Tillandsia—continued. 
especially towards the base. South Brazil, &c., 1840. Plant 
tufted. Syns. 7. pulchella (B. H. ix. 322; B. M. 5229), Pourretia 
surinamensis (of gardens). 
T. p. amoena (pleasing). ji., sepals pink ; petals much longer, with 
a white claw and a lilac limb; spike few-flowered ; scape erect, 
sheathed by pink bracts. J. narrow-subulate. Stem branched 
flexuous. SYN, Anoplophytum amenum (B. H. 1883, 17). 
T. pumila (dwarf). A form of 7. bulbosa. 
T., recurvata (recurved). f., sepals about three-fourths as long 
as the blue corolla; petals naked within, spreading above the 
calyx; peduncles axillary or terminal, sub-solitary, exserted, 
two to five-flowered ; spike included by a sheathing bract, each 
fiower by a smaller bract, the upper ones somewhat distant. 
l. 2in. to din. long, filiform, recurved. Stems tufted. Scaly down 
aang, h. about 6in. Tropical America, 1793. SYN. T. cordo- 
nsis. 
T. recurvifolia (recurved-leaved). A synonym of 7’. dianthoidea 
roset. 
T. regina (queen).* ji. white, exhaling a strong, Jasmine-like per- 
fume ; fats pest spikes two-ranked, curved, disposed 
attaining a height of about Tft. l. about 4ft. long, recurved at 
apex, broadly Sheathing: at base. South Brazil, 1867. A mag- 
nifi rns. Vriesia gigantea, V. Glaziovana, 
regina Coe e Te A ur niti is merely a form 
. in a paniculate inflorescence, 
; i i : petals milk-white, 
or more long ; calyx greenish, lin. long. j Be j spene. 
ft. to 2ft. 
do S si 
T., revoluta (revolute). A synonym of T. Duratii. 
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Tillandsia—continued. 
T. (Rodigas’). fl. citron - yellow, 
remote, sub-sessile, spreading, tubular; se tals 
thrice as long as the sepals, ligulate, the limb arcuate ; bracts 
tinged with red, striated, ovate, short; panicle loose, elongated, 
elliptic, the branches spreading, few-flowered, nearly sessile, 
springing from a short, scarlet spathe ; scape elongated, erect, 
slender, with narrow bracts. l. short, arcuate-spr ìng, broadly 
sheathing and fuscous at base, the blade loriform, slightly chan- 
nelled, rounded-cuspidate, green, with a few dark blood-coloured 
markings. South Brazil. Closely allied to T. gracilis. Syn. 
Vriesia Rodigasiana (I. H. n. s. 467.) 
T. Roezlii (Roezl’s). fl. rosy; spikes distichous, ancipitous, 
elliptic, forming a tall pang l. large, linear, acute, dark green, 
with large, black blotches on the upper part, the margins in- 
curved. Andes of Northern Peru, 1 plant of bold habit. 
(B. H. 1877, 15.) : 
distichous, 
obtuse ; 
T. rosea (rosy). A synonym of T, dianthoidea rosea, 
T, rubida (reddish). A synonym of T. geminiflora. 
T. sanguinolenta (blood-red). 
at the apex, with numerous irr r blotches 
of dark blood-red on both surfaces. A. Qin. 
to 12in. New Granada, 1875. As the flowers 
of this species are unknown, it has been im- 
possible place it in the key, or even to 
state with certainty whether it is really a 
Tillandsia or no. SYN, Encholirion san- 
guinolenta (I. H. 1875, 200). 
T, (Saunders’).* fl. 
l. detiexed 
sulphur- 
raceme few- 
scape erect, 
l. rosulate, 
cle loose, the 
owered, divaricate, bracteate ; 
shining, angled, ellowish-white. 
short, deeply and broadly sheathing at 
linear, obtuse, decury: coriaceous, aboy 
yish-green, slightly dotted with white, 
low striated and spotted with blood-colour. 
h. 1}ft. Brazil, 1872. Syn. Encholirion 
Saundersii (1. H. n. s. 132). 
T. scalaris (ladder-like). very lon 
pretty ; calyx yellow; corolla n; bracts 
of a deep rose-colour ; a l4ft. to 2ft. long, 
hanging from the plant like a rope ladder. 
i, gi about 10in. long, green, ciliated. 
South Brazil, 1879. Syn. Vriesia scalaris. 
T, setacea (bristly). fl., sepals half as long as 
the corolla ; petals bluish-purple, spathulate, 
lin. long, spreading at the summit; bracts 
lepidote, imbricate-distichous, ovate-oblong, 
inted, as long as the sepals ; spike 2in. 
Ein long, compressed, simple, or with a few 
short, appressed branches at the base. l 
ig Sea MEE little or Sonan argae 
at , sub-erect, equalling or exceeding th 
. Bin. to lein. West Indies to Brazil, 
1 (Ref. B. 288.) SYNS. T. yegay ‘pd 
811), T. tenuifolia (of Linneus), in part (B. H. 
1876, 14). à 
T. setacea (bristly), of, Hooker. A synonym 
of T. anceps. -\ 
T. speciosa (showy). A garden synonym of 
T. splendens. 
y splen As calyx free, 
dens 
S oblong-lanceolate ; yellow, 
poly e md or aber obioi, uly diated: 
spathulate at — thrice the of the 
and 
calyx ; bracts 5 C 
p abiane ch imbricated; spike 
simple, distichous, com , ancipitous, 
linosr-ianceolate, longer ti — ia Cs 
erect, e, longer i , 
closely - scales green, fuscous- 
spo eight to twelve, Meeoong; 
concave at base, nearly 2ft. , Šin. broad, 
flat a ruptly narrowed towa the 
recurved of a ng green above, 
lighter beneath, with eran: dark fuscous 
French Guiana. See Fig. 39. (F. d. S. May, 1846, 4.) SYNS 
T. speciosa, and T. zebrina (of gardens), Vriesia splendens, 
zones. 
aP, Aian (Statice-flowered). A synonym of 7. enters 
‘ ed- bo in, long, en; 
T, streptophylla (twisted-leaved). fl., calyx żin, long i 
cylindrical, ljin. long; bracts dense 
: spikes four to eight in a short 
gg i. Süs red-tinted, 
basal 
iie, teach fbi 
ido 1 ca 
a peduncle short, hidden by its numerous 
[epidote, imbricated, bract-like leaves. l in a „ bas 
rosette, the erect, dilated base šin. long and broad ; blade 6in. 
to 9in. long, lin. broad at base, gradually tape’ to a long 
int ‘cm twisted spirally from low down, densely lepidote. 
Pemaica, &c., 1878. (B. M. 6757.) SYN. T. circinata. 
'T, stricta (erect). fl. narrow-c lindrical, about jin. long x an 
reddish- ; corolla doo violet-blue above the calyx, 
ally deep rag es white, red-tinged, slightly pellucid; 
about 7in. high. November. 1. from a short, 
piano rootstock, about 6in. long, nearly jin. broad at the 
yellow ; sepals equitant, oblong, concave; - 
base, g 
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