“TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 671. 
laris Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. X, p. 9. — T. setacea (an 
quoque priorum?) Bak. Syn. Till. p. 23 et Brom. p. 173 (quoad syn. 
nostr.) ; André, Brom. André. p. 78; Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. IX, p. 64. 
— ? T. pinifolia Lec. l. c. p. 129. — T. pulchra Seem. (non Hook.) 
Bot. Herald p. 216. 
Acaulis, florifera usque ad 0,33 m. alta, dense cæspitosa. Folia 
omnia + stricte erecta, basi in vaginam perconspicuam, triangularem, 
utrinque dense lepidibus majusculis ferrugineis tomentellam solem- 
niter ferrugineam dilatata, usque ad 0,35 m. longa, anguslissima 
optime tenuiterque subulata, dorso convexa lineaque valde prominula 
aucta, supra anguste profundeque inciso-caniculata, rigidiuscula, 
exteriora virenti, interiora rubenti-canescentia. Scapus validus, erec- 
tus, foliis constanter brevior, dense vaginis stricte erectis imbricatisque, 
dorso dense adpresse lepidotis, ex ovato acuminatim in laminam 
longam, filiformem transeuntibus, internodia perconspicue super- 
antibusinvolutus. Inflorescentia pauciflora, percompacta brevissimaque 
(vix ultra 50 mm. longa), nunc specie simplex quaquaverse (nec! 
distiche) spicata strobiliformis revera florum singulorum loco spiculas 
brevissimas bracteisque obtectas optime distichas procreantibus, nunc 
e spicis paucis brevibusque, paucifloris, crassis, sessilibus, subæqua- 
libus composita ; bracteis primariis omnino vaginis scapalibus isomor- 
phis, infima spicam axillarem æquante, reliquis brevioribus; brac- 
teolis florigeris optime rubentibus, coriaceis, late ovatis. Flores 
subsessiles, + 40 mm. longi; sepalis coriaceis, dorso glabris lævi- 
busque, lanceolatis, + 21 mm. longis. Petala sepalis + 18 mm. 
longiora. Ovarium elongate pyramidatum, sensim in stylum gracilem 
transiens ; ovulis longe caudatis. Capsula matura paullo ultra 30 mm. 
- longa, cylindrica, basin usque dehiscens; valvis fissis, dorso strami- 
neis paullo rugosis, intus aterrimis ; seminibus 3 mm. longis, apice 
cauda tenuissima subæquilonga, basi pilorum niveorum, fere 20 mm. 
longorum coma pappiformi auctis. 
Per Americam tropicam late dispersa. Amer. sept., Florida 
Chapman, Garber, Sargent ; Mexico : Bourgeau n. 1773, 2101, 2310, 
Chrismar, Coulter n. 1577, Karwinsky n. 1148, Wawra I, n. 988; 
Guatemala : Friedrichsthal n. 85, 1376, Heyde et Lux n. 4640, 
J. Donnell-Smith n. 1959 ; Costarica : Oersted Brom. n. 11, 14, Pfau, 
Pittier n. 2617, 6610; Panamá : Seemann ; Columbia : André n. 1615, | 
Lehmann n. 769, Triana ; Peruvia : Ruiz et Pavon ; Bolivia : O. Kuntze ; 
Venezuela : Fendler n. 1532, Gollmer, Moritz; Antillarum insulæ 
Jamaica : Harris in herb. bot. Dept. n. 5136, Houzeau, Masson, 
Wright; Cuba : Buret et Bordier, Eggers n. 4828, 5824”, Pœppig, 
