TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C, MEZ). 721 
62. T. Paraénsis (Mez in Fl. bras. 586, t. 109), foliis utriculum 
optime bulbiformen efformantibus dense adpresseque lepidotis ; inflo- 
rescenlia simplice, laxe disticha subpinnata; bracteis haud vel vix 
imbricatis, dorso dense lepidotis, sepala superantibus; floribus erectis ; 
sepalis liberis ; petalis tubulose erectis. 
Epiphyta, acaulis, florifera ad 0,2 m. alta. Folia 10-15 perdense 
rosulata, basi in vaginam maximam, elongatam, subovalem, infime 
glabram ceterum intus omnino, dorso quoad foliis reliquis tectam 
lepidibus umbrinis peradpressis dense præditam dilatata, extima 
arcuatim recurva, media intimaque suberecta irregulariter curvata, 
rigidiuscula, involutim subfistulosa, perlonge acuta, ad 0,2 m. longa. 
Scapus crassiusculus, dissite lepidotus, curvatus, vaginis late ovatis, 
inferioribus acuminatis summis acutis, dorso dense lepidotis venulo- 
sisque, internodia superantibus, paullo inflatis indutus. Inflorescentia 
6-8-flora, folia subæquans v. iis paullo brevior, ad 90 mm. longa, 
20 mm. lata; rhachi dissite lepidota, compressa angulataque, vix 
geniculata; bracteis late ovatis, acutis, carinatim complicatis apice 
rostratim paullo incurvis, ad 25 mm. longis. Flores 33 mm. v. ultra 
longi; sepalis coriaceis, fere 24 mm. metientibus, dorso lepidoto- 
tomentellis, lævibus v. minute tantum venulosis, oblongo-ovalibus, 
acutis, quam petala 10 mm. brevioribus. Ovarium ovoideum, sensim 
in stylum gracilem transiens. Capsula ad 30 mm. longa, cylindrica 
v. prismatica, apice longe rostrata, dorso allutacea intus atra; semi- 
nibus ad 4 mm. longis, fusiformibus, apice appendiculo tenui, paullo 
longiore, basi pilorum minute flavescentium, sericantium, ad 15 mm. 
longorum coma appendiculatis. 
Brasiliæ sept. prov. Pará : Sieber. (V. s. in herb. Brux.) 
. 63. T. bulbosa (Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 173); foliis optime bulbose 
rosulatis, adpresse lepidotis ; inflorescentia scapo brevi, foliato stipi- 
tata rarius simplici disticha, sæpius e spicis 2-6 flabellatis, 5-8-floris 
digitatim composita ; bracteolis florigeris imbricatis, dorso lepidotis, 
Sepala superantibus; floribus erectis; sepalis antico libero posticis 
binis + alte connatis ; petalis violaceis, tubulose erectis, quam stamina 
brevioribus; stylo perlongo. — Schimp. Mitth. Trop. Il, t. IV; Bak. 
Brom. p. 473; Mez in Fl. bras. p. 587. — T. bulbosa var. Brasilien- 
sis Schult. fil. in R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1211. — Platystachys bulbosa 
Beer, Brom. p. 83. — T. bulbosa var. picta Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4288; 
Ann. Gand, III, t. 253; Fl. d. serres 1847, t. 9. — T. eminens Lindl. in 
Paxt. Fl. Gard. I (1830-51), p. 160. — T. inanis Lindl. l. c. p. 459, 
t. 103-404. — P. inanis Beer, l. c. p. 82, — T. erythræa ps l. c. 
Surres AU Prodromus. — IX. 
