ereclis, linearl-fagittatis ; germinc oblongo acuminata, ro- 

 tundate trigono, trifulco ; ftylo aliquoties longiori, inclufo, 

 filiformi-triquetro, fuperne torto ; itigmatibus tribus mi- 

 nutis, puberulis, replicatis ; capfula columnari, obtufe 

 trigona, acutula, bra&eam parum tvanfeunte. G. 

 TILLANDSIA ftricla. Soland. M/f. in Scbed. Bank/. Eg.piB. 

 in Icon. pi. brqfil. in Cod. Bank/. 



Desc. Leaves fpringing from a fhort flefhy rootjlotk, much 



in the manner of tbofe of the common Pine-Apple, about fix 



inches long, nearly half an one broad at their bafe, whence they 



taper their whole length, coated with a hoar-like pubefcence, 



thicken* towards the bafe of the leaf; fiem nearly of the thicknels 



of a common pen, about feven inches high ; braB.es (lone-white, 



fubpellucid, reddening towards their circumference ; flowers 



narrow-cylindrical, about three-fourths of an inch long, fcent- 



lcfs; calyx thickiih, pale reddifh brown; corolla above that 



part of a deep violet-blue, finally changing to a deep red; flamem 



almoll equal to this in length ; jlyle ftraight, white, with ftigmas 



juft overtopping the yellow anthers ; germen pale green, four 



times iliorter than the ftyle, which is continuous with its apex, 



quite free from the flower; capfule dark brown, about the 



thicknefs of a crow-quill, pointed. A parahtic plant ; found by 



the late Dr. So lander in the Brazils, growing on trees near 



Rio- Janeiro. There is nothing in the very little which Lin- 



NAUs has left us concerning his monojlacbya, that does not tally 



with this fpecics, except the fynonymy. Requires to be kept in 



die (love ; but, we have been told, will live and bloffom when 



lufpended by a thread in a warm room. Our drawing was made 



from a plant that flowered at MeflVs. Whitley and Bramb' 5 



Nurlery, in the King's-Road, Fulham, in November laft. Not 



recorded in any work known to us. Firft introduced into the 



European gardens by Lady Neale, in whofe colkaion * 



Walhampton it has been cultivated for fome years. G. 



