Guzmania
(named in honour of A. Guzman, a Spanish naturalist). ORD. Bromeliaceae. A genus of four or five species of very handsome stove herbaceous perennials, allied to Tillandsia (which see for culture). They are all natives of tropical America.
G. Devansayana (Devansay's). fl. white, tightly packed within broad, acuminate, scarlet bracts. l. dilated at the base, purple-striped. Ecuador. (B. H. 1883, 8, 9.) G. erythrolepis (red-scaled).* fl. white; the uniform purplishred colour of the bracts distinguishes this at once from G. tricolor. l. deep green, like those of G. tricolor. (F. d. S. 1089.) G. fragrans (fragrant). A synonym of Canistrum eburneum G. tricolor (three-coloured).* fl. pure white; scape erect, 1ft. to 2ft. long, clothed with numerous bracts of a bright pale yellow green, beautifully streaked with blackish-purple towards the top, tipped with red, and at the extreme apex rich scarlet. Summer. l. rosulate, broad-linear, sword-shaped, involute, concave, sheathing at the base, 1 1/2ft. long, rich green. 1820. (B. M. 5220.)