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broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the point, glabrous 

 above, obscurely lepidote beneath ; marginal spines middle-sized, 

 brown-pointed, the lower l-12th in. long. Peduncle slender, erect, 

 under a foot long, with a few erect lanceolate bract-leaves. In- 

 florescence a bipinnate panicle 6-9 in. long, with about 8 erecto- 

 patent branches 3-4 in. long, the lower subtended by small red 

 scariose lanceolate toothed branch-bracts ; flowers distichous, laxly 

 disposed, all but the uppermost deflexed; rachis acutely angled; 

 flower-bracts oblong-navicular, coriaceous, J in. long. Calyx ^ in. 

 long ; sepals lanceolate, connivent, distinctly cuspidate, as long as 

 the globose ovary. Petals not seen. — Boca de Polochic, dept. 

 Ysabel, alt. 200 ft., Donnell-Smith 1823 ! Allied to M. tillandsioides 

 and pitbescens. 



Tillandsiavestita C. & S. — Pacayo, dept. Amatillo, alt. 6000 ft., 

 Donnell- Smith 1958 ! 



T. bullosa, Hook.— Escuintla, alt. 1100 ft., Donnell-Smith 2010! 



T. setacea, Sw. — Pacayo, dept. Amatillo, alt. 6000 ft., Donnell- 

 Smith 1959 ! 



T. streptophylla Schiedw. — Eio Dolce, dept. Ysabel, sea-level, 

 Donnell-Smith 1660 ! 



Tillandsia (Allardtia) sparsiflora, n. sp. — Leaves about a 

 dozen in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base, altogether \ ft. long, 

 \ in. broad at the middle, flexible, hardly at all lepidote, much 

 tinged with purple. Peduncle curved, slender, as long as the 

 leaves. Inflorescence a narrow lax panicle 6-8 in. long ; branch- 

 bracts lanceolate, bright red, the lower longer than the spikes ; 

 spikes laxly disposed, distichous, erecto-patent, 1-1|- in. long, con- 

 sisting of few much imbricated flowers ; flower-bracts linear-oblong, 

 glabrous, f in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals lanceo- 

 late. Petals not seen. — Serraguite, dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 

 2500 ft., Donnell-Smith 1659 ! 



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By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 281.) 



Sheldrake, Timothy (fl. 1740-1759). M.D. ' Herbal of Medi- 

 cinal Plants,' 1756. ' Botanicum Medicinale,' 1759 (plates also 

 by him). Pritz. 296 ; Jacks. 499. 



Shepherd, John (1764 ?-1836) : b. Gosford, Cumberland, 1764 ?; 

 d. Liverpool^ 27 Sept., 1836; bur. St. Mary's, Edgehill, Liver- 

 pool. A.L.S. British botanist. " A scientific horticulturist," 

 Nuttall. For 35 years at Liverpool Bot. Gard. ' Cat.,' 1808. 

 Herbarium, collected 1801-1814, at the Liverpool Garden. 

 Discovered Erythrasa latifolia, 1803. E. B. 1532-6. 2719. 

 Gard. Mag. xii. 724. Shepherdia Nutt. 



Sheppard, John (fl. 1848). Of Bristol. ' On Trees,' 1848. Jacks. 

 207. 



