Quesnelia
(named in honour of M. Quesnel, a French Consul at Cayenne, who was the means of introducing the genus to Europe). SYN. Lievena. ORD. Bromeliaceae. A small genus (three or four species) of stove, herbaceous, Brazilian plants, allied to Billbergia. Sepals free above the ovary, ovate, imbricated; petals free, narrow, the apex dilated into a spreading lamina; stamens three, alternating with the petals; inflorescence cone-like, simple, ovoid or oblong, thick; peduncle terminal, tall, clothed with spathe-like scales. Leaves clustered, long, spinuloso-serrated. For culture, see Bill-bergia.
Q. roseo-marginata (rose-margined). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Billbergia rosea-marginata. Q. rufa (red). This is the proper name of the plant described in this work as Billbergia Quesneliana.
Q. Van Houttei (Van Houtte's). fl. white, cobalt-blue at the tips, crowded in many series, each subtended by a bract; bracts rose-coloured above, and clothed below with white down; inflorescence a large, cylindrical spike, borne on a scape 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. high. l. numerous, armed with strong spines, sometimes banded with white beneath. (B. H. 1881, 18.)