Caraguata
(its South American name). ORD. Bromeliaceae. Stove epiphytes, allied to Tillandsia. For culture, see Billbergia.
C. lingulata (tongue-shaped-leaved). fl. white; flower-stalk erect, with numerous large, broadly-lanceolate, brilliant scarlet bracts. l. tufted, broad at the base, linear-lanceolate and recurved. h. 1 1/2ft. Columbia, 1880.
C. Van Volxemii (Van Volxem's).* fl. yellow, in close spikes, protected by crimson bracts. l. tufted. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Columbia, 1879. (I. H. 326.)
C. Zahnii (Zahn's).* fl. pale yellow, in dense oblong compressed panicles; bracts scarlet. May. l. linear-ligulate, 1ft. long, yellow, with crimson stripes, the upper part bright crimson; semi-transparent. h. 1ft. Chiriqui, 1870. (B. M. 6059.)