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TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 663 
dorso glabris valdeque prominenti-venosis, explanatis obovato-ellip- 
ticis + 18 mm. longis, 7 mm. latis. Petala sepalis duplo longiora. 
Stamina filamentis apicem versus siccis valde undulatis, antheris 
ignotis. Ovarium ovoideo-pyramidatum, apice breviter in stylum 
attenuatum ; ovulis manifeste caudatis. 
Mexico prope La Escondida, rara : de Karwinsky. — Floret 
Augusto. (V. s. in herb. Monac., Petrop.) 
"fh 4. T. utriculata (Linn. Spec. ed. 1, 286); foliis utrinque lepidibus 
conspicuis, pallidis, subadpressis dense conspersis ; inflorescentia cen- 
trali, ample pannieulata ; spicis perelongatis, pinnatis, valde undulatis, 
bracteolis + erectis, nec imbricatis nec axes obtegentibus, dorso 
glabris conspicueque prominenli-venosis, acutiusculis v. obtusis, 
quam sepala conspicue brevioribus; floribus erectis; sepalis antico 
libero, posticis binis breviter connatis, apice rotundatis; petalis 
tubulose erectis, albis, quam stamina brevioribus; stylo petala 
longe superante. — Linn. Spec. ed. 2, p. 409; Willd. Spec. II, 
p. 14; Lam. Encycl. I, p. 617; Sw. Obs. p. 121; Ait. Hort. Kew. 
2. ]I, p. 203; Lec. in Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New-York, 1826, 
p. 129; R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1220; Gris. Fl. Br. W. Ind. p. 596; 
Bak. Brom. p. 229; Trelease in. Miss. Bot. Gard. Rep. V, p. 162, 
tab. 31. — Platystachys utriculata Beer, Brom. p. 266. — Vriesea utri- - 
` culata Regel, Hort. Petrop. 1869, p. 34, — T. Bartrami Nutt. (non 
Ell.) in Sillim. Amer. Journ. V, p. 292. — T. Nuttalliana Schult. fil, 
in R. et S. Syst. 1. c. — T. ligulata Bartr. St. p. 61. — T. polystachya 
Mühlenb. Cat. ed. 1, p. 34, (non alior.). — T. tenuifolia Sw. Obs. 
p. 121 (non alior.). — T. flexuosa Sw. Prodr. p. 56 et FI. Ind. Occ. I, 
p. 900; Willd. Spec. II, p. 12 (auect. locisque reliq. omnino exclusis !). 
— T. flexuosa var. pallida Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 749. — Anoplo- 
phytum flexuosum var. pallidum Beer, Brom. p. 43. — T. ramosa 
Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 1, p. 425 et Bello in Ann. Soc. Esp. hist. natur. 
1883, p. 121. — Platystachys Ehrenbergiana C. Koch in Ind. S. h. 
Berol. 1873, App. 4, p. 5. — Allardtia Potockii Ant. in Oester. bot. 
Zeitg. 1878, p. 56. — T. brevibracteata Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1887, 
p. 346 et Brom. p. 191. — T. Sintenisii Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1888, 
p. 12. — Vriesea ramosa Beer, l. c. p. 265. — T. Pringlei Wats. 
in Pringle, Exsicc. Mexic. n. 3738. — Viscum caryophyll. maximum - 
flor. tripet. etc. : Sloane, Hisl. Jam. I, p. 188. (e. p.). — T. parasi- 
tica major, fol. attenuatis etc. : Browne, Jam p. 194. — Caraguata 
multiplici spica, fl. albo : Plum. Gen. p. 10. — Peruviana alia, aloés 
facie : Lob. Ic. II, p. 240. 
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