VOLIijOIERIA 



V0LKAM£BT& Consult Clerodendron 



VEIfiSIA (named for Dr W de Vnese, of \m«ter 

 dim) BioiiuhUew Often spelled kiieseu but not so 

 spelled li\ Lmdle\ who founded the genus According 

 to Me? (DC Momgr Phaner 9), 84 species are to be 

 let 11 It tl „iu Tlt\ lie \el% hke tllluiKils 



w i II 1 I r 1 *. II I 



VRIESIA 1957 



CC Bracts of inflorescence remote^ not imbricate. 

 guttata, Lind. &Andr6 (Tilldndsia guttita, Baker). 

 L\s rosulate, erect-arching, short and rather broad, 

 mucronate, olive-green with irregular spots of brown- 

 purple: bracts farinose, rose-colored, the scape slender: 

 lis yellow. Brazil. I.H. 22:200. 



Tlie> lit tiopicil Amtn 

 mostly distichous spikes 

 ts Several species ha\e 



produced Few ^ 



erican trade and ,^~^ "^ 



heie Fcr ^^g-^ * ' 



mens longer than the petals. 

 Inflorescence branched. 



cuindersil. C. Koch. 

 About \yi ft. high 

 when in bloom : Ivs. many in a rosette, rather short, 

 strongly recurving, grayish and somewhat white-dotted 

 above, spotted with red-brown beneath: fls. in a 

 branched open inflorescence, sulfur-yellow, cylindrical 

 in form. Brazil. I.H. 20:132. 



BB. Inflorescence simple. 



c. Bracts of inflorescence strongly 



spUndens, Lem. 



nbricate. 



( V. speciosa. Hook. Tilldndsia 



sph'K'h-nx. Hrnn-n. 7'. pirtir. Hnrt. T. zebrhia, Hort., 

 iii|>;irti. I'iir. _',"ti. Sfrv'Tiir-LTowiiiL^ plant, with broad, 

 Ktr.nm', arcliiii:; ii-n-iiclini; Ivs. 1 ft. <.r more long, which 

 are !'rii;lit mt-ii ainl iiiark'-'l wiih tiark browm trans- 

 vcrsi' l.aii.N: ^|iik.- Willi (iHiiM-ly imbricated brieht red- 



iuwis'l,'wl',,t.-.'(l, liana. B.'m. 4382. f!s. 2:1117; i;. p'. ii;-.'. 

 K.H. l.HH;: H. ( iiic i.f the best and must sIkavv s|„.,i,.s. 

 A rulnist t'cinii is var. m^jor, Hort. — ist-e Sii].iiliiiic iiiaiy 

 List below tor additional note on I', sebrina. 



carinata, Wawra ( r. brachystachys, Kegel. Tilhind- 

 s,-acar(na/a. Baker). Pig. 2707. Lvs. rosulate, about 

 ti in. long, the base sheathing, mucronate at the tip. 



J706 Vnesia splendens 



pBittaclna Lindl 

 About 1 tt high wh 

 long, dilated at thi 



, I ,, I tl,c)na, Hook.). 



Ill \\ I siilite, 6-10 in. 



II w I h ^H tu fls. large, 

 yellow with green tij s s iit i 1 ii i listithous spike, 

 the bracts red at the bise iiid M llow \t the top. Brazil. 

 B.R. 21 10 where the genus is founded B M. 2841. 

 R.H. 1855 221 -A showy species when in bloom. 



Stamen 



Ih 



Dwai 



heliconioldes, 1 indl 



heliconwHhs HBK ) 



rosulate recurving or art hi] 



in. long) which are brigt 



tinged beneath 



somewhat glaucous, not spotted: spike with 

 spreading nearly divaricate acuminate bracts whii 

 scarlet at the base and yellowish green at the enc 

 protruding, pale yellow. Brazil. B.M. 6014. 



//»// 11 lit Jilhiiidsia 



; uid tutttd \Mtb many 



1 iijceolate lvs (about 12 



green above and purple 



bcape o\ ertopping the 



foliage simple and ereit with wide-spread- 



mg distichous boat shiped bracts that are 



light red it the base uid greenish at the 



tip showy fls white Colombia. I.H. 



490 & (. 11 21 140 



sellaled {mailed in small 

 J) 0) minutely laiiujatcd. 

 sellita, Morr {Iilland-~ia tesselWa, 

 ) L\6 shoit -lud rather broad, rosu- 

 dilated at base short pointed, rather 

 chinneled, tessellated with green and 

 inflorescence paniculate, the green- 

 ish bracts remote fls yellow. Bra- 

 zil I H 21 179 R H 1889, p. 

 573 



ienestrahs, Lind i Andr(5 (Til- 

 luiil ,t f I h il Hook, f.), 

 Rtbu 1 1 II h tutted the lvs. 

 stout I I II I ii„) md recurved, 

 brown tipped with maii\ Ink ^.i u \Hins and cross 

 veins inflorescence a simjile stmt spike IK ft. long 

 and bearing green spotted bi itts fls pale yellow. 



Brazil B M 



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