1*30 North American Species of Tillandsia. 



1. Tir.LANDSIA UTKICULATA. 



Foliis oallide viridibus, subglaucescenti-pruinosis, conca- 

 vis, latis, subulatis, apice setaceis, acuminatis, recurvatis 

 basi dilatissimis : caule tripedali, paniculata,panicula ramosa ; 

 floribus sessilibus, bracteis subdistichis, calyce brevioribus, 

 petalis albis, calyce duplo longioribus, erectis, inferne equitan- 

 tibus, interdum apice distinctis, ssepe latere uno hiantibu^ 

 staminibus corolla longioribus. 



Inhabits on the trunks and branches of trees on the banks 

 of St. John's river, scarcely below lake George : the dilated 

 bases of the leaves collect and retain a considerable quantity 

 of water. This is the plant mentioned by Bartram in his 

 travels as the T. monostachya, and by his own account the 

 only species besides the T. usneoides which he ever saw. It 

 is vulgarly called Wild Pine. The first English settlers of 

 this country bringing with them the peculiar habit of their 

 countrymen of corrupting the name of every thing, probably 

 intended by this appellation Wild Pine Apple, as it very much 

 resembles some species of Bromelia. 



2. Tillandsia juncea, Le Conte. 



Foliis pallide viridibus, subpruinosis, canaliculars, subu- 

 lato-setaceis, rigidis, apice recurvatis, basi dilatatis : caule 

 pedali foliis breviore, rubescente, folioso, foliis versus apicem 

 sensim brevioribus : floribus spicatis, spica cornposita, multi- 

 flora, disticha, bracteis rubris calyce longioribus imbricata ; 

 petalis saturate cseruleis equitantibus, ita ut tubum formant 

 medio dilatatum bracteis triplo longiorem, margineque apice 

 recurva ; staminibus cseruleis corolla longioribus antheris 

 flavis ;stigmate capitato, rotundato, hispido. 



Inhabits with the former : this species, with the three next, 

 differ in some respects from the T. utriculata : they appear 





ductionof words half English aud half Latin (verba privigna) ; they onlf 

 render it more barbarous. 



