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TILLANDSIA, BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). * 129 
antibus; floribus erectis; sepalis antico libero posticis binis medium - 
usque connatis; petalis luteis, tubulose erectis, quam stamina bre- 
vioribus; stylo perlongo. — Schdl. in Linnæa XVIII, p. 423; Bak. 
Brom. p. 170 (non Bth.). — T. Schiedeana Steud. Nomencl. ed. 9 
p. 688. — T. flavescens Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. X. — 
T. cærulea Griseb. in Gœtt. Nabhr. 4864, p. 16 (non H. B. K.). — 
T. Grisebachii Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 335 et Brom. p. 188. — 
T. Eggersii Bak. Brom. p. 170. 
Epiphyta, caulescens, florifera ad 0.2 m. vel minute ultra alta, 
squarrosissima. Folia sueto recurva vel patentia, basi in vaginam 
latissimam, nonnunquam fere orbiculari-ovalem, infime prope mar- 
ginem vel sæpius fere omnino hyalinam, superioribus apicem versus 
pruinoso-lepidotam inferioribus fere glabram dilatata, ad 0,17 m. 
longa, tota + tenuiter subulata. Scapus tenuis, erectus, foliis brevior, 
perdense vaginis dorso pruinose lepidotis, obovato-ellipticis, tubulose 
involutis imbricatisque, apice in laminam longam, tenuiter subulatam 
productis involutus. Inflorescentia folia subæquans vel minute super- 
ans, usque ad 70 mm. longa, 8 mm. diam., teres, utrinque acuta 
optime fusiformis; bracteis pulcherrime roseis, valde prominenti- 
venosis, dorso (presertim inferioribus) lepidotis, elliptieo-lanceolatis 
apice rotundatis vel minute acutiusculis, strictissime erectis, ad 
30 mm. longis, 10 mm. latis, sepala involventibus. Flores bene evoluti 
(ita in herbariis raro occurrentes) ad 46 mm. longi, sessiles; sepalis 
subcoriaceis, dorso glabris lævibusque, lanceolatis, acutis, ad 20 mm. 
longis. Petala sepalis + 22 mm. longiora. Stamina filamentis late 
linearibus apice peracutis; antheris 3,5 mm. longis, optime ellipticis, 
utrinque rotundatis, medio dorsifixis. Ovarium ellipsoideum, apice 
breviter in stylum gracilem, petalis nonnunquam usque ad 5 mm. 
longiorem attenuatum ; stigmatibus brevibus, suborbicularibus, per- 
longe papillosis; ovulis longe caudatis. Capsula matura ad 45 mm. 
longa, cylindrica, basin usque dehiscens; valvis valde tortis; exo- 
carpio stramineo, levi ab endocarpio fusco-badio, pernitido soluto; 
seminibus fere 4 mm. longis, apice cauda maxima, basi pilorum 
minute flavescentium, ad 25 mm. longam coma densa appendiculatis. 
Mexico, quam maxime communis : Bilimek n. 425, Bourgeau 
n. 2103, 9179, Carruthers, Galeotti n. 4908 (et 4912 fe. Baker), Hahn, 
Karwinsky n. 787, 887, Kerber n. 295, Liebmann n. 352 et Brom. 
n. 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 63, Fred. Müller n. 864, Schiede et Deppe 
n. 1004, Seler n. 904, Uhde n. 186, Virler d'Aoust n. 678, Wawra 
I, n. 825; Yucatan: Johnson n: 84; Guatemala : J. Donnell Smith 
n, 1958 ; Nieandu: Rothschuch n. 63, Wrigbt; Costarica : Oersted 
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