Tas. 5892. 
TILLANDSIA (PITYROPHYLLUM) IONANTHA. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord, Brometiacea#.—Tribe TILLANDSIER, 
Genus Tittanpsia, Linn. ; (Endl. Gen. Plant, p. 183). 
TiLLanpsia (Pityrophyllum) ionantha; cespitosa, subacaulis, surculosa, 
sparse albo-furfuracea, foliis 24-pollicaribus subulato-lanceolatis erecto- 
recurvis coriaceis antice infra apicem pungente acuminatis canalicu- 
latis margine ciliolatis, summis bracteiformibus erectis roseo-kermesinis 
flores subequantibus, floribus paucis sessilibus immersis, bracteis lan- 
ceolatis, sepalis lineari-lanceolata subequantibus, petalis 14-pollicaribus, 
pallide violaceis ungue elongata lineari, lamina ovato-spathulata obtusa, 
filamentis filiformibus, antheris parvis exsertis oblongis, stylo exserto, 
stigmatibus 3 parvis cuneatis truncatis. 
TILLanpsIA ionantha, Planch. in Flore de Serres, t. 1006. 
TILLANDsIA erubescens, Hort. Herrenhausen. 
PiryropHyLium erubescens, Beer, die Fam. der Bromel., p. 79. 
I refer this charming little plant, with some hesitation, to 
Planchon’s Zillandsia ionantha, which I know only from the — 
plate cited above, and the illustrious French botanist’s deserip- 
tion, which he is careful to say is drawn up from the figure 
prepared for the “ Flore de Serres ;” he not having had access 
to the specimens. The Belgian plate in question represents 
a larger plant than that here figured ; five inches high, with 
rather more obtuse points to the leaves, deeper coloured 
violet flowers, and less exserted and smaller anthers ; in all 
other respects the plants seem identical. Should they prove 
distinct however, I would suggest the name of 7 Scopus tor 
this, in allusion to its brush-like habit. 
The plate here given was executed from a specimen 
MARCH Ist, 1871, 
