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TILLANDSIA flexuosa; y. pallida. 



Flexuose Tillandsia; pale -flowered variety. 



HEXANDKIA MOXOGYXI.t. 



Nat.ord. BROMELIffi. Sect. L Germcii suponim. Juss. yen. GO. 

 TILLANDSIA. Supra vol.1. fol.-[Oo. 



T.Jlexnosa spicis laxis flexuosis, floribus distichis romotiiisciilis, foliis lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus reclinatis, caiile apice subdiviso. Swa/lz prod. *>!. 

 Jl. ind. occ. 1. 590. Willd. sj), pL 2. 12. Ait. Kew. ed, 2\ 2. 203. Pas. 

 syn, ] . 345. 



^. fasciata; foliis fasciatis. 



T. tenuifolia, foliis lineari subulatis intrgerrimis imbricatis, spica siniplici 



laxa. Jacq. amer. 92. t, G3. 

 y. pallida, floribus pallidis, spica sub siniplici. 



Parasitica. Radices Jilif or mes, longi, rigidL ToVia plerumque rndica- 

 Hay lanceolatO'lincaria, basilatiora, scssillay venfrlcosa, amjdcctenfia, vjar- 

 gme integra, laxa, apice recliitata, striata, wcmbrnnacea, suhtns viridi- 

 exalbida, suLtomentosa, v, farinom, ex sqiiamis mhititissiinis peJtatis mt:dio 



excavatis marqine hialino atiiuto cinctis, oculo annalo distinqucndis. Caii- 



u^nvK suoaivisus, spicis terminatus. apicae Ji v. •?, suuiana;, luiiijct, lunr, 

 rachihus triquetris,J{('xuosis,Jloscnlis alternis, distichis, remotltiscidis. Biac- 

 teae v. Spatliye \-phyllce, lanceolaice, concavce, striata:, cinctae. Calyx :J- 

 partitus, hasi triyouus, persistens, laciuiis ereclls, cokratis. Petala H, li- 

 nearia, calyce longiora, apice rejlcxa, coccinea, v. carulca. rilamonta G, 

 altema parum breviora, receptacuh inscrta, fliformia, hngitudinefcri pc- 

 talorum. Antherw ovata, basi bifdee, albidce. Gernicn ovutum, irif/unum. 

 Stylus ^ lif or mis. Stigma 3-jfidum. Capsula donjula, cylindracea, acu- 

 minata, trigona, 3-caritiafa, ^-loculuris, •i-vuMs, intu^ nitJdn, nigra. Se- 

 tninn papposa . Fai>\)\is capillaris, hdescens. Swartz 1. c 



We have placed this Tillandsia provisionally only as a 

 variety of ^e^Mow, because, although it is probable tliuf if 

 may be a distinct species, we, not having seen while in 

 flower the plant from which our drawing was made, are 

 not prepared to point out its distinguishing characters. 

 T.fexuosa must either be a very variable plant, or more 

 species than one are already included in it l>y those 

 who have described the Anld subject ; to say nothing of 

 Jacquin's T. teniufoUa, which is referred hither l)y Swartz 

 and other botanists. The last-mentioned writer savs, the 

 Jamaica plant varies with scarlet and blue flowers! Jac- 

 quin's plant has leaves banded like those of some species of 



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