THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Tillandsia—continued. 
coated with hoary pubescence. Brazil, &c., 1810. (B. M. 1529.) 
Syn. Anoplophytum strictum (B. H. 1878, 13). 
T. s. caulescens (caulescent). This only differs from the type 
in its stem being decidedly developed, and, consequently, in 
the greater stature of the plant. 
T, stricta (erect), of Lindley. A synonym of T. dianthoidea. 
T. tectorum (growing on roofs). fl., aapea free, lanceolate, con- 
duplicate ; petals white, blue in the middle, convolute in a tube 
which broadens towards the apex; bracts light green, tinged 
with rose, lanceolate, conduplicate, rather shorter than the 
sepals; spikes distichous, ancipitous, short, forming a short, 
contracted panicle ; scape erect, tall, its bracts rosy at base. 
l. very numerous, imbricated, lanceolate-linear, spreading, arched, 
scarious-pilose ; sheath very broad, gradually attenuated into the 
limb. Stem elongated, ascending, leafy. Andes of Peru, 1865. 
` (B. H. 1877, 18.) Syns. T. argentea (of K. Koch), Pourretia 
nivosa (of gardens). : 
T, tenuifolia (slender-leaved), of Jacquin. A synonym of 
T, flexuosa, 
T, tenuifolia (slender-leaved), of Linnzus. 
T. setacea. 
A synonym of 
Fic. 39. TILLANDSIA SPLENDENS. 
T. tessellata (tessellated). ., sepals green, glutinous ; petals 
poe forming a campanulate corolla ; a A een ; paniel 
1, erect, loose, the branches erect, arcuate, each bearing nine 
nished with navicular bracts. J/. coriaceous, rigid, channelled, 
tessellated in green and yellow, sub-glaucescent, acuminate at 
apex, the sheath broad, dark fuscous. South Brazil, 1882. Syn. 
riesia tessellata (B. H. 1882, 14-16), : 
T. tricolor (three-coloured). A synonym of 7. anceps. 
T. umbellata (umbellate).* jl. sapphire-blue, white in the 
centre, five or six ope simultaneously; calyx green; bracts 
light | , as large.as the sepals ; inflorescence a very short, 
ancipitous spike. Winter. Z. 9in. to 12in. long, šin. broad, light 
een, shortly sheathing at the base, ascending, spreading, 
form, acute at the tips, smooth and glossy. h.1lft. Ecuador, 
1882. (R. H. 1886, p. 60.) A near ally of T. Lindeni. 
T. usneoides (Usnea-like). Long Moss; Old Man’s Beard; 
sh Moss, of the West Indies. jl. green, solitary, terminal, 
kegin long; sepals tinged with red. July. i. alternate, 
_ bifarious, uniform throughout, sp , lin. to Sin. long, fili- 
form, ved above ; sheaths jin. to 2in. long, cylindric.. Tropical 
Ames. eo ` Plant forming =. — tufts, ne 
clothed ev i ing, 
Ba Sen PS aeS * edn, avers 
T, utriculata (bladder-like). /l., sepals green , reddish-margined, 
half as long as the corolla; petals greenish-white, spreading at 
the summit ; bracts green, re -margir r achaus, erect, 
uches long and distant. Z. linear, ate, gradually taper- 
to twelve sub-sessile flowers; scape equalling the leaves, fur- ` 
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Tillandsia—continued. 
ing from an ovate base, spreading, recurved at the top, shorter 
than the stem. West Indies, &c., 1793 
T. vernicosa (polished). fl. white ; spikes panicled; distichous ; 
— under bin. long. J. few, ensiform, polished. Parana, 
887. 
T, vestita (clothed). fl. yellow, forming a long, cylindrical tube, 
exserted about lin. from the red calyx; spike simple, few- 
flowered. May. J. linear-subulate. h. 6in. Mexico, 1886. 
T. viminalis (twiggy). jf. white, lin. long, šin. in diameter ; 
petals oblong, obtuse, forming a campanulate corolla; bracts 
reen ; spike simple, distichous, dense, fusiform ; scape twiggy, 
ft. high, covered with scarious bracts. /. in a large, open rosette, 
membranous, shining, ligulate, acute, recurved, entire, lft. long, 
l}in. ‘to 2in. broad. Costa Rica, 1878. Syns. T. viridiflora (of 
gardens), Vriesia viminalis (B. H. 1878, 14-15). 
T, virginalis (fragile).* jl. sessile; sepals green, included ; 
corolla claviform, ample, the petals white, obovate ; bracts green, 
conduplicate, ample, farinaceous ; spike simple, distichous, elliptic, 
ancipitous. l., primordial ones filiform ; the rest lorate, with a 
broad sheath, pale green, farinaceous. Mexico, 1873. 
T, viridiflora (green-flowered). fl., petals green, fugacious ; 
spike simple, dense, 12in. long; bracts 2in. to 2sin. long; 
eduncle 14ft. to 2ft. long. Summer. Jl. twelve or more, about 
ft. long, lorate. Mexico, 1887. 
T. viridiflora (green-flowered), of gardens. 
T. viminalis. 
T. Warmingii (Warming’s). /. yellow, rather distant, numerous, 
distichous, erecto-patent, tubular; petals ligulate, revolute at 
apex ; bracts golden-yellow, tipped with green, coriaceous, ovate, 
closely covering the flowers ; spike long, simple, the rachis rigid ; 
scape 3ft. to 4ft. high. J. coriaceous, about 3ft. long and 2in. 
broad, slightly spreading, green, marbled and tinged with dark 
rose-colour, especially in the lower part, the sheath broad. South 
Brazil, 1884. Syn. Vriesia Warmingii (B. H. 1884, 12-13). 
T. Wawranea (Wawra’s). fi. ten to twelve, arranged distichously 
at the summit of a scape, which is clothed with green, adpressed 
bracts, and is somewhat shorter than the leaves; calyx green; 
petals waxy-yellow, pointed, recurved; filaments and pistil 
shorter than the petals. Summer. J. 18in. long, 24in. to 3in. 
wide, glaucous, bluish-green, with fine, transverse, wavy lines, 
a dark brown blotch just under the mucro, and dark chestnut- 
brown at the base; rosette with about a score leaves. h. 14ft. 
A synonym of 
` T, xiphioides (Xiphion-like).* /l. snow-white, numerous ; sepals 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; petals with a slendér, linear claw, 
lin. long, and a broadly obovate, acuminate, reflexed, crisped 
blade ; bracts 2in. long, closely imbricated; spike 3in. to 4in. 
long, reflexed, distichous ; scape long or short. May. /. crowded, 
rgsulate, 4in. to 6in. long, żin. broad at base, broadly subulate, 
with recurved margins that are involute at the tip. Argentine — 
Republic and Uruguay, 1810. Plant covered with silvery-grey 
tomentum, deliciously scented, and remarkably pretty. (B. M. 
5562 ; B, R. 105.) 
T. xiph (dagger-spiked).* . deep rich purple, only one 
opening at a time; bracts green, becoming tinged with bright 
yellow, and bright red towards the base, closely placed, sharply 
cymbiform ; spike singularly flattened, solitary, 6in. long, lin. 
broad. August. Z. 9in. to 12in. long, from a broad, convex base, 
gradually tapering to a subulate point, entire, dark glaucous- 
green ; lower ones ponies at base. Mexico and Venezuela. 1861. 
Syns. T. complanata (B. H. 1872, 23), Vriesia xiphostachys (B. M. 
l. 
T. zebrina (zebra-striped) A garden synonym of T. splendens. 
TILLETIA (named in honour of Matthieu Tillet, a 
French botanist of the eighteenth century). A genus of 
Fungi, parasitic on grasses. The most conspicuous species 
(T. Caries — T. Tritici) is found in the ovaries or im- 
mature fruits of the various kinds of Wheat, which it 
fills with a mass of dark brown spores. Externally, the 
grains look quite healthy, or may be distinguished from 
the ripe fruits only by their dull green colour; but their 
whole interior is occupied by the spores of the Fungus, 
and, on being crushed, they are fuund to be greasy to the 
touch, and to emit a disagreeable smell. Under the micro- 
Scope, the spores are seen to be globular, with a network 
of ridges over the surface. The diseased condition of the 
Wheat is known to farmers by the names “ Bunt,” “ Stink-. 
ing Rust,” “ Stinking Smut,” or “ Pepper-brand.” On ger- 
minating, each spore emits a thread of mycelium, which 
bears on its tip a circle of slender conidia, united in pairs 
by cross-branches. The conidia fall, and produce myce- 
lium, on which grow other conidia, from which mycelium 
is emitted; and on this the spores are formed. Several 
other species of Tilletia grow in the ovaries of grasses, 
e.g, T. Lolii in Lolium remotum, T. Secalis in Rye (Secale 
cereale), &c.; while others form dark brown streaks in 
