108 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. TILLANDSIA. 
multiplici alia, angustifolia : Plum. l. c. — Viscum caryophylloides 
angustifolium, flor. cærul. : Catesb. Carol. U, p. 89 t. 89. 
Epiphyta, acaulis, florifera nonnunquam usque ad 0,5 m. vel paullo 
ultra alta sed sepissime minor. Folia + 20 bulbum distinctum haud 
formantia basi in vaginam magnam, ovalem, dense immerse punetu- 
lato-lepidotam, haud vel vix brunnescentem dilatata, + 0,3 m. longa, 
super vaginam ad 25 mm. lata inde sensim in apicem subulatim 
angustata elongate triangularia, sicca rigidiuscula. Scapus validus, 
striete erectus, foliis paullo brevior vel ea superans, densissime 
foliolis iis rosulæ omnino æqualibus, erectis vel arcuatim decurvis, 
quam inflorescentia brevioribus obtectus. Inflorescentia multi-vel per- 
multiflora, pinnatim dense e spicis composita, compacta, folia sub- 
æquans vel sepius + manifeste superans; axibus glabris, secundariis 
quam maxime angulatis haud vel vix geniculatis ; spicis erectis, sessi- 
libus + 60 mm. longis, 45 mm. latis; bracteis primariis inferiori- 
. bus omnino vaginis scapalibus isomorphis in laminas perconspicuas, 
spicas axillares superantes productis, summis ex ovato acuminatis, 
quam spicæ axillares brevioribus ; bracteolis florigeris coriaceis, mar- 
gine sepius + late violascentibus, valde concavis nec (vel solum 
apicem versus paullo) carinatis nec incurvis, explanatis late ovatis, 
apice obtusiusculis impositeque mucronulatis, + 16 mm. longis, fere 
10 mm. latis. Flores subsessiles, + 31 mm. longi; sepalis coriaceis, 
dorso glabris lævibusque, ellipticis, + 14 mm. longis, 6 mm. latis. 
Petala sepalis ad 12 mm. longiora. Stamina antheris ellipticis, 
utrinque rotundatis, prope medium dorsifixis. Ovarium pyramidatum 
vel ovoideum, apice breviter in stylum gracilem, petala superantem 
attenuatum ; ovulis longe caudatis. Capsula matura ad 40 mm. longa; 
cylindrica, perlonge tenuitérque acuta, basin usque dehiscens ; valvis 
recurvis paullumque tortis, haud fissis, dorso stramineis paullumque 
rugosis intus fusco-atris; seminibus + 3 mm. longis, apice cauda 
tenuissima sæpius fere æquilonga, basi pilorum niveorum, ad 25 mm. 
ongorum coma appendiculatis. 
America sept., Florida : collectore ignoto (herb. Leod.); Mexico : 
Bourgeau n. 1908, 2311, 2387, Karwinsky n. 886, 1447 (e. p.), Lieb- 
mann Brom. n. 9, Pringle n. 4106, Seler n. 922, Wawra 1, n. 547; 
Guatemala : Heyde et Lux n. 3538, Rodriguez ; Columbia : André 
n. 1751, Humboldt et Bonpland n. 142 (herb. Willd. n. 6325), Wagner 
n. 130; Antillarum insulæ Jamaica : Eggers n. 3704, Harris in herb. 
bot. Dept. n. 5144, 5354, Purdie, Swartz; Cuba: Eggers n. 4895, 
Wright n. 1521 (e. p.); Sto. Domingo : Eggers n. 1723, 2765, Ehren- 
berg, Poiteau ; Portorico : Plée n. 506, Sintenis n. 472, 2132, 2518, 
