, in De Candolle's Monogr. Phaner. 9.
B. longifolia, Rudge-Streptocalyx. — B. tricolor, Sanders. Lvs. 1 ½-2 ft. long, 1 ½~2 in. wide, the wavy margins creamy yellow except at the rose-red base, the central portion a glossy green. G.C. III. 43:261.
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