VRIESEA . BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 569 
"imposito subrotundalis, utrinque valde vittatis, linearibus; scapo 
erecto, vaginis internodia superantibus; inflorescentia densissime 
flabellatim distiche subspicata, multiflora ; bracteis valde carinatis, 
 Solemniter incurvis, scarlalinis, haud punctulatis, sepala perlonge 
superantibus; floribus erectis; sepalis lanceolatis apice late acutis; 
petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus petala superantibus ; ovulis 
apice subobtusis. — Tillandsia splendens Brongn. in Fl. d. serres, II, 
t. 4; Bak. Brom. p. 215. — Vr. speciosa Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4382; 
Beer, Brom. p. 91; Ant. Phyto-Iconogr. p. 48, t. 12. — T. vittata 
Rich. ex Bak. Brom. 1. c. — T. picta hort. ex Bak. l. c. — T. zebrina 
hort. (e. p.) ex Bak. L. c. 
Florifera metralis v. minor. Folia ad 0,4 m. longa, 60 mm. lata, 
subglabra, zonis transversalibus latis sueto continuis, invicem viridi- 
bus et brunneo-atris picta. Scapus folia æquans v. superans, dense 
vaginis imbricatis, e late ovato breviter acutis involutus. Inflores- 
centia multiflora, usque ad 0,4 m. longa, 55 mm. lata, circuitu anguste 
lanceolata, apice acuta; bracteis explanatis elongate triangularibus, 
usque ad 80 mm. longis, basi 24 mm. latis (sed sepissime minoribus). 
Flores sueto + 67 mm. longi, pedicellis ad 4 mm. metientibus stipi- 
lati, sepalis lutescentibus apicem versus sæpius scarlatino-afflatis, 
+ 25 mm. longis. Petala ad 65 mm. longa, lutea, ligulis rotundatis. 
Seminum coma pappiformis nivea. 
Guyana gallica ad La Mana : Leschenault, loco ignoto : Aublet, 
Perrottet, Poiteau, coll. ignot. n. 233 herb. Florent.; Guyana an- 
glica : Schomburgk. (V. v. in hort. Berol., Kew., Leod., Lugd.-Bat., 
Vratisl. et sice. in herb. Berol, Drake., Florent., Kew., Leod., Mo- 
nac., Paris.) 
8. Vr. erythrodactylon (Morr. in Belg. hort. 1875, 362) ; foliis 
; sepala postica ad 3 mm. inter sese, cum. 
antico ad ? mm. connata ; staminorum fabrica Guzmaniæ. Item hoc genus indicant 
Petala basi breviter connata. Contra stylus petala superans Vriesez. In antheris 
pollinis granula vidi omnia fere corrugata, ovula quoque diminuta videntur ve- 
risimiliter item sterilia. — Caraguata magnifica hort. ap. Bak. Brom. p. 148. — 
Tillandsia magnifica Hort. Lemoin. in herb. Leod. (Arte a Lemoine, hortul. An- 
a producta. V. v. steril. in hort. Leod. et sice. speci, Lemoin. in herb. 
eod.) 
