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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Tillandsia—continued. 
T. heliconioides (Heliconia-like). /l. sessile, distant ; sepals 
whitish, striated, lanceolate, acuminate, concave ; corolla white, 
tripartite, the segments lanceolate-linear ; bracts striated, ovate, 
acute, keeled, spreading, lin. or more long; spike 4in. to 6in. 
long. l. linear-lanceolate, subulate at apex, nearly flat, glabrous, 
coriaceous, striated, recurved, 14ft. long. Stem simple, scarcely 
lft. long, leafy. Rio Magdalena Valley. Syns. Vriesia bellula 
and V. Falkenbergii (of gardens), V. heliconioides (G. C. n. S., XXi., 
p. 140; I. H. n. s. 490). 
T. hi hica (hieroglyphic). . disposed in a lax panicle ; 
bracts ovate, conduplicate, short; panicle branches spreading, 
short, naked at base, bearing seven or eight pedicellate flowers. 
l. forming a tuft 3ft. to 7ft. in diameter, long, loriform, broad, 
especially at base, glabrous, mucronate, obtuse, green, ve 
handsomely marked above with dark green, and below wit 
blackish-purple. South Brazil. An Sy at “YB. handsome 
foliage plant. Syns. Massangea hierog = ea (R. H. 1878, p. 175), 
Vriesia hieroglyphica (B. H. 1885, 164 ; I. H. 1884, 514). For 
some time after it was introduced, the flowers of this species were 
unknown. In 1885, however, it flowered in the Brussels botanical 
rden, and was then found not to be a Massangea at all; there- 
ore, this species should not be referred to Caraguata, as men- 
tioned under Massangea. 
T, inanis (uninteresting). A form of T. bulbosa. 
T, incurvata (incurved). fl. yellow, tipped with green, sub- 
sessile, long-tubular ; petals ligulate, the limb obtuse, recurved ; 
bracts beautiful orange and red, conduplicate, keeled, oval- 
lanceolate ; spike dense, stout, distichous. l. green, lorate, 
shortly acuminate, widened at base. South Brazil, 1882. SYNS. 
T. inflata (B. M. 6882), Vriesia incurvata (B. H. 1882, 2). 
T. inflata (inflated). A synonym of T. incurvata. 
T, ionantha (violet-flowered).* jl. sessile, crowded at the tips of 
the branches ; petals e Sharon S A by their linear, broad 
claws; bracts lanceolate, equalling the sepals. Z. numerous, 
closely imbricated, 2in. to 2sin. long, recurved, subulate-lanceo- 
late, very coriaceous, concave above, sub-pungent at tip, the 
margins ciliated; upper ones more erect, bright rose-coloured, at 
length wholly green. A. Sin. to 4in. Brazil (?), 1871. Plant 
tufted. (B. M. 5892; F. d. S. 1006.) Syns. T. erubescens (of 
gardens), Pitrophyllum ionantha. 
T. ixioides (Ixia-like) . three to five in a spike, sub-tri- 
stichous ; sepals equalling the claw of the petals ; petals orange ; 
limb only half as long as the claw ; anthers included. Z. imbri- 
cated, linear, acuminate, slightly dilated at the base, with silvery 
scales on the dorsal nerve. A. 6in. Uruguay. 
T. Jonghei (Jonghe’s). fi. tawny-yellow, rather remote, hori- 
zontal ; greenish, with fuscous margins, ovate, convex, 
bidentate at apex ; corolla campanulate, the petals obtuse, emar- 
;. bracts fuscous-green, conduplicate, plicate, gibbous at 
, Shorter than the sepals; spike simple, ancipitous, the 
rachis distichous-pulvinate ; scape erect, simple, longer than the 
leaves, with lanceolate, leafy bracts. J. lorate, recurved, fuscous- 
papan beneath. Minas Geraes, 1874. (B. H. 1874, 12-13.) SYN. 
riesia Jonghei. 
T. juncifolia (Rush-leaved). A synonym of T. setacea. 
T. Karwinskiana (Karwinsky’s). ji. one to twelve arranged in 
a single lax, narrow, distichous spike; sepals Presb. nan 
glabrous ; ls violet; scape Qin. to 12in. long. Winter. 1. 
broad toi phe point, pale a ago Rashtra theta 
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nearly or quite naked on the face. Mexi P1878 S 
T. Lindeni (Linden’s).* jl. axillary, sessile; pepalx green, 
dish at apex, lanceolate, acuminate, channelled ; petals spathu- 
late, the claw linear, the limb of a beautiful bluish-purple, 
rage Het ca sub-acuminate ; stamens included ; bracts very 
T. L. intermedia (intermediate). fl., bracts n, slightly 
peng with ee ee coe gee ong An a by se tie 
i orm fee & ann. 
Ta neds oe ween the type a egeliana 
T. L. luxurians (luxuriant). fl., , axi , el : 
"L. aa g ). fl., scapes many, axillary, elongated 
T. L. major ter).* fi. bright azure-blue, with a white centre, 
z sinus arger than inthe pe 1871. (F. M. n. s. 529.) 
EEO llega piii ae: 
than : ngated. C. A s.,‘xii., 
p. 461.) Syn. T. Lindeniana (R. G. 1869, 619). 
T. Lindeniana (Linden’s). A synonym of T. Lindeni Regeliana. 
T. Malzi (Omer de Malzine’s). teete to twenty ia deae, 
80 3 + Ww. 5 twice 
o calyx, with a pair of white scales at the base: 
or red, o ; 
ike narrower | 
Tillandsia—continued. 
at the dilated base, falcate, chartaceous, deltoid-cuspidate at 
apex, bright green on the face, red-brown with fine vertical lines 
at back. Mexico, 1874. Acaulescent. (B. M. 6495.) Syn. 
Vriesia Malzinei (B. H. 1874, 14). 
T. monadelpha (monadelphous). fl. about twenty, whitish, 
tinged with light purple, rather remote, sub-sessile; petals 
spathulate, the limb spreading ; stamens monadelphous at base ; 
bracts conduplicate, green, tinged with yellow, Shining; spike 
simple, loose, the rachis distinctly pulvinate, green ; scape erect, 
longer than the leaves. J. numerous, broad and green at the 
base, above arcuate, lanceolate, acute, purple on both sides. 
Guiana, 1882. SYN. Phytarrhiza monadelpha (B. H. 1882, 7). 
T. Morreni (Morren’s).* fi. secund, one sessile in the axil of each 
viscid, brown bracteole; calyx light brown, about twice the 
length of its bracteole; petals yellowish-green, very narrow; 
panicle pyramidal ; bracts straw-coloured. l. two, 2łin. broad, 
erect, lft. long, sub-coriaceous, with broken, zigzag, transverse 
markings; tip rounded, minutely mucronate. h. lbin. Brazil. 
T, Morreniana (Morren’s). A synonym of T. Lindeni. 
T, muscosa (mossy). A garden synonym of Pitcairnia muscosa. 
T., narthecioides (Narthecium-like). fl. yellowish-white, incon- 
spicuous, distant, nearly horizontally spreading ; bracts glabrous, 
as long as the calyx, oblong, striated; spike 4in, long, erect, 
simple ; pape 6in. high, erect. l. linear, flat, 8in. long, din. 
broad, subulate at apex, dilated at base. Guayaquil, 1878. 
T, nitida (shining). A synonym of Catopsis nitida. 
T. paraibica (Parahiba). fl. in a densely-imbricated, distichous 
spike ; bracts large, purple-red, as long as the golden-yellow calyx ; 
tals yellow, much longer than sepals. Summer. J. green, 
shining, lingulate, 6in. to 9in. long, about lin. wide, about as 
long as the scape. h. 6in. to 9in. Brazil, 1885. 
T, paucifolia (few-leaved). A synonym of T. bulbosa. 
T, Philippo-Coburgi (Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg’s). fl. dis- 
tant, secund ; calyx golden-yellow; petals greenish, protruding 
at the summit of the calyx a third longer, the included part 
folded into a very narrow tube ; panicle pyramidal, the branches 
red; lower bracts large, dark red; bracteoles bright red, 
scarious, clasping at the base, oblong - lanceolate, very acute. 
l. 2šin. broad, rigidly membranous, light green, shining, the apex 
reddish-brown ; sheath slightly dilated, variegated with pale 
purplish blotches. h. 15in. Brazil. Syn. Vriesia Philippo- 
Coburgi. 
T. picta (painted). A garden synonym of T. splendens. 
T. Platzmanni (Platzmann’s). fi. yellow, distichous, rather 
remote, shortly pedunculate, tubular; sepals fuscous at base, 
convolute in a tube; petals also convolute; bracts purplish, 
navicular ; spike simple, secund, about ten-flowered ; scape 3ft. 
to 4ft. high, slender, erect, bracteate. J. lingulate, broad at base, 
gron, margined with red. South Brazil, 1875. SYN. Vriesia 
latzmanni (B. H. 1875, 23). i 
T. (many-spiked). f. sessile; calyx bipartite ; 
tals blue. 
rarely white, linear, channelled-concave, acuminate ; 
racts scarlet, imbricated above; spikes numerous, the lateral 
ones about ten, lft. long, alternate. June. l. linear-subulate, 
acuminate, entire, channelled, broad and ventricose at base, 
the lower ones 2ft. long. Stem leafy, erect, 3ft. high. West 
Indies, &c., 1825. 
polytrichoides (Polytrichum-like). 
T A synonym of T. 
bryoides, 
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T. psittacina (parrot-like).* É large, remote, distichous ; petals 
pe at the t, rather longer than the bracts, which are 
right red in the lower part, and deep yellow above ; rachis red ; 
scape lft. or more high. July. J. radical, 6in. to 8in. long, linear- 
ligulate, much inflated, recurved, acute, entire, yellow-green, 
thin, more or less waved. Forests near Rio Janeiro, 1828. (B. M. 
2841.) SYN. Vriesia psittacina (B. H. 1882, 10-12; B. R. xxix. 10). 
Morren- unites with this T. carinata as a variety. 
. psittacino-carinata (hybrid). A good and handsome garden 
hyure, having more numerous and approximate flowers tban 
re a 1883. SYN. Vriesia Morreniana (B. H. 1882, 10-12, 
T tacino-scalaris (hybrid). /l. as in T. psittacina, ten to 
ON a rr ea a 
rerolesa (B. B, i884, 10). uter t T. sca ; SYN. Vriesia 
T. pulchella (pretty). A synonym of T. pulchra. 
T, palchrs (beautiful).* fl., calyx greenish-white ; petals quite 
white ; bracts of a beautiful, delicate red, peapea pba a 
scurfy pubescence, channelled, 
almost entirely ing the flowers; scape, including the 
@, about as long as the feaves. L Ain. to 6in. long, quite 
subulate, hoary with a minute, ea 
