BROMELIA

(named after Bromel, a Swedish botanist). O RD. Bromeliaceæ. A genus of stove herbaceous perennials, allied to the Pineapple. Flowers, corolla three-petaled, convolute, erect, or spreading at the top. Leaves densely packed, rigid, lanceolate, with spiny margins. Stems short. These plants require much the same treatment as Bill berg i a. Allied genera are Æchmea, An an a a, Bill berg i a, Dis teg an thus, Greigia, Karatas, Ruckia (which see ).