i hi: ii.ixstration iiorticole. 



PL. CC. 



VRIESIA(?) GUTTATA, linden & andre. 



Obd. bbomeliageae. 



, professer of Botany at Amsterdam, 

 ita aequalia, petalis apice revolutis (an semper?) brevi 

 ria libera, petalorum basi inserta, tria inter petala 

 nferum conicum, stigma trilobum, lobia convolutis ei 



uamae cuique petalo 

 iisque basi connata, 

 tis villosis. — Folia 



i le cyathum aperi lilatato gibbosa, medio constricta, canali- 



ntegerrima, inermia, coriacea, glabra v. pilia raris caudicantibus adpressis induta, supra 

 ttulis atrosanguineis nunc remotis, nunc in vittis trans versalibus (Tillandsiae splendentis 

 I Saiictat.'-Iirasiliensis. Ad. viv. baud flor. desc. in hort. Lind. — E. A. 



. guttata, and 

 the genus in 



seen it agrees with us in believing it to be a Vriesia. The 

 leaves are united at the base of the plant in the form of a 

 vase , and are concave and gibbous at the base , compressed 

 towards the middle , channeled , spreading out flat upwards 

 and furnished with a long recurved mucro at the top. They 

 are devoid of spines , and glabrous , or with a few scattered 

 whitish appressed hairs. Their upper surface is a grayish 

 green, and the under surface, of a deep green ground, is 

 sprinkled over with stains or spots of an intense blood-red , 

 tinged with violet. These spots are solitary, or collected in 

 transverse bands, like Vriesia (Tillandsia) splendens, but 

 more distant. Their shape varies considerably in the same 

 plant, and especially according to the age of the individual. 

 Nevertheless , it is easily distinguished from all other 

 species. 



We impatiently await its flowering to enable us to com- 

 plete our description. E. A. 



VRIESIA (?) SANGUINOLENTA, linden & 



NAT. okd. BBOMELIACEAE. 

 CHARACTER, see preceding plate. 



Ita; folia Billbergiformia e basi (haud gibbosa) erecto decurvata, canaliculato-loriformia , 

 atis acumine abrupte contorto longo deflexo, in parte basilari vaginante furfuracea, viridia, 

 i crebriorilras centra viridi ocellatw conspersa, flares.... — In Nova-Granata (Choco) legit 

 hort. Lind. - E. A. 



ly distinguished from 

 by its ciliated leaves 

 blood-red spots being 

 tre. Other differences 



dishing them at the 

 J of their being con- 



hich he | species, and its exact relationship. A vigorous plant with 

 spreading leaves like those of a Billbergia, not gibbous or 

 bulbiform at the base , rising at first and the upper part 

 curved downwards, strap-shaped, channeled, margin slightly 

 curled and ciliate, furnished with an abruptly twisted, long, 

 deflected point, more or less clothed with a rusty mealy 

 tomentum on the under surface. Both surfaces green, varie- 

 gated with blood-red patches, more abundant towards the 

 base , and all ocellated with a very small central green spot. 



respecting the flowers of this 



