498 BROMELIACEyE. (PINE-APPLE FAMILY.) 



of gray and red, abruptly attenuate above, the upper ones oblong, acute ; 

 stem dark red, branching, the spikes few-flowered ; capsule twice the length 

 of the bright red sepals; petals pale red. Miami, South Florida (Gurbtr). 

 Sept. - Oct. 



i- H- Flowers contiguous, or distichously imbricated. 



*<- Leaves broad, attenuate. 



3. T. Houzeavi, Morren (iued.). Scurfy (10'-20' high); leaves rather 

 tender, lanceolate-subulate, concave, spreading (8'- 12' long), the upper ones 

 passing into the oblong acute bracts ; stem mostly simple ; spikes linear, 

 closely many-flowered ; capsule linear, thrice the length of the lanceolate 

 sepals ; petals pale blue. Shady river banks, South Florida. Oct. 



4. T. fasciculata, Swartz. Leaves scurfy, concave, gradually narrowed 

 upward ; the uppermost reduced to ovate pointed bracts ; stem longer than 

 the leaves ; spikes 3-8, compressed, 2-edged, red ; bracts ovate, closely imbri- 

 cated in two rows, keeled on the back, longer than the linear acute keeled 

 sepals. South Florida. Stem 2 high. Leaves 1-1| long. Petals 

 blue. 



5. T. pruinosa, Swartz. Small, very scurfy ; leaves broad and clasping 

 at the base, concave, imbricated, nearly equal, shorter than the spike ; spike 

 simple, few-flowered ; bracts oblong, imbricated in two rows, longer than the 

 sepals, and half as long as the capsule. South Florida. Stem stout, 4' 

 high. Spike 3' - 4' long, 6 - 7-flowered. Leaves 3' - 4' long. Corolla pur- 

 plish blue. 



++ -M- Leaves linear or filiform: Jiowers blue. 



6. T. angUStifolia, Swartz.? Glabrate; stem simple, 10' -15' high, 

 leaves longer than the stem, linear-filiform, recurving, the uppermost passing 

 into the bracts; spikes 1 -4, 2' -4' long; bracts erect-spreading, ovate-oblong, 

 rounded on the back, | as long as the corolla ; calyx with two of the sepals 

 partly united ; stigmas fimbriate ; capsule exserted. (T. juncea, Leconte.) 

 Along the St. John's River, East Florida. 



7. T. Balbisiana, Schultes. Nearly glabrous; stem slender, 1-H 

 high, dark red, like the bracts ; leaves exceeding the stem, linear-filiform, 

 dilated at the concave loosely imbricated, bulb-like base ; spikes 1 -2, 2' -4' 

 long, few-flowered ; bracts closely imbricated, cuspidate, keeled, as long as the 

 calyx, and ^ as long as the linear capsule. Shady hammocks, South Florida. 

 Petals blue. 



8. T. setacea, L. Scurfy or glabrate, casspitose ; stem drooping, 1 long ; 

 leaves spreading, linear-setaceous, as long as the stem, the upper erect; spike 

 single, 2 - 4-flowered, 2'-3' long; bracts distichous, acute, 8' -10' long, as 'long 

 as the calyx, and as long as the capsule. South Florida. Clusters turn- 

 ing red in sunny exposure. 



Var. tenuifolia. Stem and leaves erect, scurfy; spikes 1-4, few-flow- 

 ered. (T. Bartramii, Ell.) River swamps, in deep shade, Georgia and 

 Florida. 



* * Stem branching: spikes peduncled : flowers blue. 



9. T. recurvata, L. Stems csespitose, 3' -6' long; leaves 2-ranked. 

 recurved, filiform, scurfy, 2' -3' long; peduncles axillary, 1 -2-leaved, gla- 



