Tillandsia. 581 



gineo-cinerea. Scapus gracilis, dense vaginis sublanceolatis, acutis, internodia permani- 

 feste superantibus involutus. Inflorescentia subpaueiflora, paupere 2-pinnatim pannieu- 

 lata, e spicis ad 3 composita; spicis densiuseulis subflabellatis, terminali 6 — 12-llora, usque 

 ad 75 mm longa et 10 mm lata, lineari; bracteis florigeris inferioribus saltem sepala ae- 

 quantibus vel paullo superantibus, stricte erectis flores involventibus nee distinetius imbri- 

 catis, chartaeeis, glabris vel infimis paullo lepidotis, prominenti-venosis, anguste ellipticis, 

 acutiusculis, ad 15 mm longis. Flores stricte erecti; sepalis antico cum reliquis ad 1 mm 

 posticis inter sese duplo altius connatis, coriaeeis, glabris, laevibus, ellipticis, rotundatis, 

 ad 12 mm longis. Petala violacea. 



Paraguay: auf dem Gipfel des Cerro d'Acahy bei Paraguari (B alansa n. 4747). 



351. T. confusa Hassl. in Ann. Conserv. et Jard. bot. Geneve XX. (1919) 327. — T. 

 Duratii Mez(non Vis.) in Chodat et Hassler PI. Hassl. I. (1898— 1902) 203 et II. (1902—1907) 

 259 (e. p., quoad Hassler n. 3416). — Epiphytica vel saxicola, caulescens, caule vulgo 20 

 ad 40 cm longo, sed interdum ultra metrali. Folia multa vel permulta caulem quaqua- 

 verse vestientia; vagina late ovata caulem tubulose amplectens, 4 — 5 cm longa, medio 

 ad 4 cm lata, intus glabra extus ad % glabra, versus apicem \\ superiorem lepidibus palea- 

 ceis aureo- vel argenteo-micantibus dense vestita, prominenter longitudinaliter striata, 

 apice in laminam 12 — 15 mm latam contraeta; lamina a basi usque fere ad apicem canali- 

 culato-concava, apicem versus supra subito complanata et in subulam crassam rotundato- 

 triangularem producta, lepidibus paleaceis cano-ferrugineis interdum subaureis plus minus 

 micantibus dense molliter villosulo-tomentosa; folia superiora vulgo apice adunca, plus 

 minus ereeta, media et inferiora plus minus patentia vel dellexa et apice adunca vel, si 

 revoluta, spiram monoeyclicam plus minus com ple tarn formantia, nee spiralia. Scapus 

 circ. 40 cm altus, vaginis scapalibus tubulosis imbricatis vestitus; vaginae scapales striatae, 

 lepidibus paleaceis cano-ferrugineis ut folia vestitae, inferiores in laminas revolutas pro- 

 duetae, mediae et supremae apice elliptico-lanceolatae et in mucronulum j)lus minus di- 

 stinetum produetae. Pannicula circ. 25 cm longa; rami vulgo 8, circ. 3 — 4 cm distantes; 

 spicae 1 cm longe pedicellatae 5 — 8-, tenninalis ad 10-florae, sub anthesi leviter arcuatae, 

 4 — 6 cm longae; axis inllorescentiae valde angulatus, glaberrimus, stramineus; bracteae 

 primariae vaginis scapalibus simillimae ovato-ellipticae; bracteolae sepalis vix 2 mm 

 breviores, ereetae, llorem amplectentes, 15x6,5 mm, lanceolato-ellipticae, apice plus minus 

 distinete mucronulatae, prominenter striatae, dorso supra basin vitta transversali nigri- 

 cante in typo ob lepides densas cano-flavescentes minute paleaceas parum manifesta in var. 

 ob lepides sparsas vel subnullas manifestissima ornatae. Sepala elliptico-lanceolata, plus 

 minus aequaliter 2 mm alte coalita, coriacea, glabra, apice subacutiuscula, 15x5 mm. 

 Petala 25 mm, ex ungue angustissimo 12 mm longo in laminam obovatam basi deltoideo- 

 euneatam dilatata; lamina 13 x 11 mm, violacea vel purpureo-rosea. Stamina antheris 

 3 mm longis anguste linearibus obtusiusculis inclusis 10,5 mm longa. Ovarium trigono- 

 pyramidatum a basi ad apicem stigmatiferum, aequaliter decurrens nee in stylum mani- 

 feste distinetum produetum, 7,5 mm altum; Stigmata antheras attingentia; ovula tenuiter 

 caudata. 



Central-Paraguay : am See Ypacaray, in Bäumen (Hassler n. 3101). — Non 

 vidi; diagn. ex cl. Hassler, 1. c. 



Var. saxatilis Hassl.. 1. c. 329. — A typo differt indumento bractearum primariarum 

 minus denso, bracteolis calvescentibus vel fere omnino glabris, manifestius mucronulatis, 

 vitta nigricante magis conspicua. 



Central-Paraguay: Cordillera de Altos (Hassler n. 3416). — Diagn. ex cl. 

 Hassler, 1. c. 



352. T. rupestris Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 856; Chodat in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. Geneve 2. ser. VIII. (1916) 228, flg. 91, 92. — T. arhiza var. rupestris Hassl. in Ann. 

 Conserv. et Jard. Bot. Geneve XX. (1919) 331. — Longe caulescens, ad 0,3 m alta. Folia 

 usque ad 0,13 m longa, super vaginam ad 7 mm lata, inde in apicem acutum nee filiformem 

 rectum sensim angustata, a medio saltem involuta subulata, rigida, lepidibus magnis 



