40 BROMELIACEAE. 



1. T. recurvata L. Plants fuzzy, 5-15 cm. tall: blades of the basal leaves 

 recurved, setaceous-filiform from short bases 3-4 mm. wide: bracts lanceolate, 

 10-15 mm. long: sepals 7-9 mm. long: petals 12-14 mm. long: capsules 2-2.5 

 cm. long. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. T. tenuifolia L. Plants sometimes reddish, 2-3 dm. tall: blades of the 

 basal leaves with the dilated basal portion 8-12 mm. long: sepals 10-12 mm. 

 long: capsules 18-20 mm. long. Hammocks. F. E. (Cuba, Ant.) 



3. T. Valenzuelana A. Rich. Plants 2.5-6 dm. tall: blades of the basal 

 leaves 2-3 dm. long, merely dilated at the base, tender: inflorescence branched: 

 bracts ribbed, not lustrous: sepals 10-12 mm. long: capsule fully twice as 

 long as the sepals. Hammocks. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



4. T. fasciculate 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. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



5. 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. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



6. T. circinata Schlecht. 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. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



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

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

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

 mm. long. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



8. 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 nun. long, more or less spreading: sepals 20-25 mm. long: cap- 

 sules 45-60 mm. long. Hammocks. F. 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. 



Petals shorter than the sepals : capsule* slightly longer than the sepals. 



1. '*. Ilrrtrrontona. 

 Petals longer than the sepals : capsules fully twice as long as the 



sepals. 2. C.nutant. 



1. O. Berteronlana (Schult.) Mez. Blades of the basal leaves uarro 



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

 long, abruptly pointed. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. O. nutans (Sw.) Griseb. Blades of the basal leaves rather abruptly nar- 

 rowed into long slender tips: bracts 4-5 mm. long: sepals 5-6 mm. long: 

 capsules 11-13 mm. long, attenuate. Hammocks. (Cuba, Ant.) 



4. OUZMANNIA R. & P. Plants resembling species of Tiltandna, but 

 with the blades of the basal leaves less attenuate, the aides above the dilated 

 base nearly parallel up to the abruptly narrowed apex. Flowers in con-j.i.-ii- 

 ously bracted spike-like panicles, the bracts becoming membranous. Sepals, 

 and petals, partially united. Anthers coherent around the stigma. 



