TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). | 661 
25 mm. lata, e basi sensim in apicem peracutum angustata elongate 
triangularia vel linearia perlongeque acuta, viridia. Scapus foliis 
duplo vel ultra brevior, erectus, vaginis dorso glabris lævibusque, late 
ellipticis, apice breviter acutis superioribus saltem minute incurvis, 
stricte erectis, internodia paullo superantibus tubulose imbricatim 
obtectus. Inflorescentia pauci (usque ad 12-)flora, foliis manifeste 
superata, usque ad 0.14 m. longa, 60 mm. lata, valde complanata 
circuitu lanceolata vel elliptica, apice acuta; bracteis maximis 
pulchre rubris, erectis, latissime ellipticis apice (explanatis) trian- 
gulo-acutis, complicatis a latere visis acuminatim peracutis valdeque 
incurvis, + 48 mm. longis, 34 mm. latis. Flores pedicello brevissimo 
crassoque stipitati subsessiles, ad 70 mm. longi; sepalis membrana- 
ceis, + 36 mm. longis, 10 mm. latis, anguste ellipticis, brevibus niti- 
disque, dorso glabris, intus perparce lepidoto-punetulatis.. Petala 
sepalis ad 36 mm. longiora, paullo arcuata, sublinearia, acuta. Sta- 
mina filamentis liberis, apicem versus undulatim curvulis; antheris 
10 mm. longis, linearibus, utrinque.rotundatis, in 1 /3 longit. dorsifixis. 
Ovarium elongatissime conicum, apice persensim in stylum gracilem 
productum ; stigmatibus capitulatim contortis; ovulis longe caudatis. 
Mexico prope Jalapa: Schiede et Deppe n. 1007, Hahn. n. 444, 
prope Orizaba : Bourgeau n. 2960, 3015, loco ignoto : Kienast; Cos- 
tarica in monte Chiriqui : Pfau, ad vuleanum Irazu, alt. 2300 m. : 
J. Donnell-Smith n. 4968. — Floret Martio, Augusto. (V. v. in hort. 
Leod., v. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Brux., Candoll., Kew., 
Leod., Mez., Paris., Petrop., Vindob.) 
2. T. adpressiflora; foliis dense lepidibus pallidis obtectis; 
inflorescentia centrali, ample panniculata ; spicis 2-6-floris perlaxis, 
ramulis fere rectis; bracteolis internodia subæquantibus axes nullo 
modo obtegentibus nec imbricatis, sepala involventibus et super- 
antibus, dorso subglabris et prominenti-venosis; floribus strictissime , 
erectis; sepalis fere æqualiter liberis, apice breviter acutis; petalis 
tubulose erectis, violaceis; staminibus absque dubio petala super- 
antibus; stylo gracili. 
. Epiphyta (ex cl. Wullschlägel !), acaulis, florifera 4-5-pedalis (id. D). . 
Folia basi in vaginam maximam, fere orbicularem, brunneam, utrinque . 
- densissime lepidoto-punctulatam dilatata, ad 0,35 m. longa, super - 
vaginam usque ad 40 mm. lata inde in apicem tenuissime acutum per- 
sensim angustata elongate triangularia, sicca rigidiuscula, virenti- 
cinerea. Scapus ignotus. Inflorescentiæ pulcherrime rubre (ex 
Wullschlügel I) ramuli parvi solum adsunt usque ad 0,4 m. longi, basi 
