TILLANDSIA 



A. Plant-body slender and hanging: fls. solitary in 



leaf axils. 



usneoides, Linn. Spanish, Florida or Long Moss 



Figs. 251(i, 2517. Whole plant ho irj e'"! hanging from 



long 



the stems 

 :ul often several 

 Ivs. scattered, 



TILLANDSIA 1»11 



spikes, long and narrow, the much exserted but not 

 spreading petals purple Var picta, Hools , has the 

 upper Ivs and bracts scarlet & Fla to Venezuela 

 B M 4288 F S 3 221 



row-linear, 1-3 in. long lis 

 solitary in the leaf -axils 

 small and not showy, the 

 petals yellow and reflexed 

 at the end. Trop. Amer 

 and in the U. S. from Te\as 

 to Fla. and eastern \ ir 

 ginia; extends southward to 

 southern Brazil. B.M. 0301 

 Gn. 37, p. 221. Gt. 45 p 

 267.— This is one of the most 

 char.icteristic plants of our 

 southern regions. In moist 

 regions it gives a most weird 

 aspect to the forests. It is 

 used as a packing material, 

 and also, when specialh 

 prepared, for upholsterj It 

 is rarely cultivated, although 

 it is not uncommon in green 

 houses, being hung on 

 branches and beams; but it 

 must be renewed fretiuently 

 The plant is named for its 

 resemblance to the lichen 



2517 The Spanish Moss — Tillandsia usneoides haneine from 



AA. Plant-body stiff and nearly or quite ereel. 

 n. Stamens shorter than the petals. 

 c. Fls. few in the cluster. 

 recurvata, Linn. {T. Bdrtrami, Ell., at least in part). 

 A few inches high, tufted, with scurfy terete or fili- 

 form recurved 2-ranked Ivs. r fls. 1-5 on a spike that is 

 sheathed at the base but naked above, the corolla blue 

 exceeding the calyx. Florida to Argentina and 



cc. stem not prominently swollen. 

 D. Lrs. linear or filiform from the base or abruptly 

 from a dilated base. 

 polystachya, Linn. ( T. avgusfifdlia, Swartz. T. parvi- 

 sp\ea, Baker). Lvs. rosulatn, k-pidote or scurfy, curved. 

 equalingorexceeiliiiL,' tli.- stiiii : iiilli'i-fscenci' i-imipound, 

 somewhat pani(-nl;iic. tlic l;itii;il sjiiki's sliurtcr tliuii the 



Chil 



the( 



tu Br 



t U many, distichous 

 ] iiesia anceps Lem ) Erett the 

 11 and bearing a spike with large 

 distK lions green biacts 

 tiniri \\hiih small blue fls 

 em. I.,. hs stiff, about 1 

 dilated and striped 



■ or purplish, the 

 much exceeding 



\ Costa Rica, 

 L B C 8 771 



sniina Kegel (T 



spreading segments bluish 

 purple Ecu"idor Peru I 

 H Id 010 27 370 (as var 

 Kegeliina) r, C II 12 

 41.1 R H 1872 230 18<»8 

 201, (is \ir tricolor) F AI 

 1872 44 —A handsome and 

 ular species 



Ion 



■tha 



2516. Spanish Moss— Tilland- 

 dueed.) 



the petals. 

 Stem thiek-ened and bulb- 

 like at the base. 

 bulbdsa, Hook. Small 

 scurfy plant a few inches high, the stem swollen at the 

 base: Ivs. 3-5 in. long, much dilated and clasping at 

 the base and terete above: fls. few, in racemose short 



tenuifdlia, Linn. {T. cwspitdsa, Leconte, not Cham. 

 & Schlecht. r. i?«'WraiHi,Ell. inpart). Plant less than 

 6 in. tall, reddish, clustered: Ivs. awl-shaped and erect, 

 nearly terete, concave at the base, scurfy: fls. few in a 

 simple or somewhat compound spike, the blue petals 

 exceeding the bracts and recurving at the apex. Fla. to 

 Brazil. 



DD. Lvs. gradually narrowed from a broad base. 



fascicuiata, Swartz (T. braclectta, Chapm. T. glau- 

 cophglla. Baker, yriesia glaucophylla. Hook.}. Tall, 

 strong species with stem 2 ft. tall: Ivs. 1-1 H ft. long, 

 concave or channeled above, erect or ascending, scurfy 

 and bluish; stem longer than the Ivs. and branched, the 

 branches or spikes bearing distichous keeled acute 

 mostly greenish and red-tinged bracts' fls. narrow, ex- 

 serted, blue. S. Fla, West Indies and Central Ainer. 

 B.M. 4415. F.S. 5:432.-Very variable. 



utricuiata, Linn. Plant 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. glaucous 

 and scurfy, becoming subulate and recurved at the 

 summit but much dilated and imbricated at the base 

 and forming pockets that hold water: inflorescence 

 branched, the fls. far apart on the branches: fls. pale 

 blue (pale colored forms), narrow, the petals twice 

 longer than the sepals. S. Fla. to S. Amer. B.K. 

 9:749 (as 2". ««Mosa, var. pff»!*t). — For full descrip- 

 tion of this species, together with plate, see Trelease, 

 5th Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. (1894). 



T. biviltata. Linden, is Cryptanthus bivittatus. See p. 404.— 

 T. farinhsa, Han., is Billbergia pyramidalis. See p. 163.— T. 

 La Sallittna: !'A new species from South America, with most 

 brilliaut flowers. It is of free growth and easily cultivated, 

 thriving bpst in a moderate temperature and in alight, fibrous 

 soil mLxed with sphagnum." (Siebrecht.)— T. mvsdiea. Lin- 

 den, is properly Guzmamis mus.-iica. Mez. It is acaulescent ; 

 Ivs. 20 or less in a rosette, lorate and obtuse but with a cusp, 

 with transverse lines on botli surfaces: fls. in a rounded head 

 on the end of a redhracteil sc;ipo, thecoroll.-i white. Colombia. 

 B.M. 6675. I.H. 24:26S (as Caragnata musuica). It is an excel- 

 lent plant, witli broad Ivs. 2 ft. long. In the American trade. 

 This plant is sometimes known as a Massangea (see p. 992).— 



