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TILLANDSIA (Vaimsea) ameraystiNa. 
Native of South Brazil. — 
Nat. Ord. Brometiacez.—Tribe TILLANDSIEA. 
Genus Trtanpsta, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pi, vol. iii. p. 669.) 
TrnLanpsia (Vriesea) amethystina; acaulis, foliis 20-30 dense rosulatis lan- 
ceolatis tenuibus flexilibus arcuatis viridibus. brunneoj tinctis tenuiter 
lepidotis, pedunculo gracili erecto foliis leviter eminente, floribus 8-12 in | 
spicam laxissimam erectam dispositis, bracteis ovatis flavo-viridibus calyce 
brevioribus, 'sepalis lineari-oblongis citrinis, petalis lingulatis citrinis calyce 
multo longioribus basi intus squamatis, genitalibus breviter exsertis. 
T. amethystina, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 104; Handb. Bromel. p. 218. 
Vriesea amethystina, EF. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1884, p. 330, t. 15, 16. < 
This is one of the many fine Tillandsias of the section 
Vriesea which have been discovered lately in the southern 
and central provinces of Brazil, and introduced into cul- 
tivation in Europe, mainly through the instrumentality of 
our indefatigable correspondent, Dr. Glaziou, of Rio Janeiro. 
The present species, from its comparatively small size, is 
more manageable in a conservatory than several of its 
neighbours, and is conspicuous by its bright yellow flowers, 
which last for a considerable time. Our drawing was 
made from a plant that flowered at Kew in Oct. 1889, 
which was purchased from the collection of the late Pro- 
fessor Edward Morren soon after his death in 1886. The 
leaves are very ornamental. 
Descr. Acaulescent. Leaves twenty or thirty, densely 
rosulate, lanceolate from a dilated clasping base, a foot or 
a foot and a half long, not more than an inch broad at the 
middle, arcuate, flexible, obscurely lepidote, green more or 
less tinged with brown-purple, especially on the back. 
Peduncle slender, erect, a little longer than the leaves. 
Inflorescence a lax erect spike six or eight inches long ; 
flowers eight to twelve, sessile, erecto-patent ; bracts ovate, 
yellowish-green, about an inch long. Calyz pale yellow, 
an-inch and a half long; sepals linear oblong. Petals lin- 
JuNE Ist, 1890. 
