376 — 



2* Tillandsia conspersa. Caulo siinpiici j t'oliis vcrsiH 

 basiu densisslrois suhrf^ciirvatis , patolis, snrsum sparsis ere- 

 ctis , e basi snhdllataia subvpiUrlcosa lanoeolato- liocaribus 

 filiforrai- aUenualJs, per totam longitndJnrni convolniis, stiua- 

 mulls argeuteis retro rse Imbricatis densissiuie li^pidolip, spica 

 simplici 12— l5-flora floriljiis suljconfi^rtis sparsis coeriiUMa 

 bracteas liueari-lauceolaiaa foliareas carinatas circiter aequau- 

 tibtid. 



Cre^cit in ramo arlmris emorluo prope Paramaribo, m. 

 Ang- fioreos. 



Ex affiaitate T^ setaceae Sw,, T- coerulcac H- B. K., 

 folio mm anlpm forma , spicae et prapsertira brantearum iii- 

 dole band dif^ficili npgoiio cognoscenda. Radices fiiiformes 

 arclis^ime circa ranoTim tortae^ qnaedam tibprae Tagae- Folia 

 majorr\ 8 — 12 Cf»nt, longa. Squamtdae f«rforacftae nitidae 

 argenieac forma Tariap, plernmqne acutae, Caulis cnra spita 

 15 cenf, alUr*^. Spica 5 cent. Bracteae luferiorea fioribns 

 majores, rcliqiiac* r.os circiler aeqiiautes, omnes patnlae, Fl^ 

 f09 2 cfitt, lojigi. 



BILBERGIA Thunb, — Rndi, 



1. Bilher^a Mertensii. {Bromelia Mertensii Mey. 

 Esseq. p, 144,) 



CreHcit in syWa prope Paramaribo, m. Apr., iu Orella- 

 oakrpfk, ro. Oct. — ^,Bracleae late nibrae." 



Nostrara ad rl, Mcyeri aynonyraon esse reft^renrfam, 

 comparala acciiratigsima hiijii& anctoria di-scriplione n»ll""n* 

 diibirim est, Hnic tanlummodo addendum r /o^m e baai I^to- 

 dilaiata ionge lanceoUua. Bacca (riiocnlaris sabsicca; *^- 

 mina lu quovi^ localo plura BitbbiserUta^ pendulo -imbri- 

 cata, trigoiia apicc obtrrsa, qBandoq«e IrigoBo- compress^* 

 fo3ca, testa ad lejilem lenuitor areolata, umbiiico filo tcnw' 

 appfndiculnto. — A Bromeliae charactere aulem, ijoalis 



