1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 703 
Tigridia—continued. 
T. P. liliacea (Lily-like). 1. reddish-purple, with almost white 
variegation. 1893. Supposed to be an accidental hybrid 
between the typical species and 7. P, alba. 
T. P. rosea (pink). #. yellow, tinged with rose. 1893. Sup- 
posed to be an accidental hybrid between 7’. Pavonia and its 
variety conchijlora. 
Other varieties are: grandiflora, Watkinsoni, and Wheeleri. 
T. Pringlei (Pringle’s).* ., perianth with a campanulate base, 
blotched within with crimson; sepals 2sin. long, with a 
reflexed, scarlet limb; petals broadly cordate or reniform at 
base, the narrower, triangular-ovate, acute limb not spotted. 
July and August. Stem slender, lft. to 2ft. high, with two ov 
three winged, plicate leaves, and a single flower. Bulbs small, 
with fusiform roots. South Mexico, 1883. Half-hardy. (B. M. 
7089; G. & F. i., p. 389, £61.) 
T. Van-Houttei. The correct 
Houttei. 
TILIA. To the species and varieties described on 
p. 40, Vol. IV., the following should be added: 
T. americana pubescens (downy). A synonym of 
T. pubescens. 
T. argentea orbicularis (orbicular). J/. thick, coriaceous, 
orbicular or rhomboid, cordate at base, silvery beneath. 
Branches pendent. 1890. A seedling variety. 
T. Beaumonti (Beaumont’s). A synonym of TZ. platyphyllos 
obliqua. 
T. euchlora (beautiful green) A synonym of 7. dasystyla. 
T. platyphyllos corallina (coral-red). Young branches 
assuming a deep red tint during the winter. _ 
T. p. macrophylla (large-leaved). /. very large. 
T..p. obliqua (oblique). J. markedly oblique at base. 
T. Beawmonti. 
T. p. oxycarpa (sharp-fruited). 
(s ead toothed. 
T. p. pendula (drooping). A variety with pendulous branches. 
T. p. tortuosa (twisted). Branches curiously curved and 
twisted. 
T. eos (downy). (j., buds and peduncles pubescent. 
/. 2in. to 4in. long (much larger on small trees), pubescent at 
first, afterwards glabrous above. United States, 1726. This 
species is of no great value as an ornamental tree in Great 
Britain. Syn. 7. americana pubescens. 
T. sylvestris (sylvan). A synonym of 7. cordata. 
T. mandschurica and T. Migueliana (G. & F. 1893, p. 111, f. 19) 
have also been introduced. The former does not promise to 
equal any of the xuropest species, and the latter has not 
yet been sufficiently tried. 
TILLANDSIA. According to J. G. Baker, this genus 
—by far the largest of the Order Bromeliacee—now 
embraces upwards of 300 species, of very variable habit. 
To the species and varieties described on pp. 42-6, 
Vol. IV., the following should be added: 
T. anceps. 1. setacea (of Hooker) is a synonym of 7. compressa, 
and 1’. tricolor is a form of 7. punctulata. 
T. Armadez (Armada). J., radical ones lorate, attenuated at 
apex, l6in. long, 2in. to 2jin. broad, very glabrous, finely striated, 
violet, more or less tinged with green or pale at the edge. 
Armada, South Columbia. 
T. bivittata (two-striped). 
bivittatus. 
T. Bloki (Blok’s). Apparently synonymous with 7. regina. 
T. bulbosa. There are two varieties—T. b. erythraa (SYN. 
T. picta, B. M. 4288) and T. b. variegata. 
T. compressa (compressed), /l., petals white, the blade 
shorter than the stamens; spike dense, simple, 6in. to Sin. 
long; bracts reddish-yellow, ovate, l4in. long; peduncle 6in. 
long. June. 2. densely rosulate, ensiform, acuminate, ovate 
at Tes lsin. broad; blade lft. to 14ft. long, convolute in the 
upper half. Jamaica, 1833. Syn. 7. setacea (B. M. 3275). 
T. corallina (coral-flowered). jl. numerous, on an erect scape 
longer than the leaves; sepals yellowish or greenish, thick, 
shining, Sending a diaphanous, gummy substance; petals pale 
yellow, longer than the sepals; bracts purple-violet, foliaceous, 
half-amplexicaul. 7. quite entire, canaliculate, obtuse, mucro- 
nate, 14ft. long, 2in. broad, glaucous-violet below, and with a 
reenish-blue tint above tranversely marked with dark, wavy 
ines. SYN. Encholirion corallinum (F. M. n. s., t. 116; I. H. 
xviii. 70). 
T. c. roseum (rosy). A slight variety, with smaller flower- 
bracts than in the type. 
T. c. r. variegatum (variegated). J. striped with yellowish 
bands. 1884. An ornamental plant, of garden origin. 
T. c. splendens (splendid). /. more compact, more obtuse, and 
broader than in the type. 1885, 
name is Hydrotenia Van- 
Syn. 
fr. prominently five-ribbed. 
A garden synonym of Cryptanthus 
Tillandsia—continued. 
T. didisticha is now correctly known as 7’. Lorentziana. 
T. Dugesii (Duges’). jl., corolla deep purple, sin. longer than 
the calyx; panicle lft. long; peduncle shorter than the 
leaves and closely sheathed by bracts, the bases of which 
(as well as the rachis) are glossy and crimson. J. densely 
rosulate, Sin. to 6in. long, ensiform-setaceous from an ovate 
base, thinly lepidote. Mexico, 1897. (G. & F. 1897, p. 44, f 7.) 
T..(Vriesia) Falkenbergii (Falkenberg’s). A garden name 
for T. heliconioides. : 
T. foliosa (leafy).* /l., petals lilac, convolute in a cylindrical 
tube shorter than the stamens; inflorescence a dense, short 
panicle of many ascending, dense, distichous, simple spikes 
l4in. to 2in. long, the lower branch-bracts pointed ; peduncle 
shorter than the leaves. J. densely rosulate, ensiform, 
acuminate, ovate at base, lft. long, sin. to #in. broad. Central 
America, 1873, A showy species. 
T. Fuerstenbergii (Fuerstenberg’s). The plant usually cata- 
logued under this name is correctly Streptocalyx Fuerstenbergii. 
T. Geissei (Geisse’s). fl. rosy, disposed in a simple, few- 
flowered spike; bracts green at base, carmine above; stem 
6in. to 8in. high. J. linear-subulate, channelled, silvery. Chili, 
1889. A small species. (R. G.; t. 1302, f. 2.) 
T. Glaziovii (Glaziou’s). /l., calyx as long as the bracts; petal- 
blade sin. jong; inflorescence a moderately dense, non-distichous 
spike Jin. to 4in. long; bracts ljin. long; peduncle 6in. to 8in. 
long. J. about twenty in a dense rosette, with an ovate base 
lin. to ljin. broad, and a reflexing, linear-convolute, rigidly- 
pomarepns blade 2in. to 3in. long, thinly lepidote. South 
Trazil. 
T. gracilis is now correctly known as 7. procera. 
T. Hamaleana. J. G. Baker regards 7. wmbellata (R. H. 
1886, p. 60) as a form of this species. 
T. imperialis (imperial), of Carritre. A form of 7. regina. 
T. Kirchoffiana (Kirchoff’s). A synonym of 7. Leiboldiana. 
T. Krameri (Kramer's). A form of 7. psittacina. 
T. Leiboldiana (Leibold’s).* #1. in simple, dense spikes 14in. to 
2in. long; petals lilac, convolute in a tube 4in. long; bracts 
bright red, fin. to lin. long; peduncle much shorter than the 
leaves. J. densely rosulate, ensiform, acuminate, lft. to 15ft. 
long, #in. to lin. broad, not very rigid. Central Mexico, 1883, 
ge aepiareut species. Syn. 7. Kirchofiana (R. G. 1889, t. 1302, 
f. 2). 
T. Lindeni. Of this species there are several varieties—fore- 
pleno, Koutsinskyana, major (splendida), tricolor, violacca. 
T. lineata (lined). J., radical ones lorate, glabrous, finely 
striated, green striped with violet above, violet on the under- 
surface. Columbia. 
T. longibracteata (long-bracted). #. yellow, in a dense, 
simple spike lft. long and Jin. broad ; bracts 2in. to 24in. long; 
peaunele stiffly erect. /. thin, flexible, lorate, almost glabrous, 
sin. to 2ft. long, 1sin. to 2in. broad, narrowed to the apex, 
or rounded and cuspidate. Venezuela and Trinidad, 1897. 
Syn. Vriesia longibracteata. 
jy. Lorentziana (Lorentz’). 
(R. G. 1349.) 
T. Lubbersii (Lubbers’). #. few, in a lax, simple, distichous 
spike 2in. to Sin long; petal-blades white, sin. long; bract 
greenish-red, nearly lin. long; peduncle slender, 6in. to 8in. 
long. J. twelve to twenty, densely rosulate, ensiform from an 
ovate base, 6in. to 8in. long, sin. broad, pale glaucous-green. 
South Brazil, 1882. Syn. Vriesia Lubbersit. 
T. magnifica (magnificent). This is described as ‘‘a pretty 
plant, undoubtedly of garden origin.” 
T. Makoyana (Makoy’s). jl. in a lax, simple spike Sin. to 
6in. long; corolla violet, 4in. longer than the calyx, which is 
jin. longer than the bracts; peduncle lft. long. /. densely 
rosulate, lanceolate, acuminate, 14ft. long, 2in. broad low down, 
gradually tapering to a long point, channelled down the face. 
Mexico, before 1879. 
T. Martelli (Martell’s). jl. bright red. This is a near ally of 
T. zebrina, but the leaves are narrower and whitish at the 
base. Habitat not recorded, 1898. 
T. Massangeana superba (superb).* 7. blotched and trans- 
versely barred with a dark bronzy shade upon a paler ground, 
1892. A fine plant, of vigorous growth; probably a variety of 
T. splendens. 
T. microxiphion (small-bladed). 1. few, in a dense, terminal 
spike; bracts pink; petals violet-purple, lingulate, spreading 
at apex. February. /. linear, rigid, pale green, lepidote, about 
lin. long, deeply channelled above, rounded at back. Stems 
The correct name of 7. didisticha. 
short, erect, densely leafy. Monte Video, 1890. Allied to 
T. stricta. (B. M. 7320.) 
T. Moensiana (Moens’). J. 4in. wide, tapering to the apex, 
mottled, margined with green, 
creamy-yellow, veined or 
‘tly Habitat not recorded, 1892. A 
elegantly recurved. h. 5ft. 
near ally of 7’. regina. 
T. Moreliana (Morel’s). A synonym of Billbergia vittata. 
T. musaica (Mosaic). A synonym of Caraguata musaica. 
