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long: capsules 18-20 mm. long. Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] 

 (Cuba, Ant.) 



3. T. fasciculata Sw. Plants inconspicuously scurfy, 2-6 dm. tall: blades of 

 the basal leaves attenuate from the dilated somewhat saccate bases, about as 

 long as the stem or longer: bracts of the inflorescence 22-30 mm. long, becom- 

 ing lustrous, keeled: sepals 25-28 mm. long: capsules 25-30 mm. long. 

 Hammocks, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



4. T. Balbisiana Schult. Plants gray-scurfy, 2-9 dm. tall: blades of the basal 

 leaves rather abruptly narrowed into twisted and spreading tips above the 

 bladder-like basal portion: inflorescence branched; bracts 15-20 mm. long, 

 neither keeled nor ribbed: sepals 15-17 mm. long: capsules about 40 mm. long. 

 Hammocks, II. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



5. T. circinata Sehlecht. Plants gray-scurfy, 1-2 dm. tall: blades of the basal 

 leaves curved, attenuate from the saccate bases: inflorescence simple; bracts 

 20-25 mm. long, ribbed: sepals 20-22 mm. long: capsules 50-60 mm. long. 

 Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



6. T. utriculata L. Plants somewhat scurfy, 3-20 dm. tall: blades of the 

 basal leaves nearly flat, attenuate from the dilated bases: inflorescence 

 branched; bracts 15-20 mm. long: sepals 15-20 mm. long: capsules 35-45 

 mm. long. Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



7. T. aloifolia Hook. Plants pale-scurfy, 3-9 dm. tall; blades of the basal 

 leaves gradually narrowed from the dilated bases: inflorescence branched; 

 bracts 17-31 mm. long, more or less spreading: sepals 20-25 mm. long: cap- 

 sules 45-60 mm. long. Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) 



3. CATOPSIS Griseb. Plants resembling Tillandsiae in habit, but in- 

 florescence inconspicuously bracted. Flowers small and inconspicuous. Style 

 short or wanting. Capsule ovoid. 



1. C. Berteroniana (Schult.) Mez. Blades of the basal leaves narrowed to 

 the apex: bracts 10-12 mm. long: sepals 11-13 mm. long: capsules 12-13 mm. 

 long, abruptly pointed. Hammocks, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



4. ANANAS Adans. Terrestrial plants, with stout scape-like stems. 

 Leaves mainly basal: blades narrow and elongate, spiny edged. Flowers in a 

 terminal leafy-bracted spike, the lower part of which, both ovaries and bracts 

 ripens into an aggregate juicy cone-like fruit. 



1. A. Ananas (L.) Lyons. Leaves 25-50, crowded, 1-2 m. long, the marginal 

 spines hooked: stem erect: corolla fully twice as long as the calyx: fruit 

 ovoid, oblong, or oblong-conic, 1-4 dm. long, fragrant. Pinelands and culti- 

 vated grounds, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of the tropics. [E. K.] (Ant.} 



PlXEAPPLE. 



Order LILIALES. 



Herbs, commonly fleshy or grass-like, or vines or trees. Leaves with 

 narrow or dilated blades, sometimes scale-like or terete. Flowers perfect, 

 polygamous, or dioecious, complete, mostly regular. Perianth of 3-6 

 members which are usually distinguishable into calyx and corolla, some- 

 times partially united. Androecium of 3-6 stamens. Gynoecium 3-carpel- 

 lary or rarely 2-carpellary. Ovary superior or essentially so. Fruit 

 capsular or baccate. 



