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Tas. 6059, 
CARAGUATA Zaunt, * Gvz7as(7 
LAA WTS 
Native of Chirigu. file Lilustebe 
Nat. Ord. BromMEL1acez.—Tribe TILLANDSIEA, 
Genus Caracuata, Plumier ; (Endl. Gen. Pl., p. 183). 
Caracuata Zahnii; cespitosa, subcaulescens, glaberrima, nitida, foliis 
pedalibus e basi lata lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis recurvis acutis et 
apiculatis infra medium concavis flavis rubro-striatis, ultra medium 
planis coccineis apicem versus viridibus, scapo erecto dense foliaceo- 
vaginatis, vaginis spithameis imbricatis suberectis subulato-lanceolatis, 
panicula densa aurea, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis ovato-subulatis 
apicibus elongatis rubris, bracteolis ovato-oblongis, sepalis lineari- 
oblongis subacutis, corolle tubo calycem paulo superante lobis ovatis 
obtusis concavis, filamentis tubo corollw adnatis, antheris vix exsertis 
lineari-oblongis, stigmate 3-fido. © 
Titianpsia Zahnii, Hort. Veitch. 
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I have adopted the specific name proposed for this splendid 
plant by its importers, Messrs. Veitch, in commemoration of 
the services of their excellent collector Mr. Zahn, who dis- 
covered it in 1870, in Chiriqui, Central America, shortly be- 
fore he perished by drowning, a victim to his enterprise, on 
his way to Costa Rica. ; : 
The genus Caraguata comprises the Tillandsias with united 
petals and filaments adnate to the tube of the corolla. A good 
illustration of one species, C. splendens, is given by Professor 
Morren, of Liege, who is justly celebrated for his knowledge 
of Bromeliacee, and the fine collection he has formed of them 
in the Botanic Garden of Liege, in the Flore des Serres 
(t. 1091); the C. Zahnii is nearly allied both to this and to 
Grisebach’s Zt//andsia compacta, but differs in the much. 
longer leaves, long sheaths on the scape, and form of the 
bracts. Messrs. Veitch’s specimen, which is here figured, 
flowered in May of the present year. 
OCTOBER lst, 1873. 
