Tad. 7014. 

 CAEAGUATA Andreana. 



Native of New Granada. 



Nat. Ord. Bkomeliace^:. — Tribe Tillakdsieje. 

 Genus Caeaguata, Liudl. ; {Benth. et Hoolc.f. Gen. PI. vol. iii. p. 668.) 



Caeaguata Andreana ; acaulis, foliis 20-30 ensiformibus pallide viridibus glabris 

 flaccidis recurvatis, pedunculo rubro foliis bracteifornribus lanceolatis^ viridibus 

 imbricatis, floribus 2-3-nis in paniculam laxam subspicatam dispositis, brac- 

 teis floralibus ovatis acutis rubris, catyce luteo sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 imbricatis, corolla? luteac tubo cylindrico segmentis lingulatis tubo sequilongis, 

 staminibus prope tubi orain insertis, stylo apice tricuspidato. 



C. Andreana.. E. Morren in Rev. Hort. 1884, p. 247, tig. 61 ; 1886, 276, with 

 coloured figure ; Baker in Synops. TUland. p. 5. 



The Caraguatas inhabit the West Indies and the moun- 

 tains of Central America and the Andes. They closely 

 resemble the Tillandsias, but the petals are united in a 

 tube instead of being distinct down to the base. There 

 are about a dozen species now known, which differ widely 

 in size and inflorescence. The present plant was dis- 

 covered by M. Edouard Andre, after whom it was named 

 by Professor E. Morren, during his travels in South America 

 in 1876 on the Cordillera of Pasto, in ^ New Granada, and 

 was introduced by him into cultivation. Our drawing 

 was made from a plant purchased from M. Bruant of 

 Poitiers, which flowered at Kew last April. 



Desce. Acaulescent. Leaves twenty or thirty in a 

 dense rosette, ensiform, thin, and pliable in texture, pale 

 green, without any bands or lepidote scales, a foot and a 

 half or two feet long, an inch and a half broad above the 

 dilated base. Peduncle about a foot long, bright red ; 

 bract-leaves lanceolate, green, erect, imbricated. Panicle 

 about a foot long, lax, subspicate, consisting of about ten 

 clusters of two or three flowers, each subtended by a largo 

 green lanceolate branch-bract; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 

 bright red, under an inch long. Calyx yellow, above an 

 inch long ; sepals oblong-lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow, 



SEPTEMBEE 1ST, 1888. 



