Tab. 5850. 

 TILLANDSIA Lindeniana.. 



M. Lindens Tillandsia. 



Nat. Ord. BiiOMELiACEiE. — Hexandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5229.) 



Tillandsia (Wallisia) Lindeniana ; foliis radicalibus confertis patenti-re- 

 curvis e basi lata ensiformi-subulatis supra glaberrimis subtus punctato- 

 lepidotis integerrimis, caulinis brevibus erectis imbricatis spathaceis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis, spica lanceolata disticha multiflora bracteis 

 ovato-cymbifbrmibus subacutis, floribus' magnis, sepalis elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, petalorum limbo suborbiculari azureo basi ungueque albido, 

 staminibus inclusis, stigmatis lobis erectis cohaerentibus, ovulis in 

 placentis multiseriatis. 



Tillandsia (Wallisia) Lindeniana, Regel, Gartenflora, 1869, p. 193, t. 619; 

 Gvrd. Chron. 1870, p. 859, cum ic. xylog. 



Tillandsia Lindeni ; Morren, Belgiqve Hortic. 



This very handsome Brazilian Tillandsia appears to have 

 been introduced by M. Linden from Brazil into Europe, 

 through Mr. AVallis, and published almost simultaneously by 

 Dr. Begel, of St. Petersburgh, under the name of Tillandsia 

 Lindeniana, and by Professor Morren, of Liege, under 

 that of Tillandsia Lindeni. It is the largest flowered species 

 of the genus known to me, and very remarkable for the 

 curiously soft texture and hue of the deep violet-blue petals ; 

 the colour of which melts into a pure white at the base of 



the blade. . _ r 



The specimen here figured was communicated by Mr. 



Ware, of the Hall Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, with whom 



it flowered in May of the present year; and it is stated in 



the Gardener's Chronicle to have been shown by Mr. Williams 



august 1st, 1870. 



