Tas. 5562. 
TILLANDSIA xtpntormes. 
— 
Buenos Ayres Air-plant. 
Nat. Ord. Bromentace#.—HeExanpria Monoeynta. 
_ Gen. Char. Calyx 3-partitus, laciniis subequalibus. Petala3 unguibus 
in tubum conniventibus v. convolutis, limbo patente. Stamina 6, hypogyna, 
filamentis linearibus alternis sepius petalis adherentibus. Ovariwm li- 
berum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate 3-fido, ovulis in loculorum 
angulo centrali 2-seriatim affixis. Capsula cartilaginea, linearis v. ovata, 
3-locularis, loculicide 3-valvis, valvis endocarpio mox soluto duplicatis, 
explanatis v. tortis. Semina plurima, ex basi septorum erecta, stipitata, 
stipite pilis papillosis cincto; testa dura.—Herbe plerumque epiphyte le- 
pidote. Caules foliosi. Flores spicati v. paniculati, bracteati, rartus soli- 
tarii. Endl. 
Trunanpsta wiphioides; tota argenteo-tomentosa, foliis dense rosulatis 
patenti-incurvis, e basi lata longe late subulatis marginibus incurvis ' 
Y. involutis, scapo brevi v. elongato simplici, spica disticha lineari- 
oblonga multiflora, bracteis anguste oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
dense imbricatis, floribus albis, sepalis anguste subulato-lanceolatis 
attenuato-acuminatis, petalorum ungue elongato-lineari, lamina ob- 
longo-vboyata acuminata recurva crispata, stigmatis lobis brevibus 
linearibus recurvis. 
Tintanpsta xiphioides. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 105. 
A remarkably pretty and deliciously-scented plant, for 
which the Royal Gardens are indebted to Dr. Rayner, of 
Uxbridge, who sent the flowering specimen figured here 
in May, 1865; it is called by Ker a native of Buenos Ayres, 
but the only native specimens I have were gathered by the 
late Dr. Gillies, near Mendoza, where it is abundant on trees 
and stones along the bases of the Cordillera, and is much 
prized for its delicate fragrance. a 
Descr. A small rigid herb, covered with grey silvery to- 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1866. 
