810 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. ^ TILLANDSIA; 
sticha, flabellata ; bracteis sepala superantibus ; floribus erectis ; sepalis 
antico libero posticis binis medium usque connatis; petalis roseis, 
stamina ad 3 mm. superantibus. — Sprg. Syst. p. 16; R. et S. Syst. 
VH, p. 1208; Dietr. Syn. p. 25; Wittm: in Engl. Jahrb. XI, p. 64; 
Bak. Brom. p. 170; André, Brom. André. p. 77. — Platystachys incar- 
nata Beer, Brom. p. 264. — T. striata Willd. ap. R. et S. l. c. p. 1209 
(nomen). — T. brevifolia Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 239. 
Et epiphyta et saxicola et terrestris (ex cl. André). Folia + 0,13 m. 
longa, e basi ad 20 mm. lata, haud distincte vaginosa in apicem 
filiformi-aeutum persensim angustata elongate triangularia. Scapus 
gracilis, erectus, folia longe superans, vaginis tubulose involutis, 
subellipticis, inferioribus longe mediis breviter filiformi-laminatis, 
supremis triangulo-acutis, internodia manifeste superantibus imbri- 
catis, dorso praesertim apicem versus lepidotis indutus. Inflorescentia 
subpauci-(ad 12-)flora, ad 90 mm. longa, 17 mm. lata, complanata, 
circuitu lanceolata, apice acuta; rhachi paullo undulata, angulosa, 
glabra; bracteis nonnunquam apicem versus pulchre rubentibus, 
dorso persistenter cinereo-lepidotis minuteque prominenti-venosis, 
stricte erectis dense imbricatim sibi incumbentibus, ellipticis, valde 
concavis nec carinatis, ad 20 mm. longis, sepala recipientibus. Flores 
=+ 25 mm, longi, subsessiles ; sepalis virentibus, dorso prominenti- 
venosis manifeste lepidibus magnis conspersis, submembranaceis, 
elliptico-lanceolatis, acutis, + 14 mm. longis. Petala sepalis ad 
10 mm. longiora, apicem usque tubulose erecta. Stamina antheris 
tenuissimis subfiliformibus (hac forma valde singularibus!), 5 mm. 
longis, peracutis, prope basin sagittatam dorsifixis. Ovarium fecun- 
datum auctumque solum mihi visum triangulare, apice breviter in 
stylum gracilem, prope apicem laqueatum; revera antheras æquantem 
attenuatum, stigmatibus elongatis, linearibus, erectis; ovulis cauda 
manifesta, peracuta, complanata auctis. Capsula ad 20 mm. longa 
bracteas æquans, subprismatica, breviter acuta, basin usque dehis- 
cens; valvis extus allutaceis rugulosis, intus castaneis pernilidis ; 
seminibus (num jam perfecte maturis?) ad 3 mm. longis, apice bre- 
viter caudatis, basi pilorum subflavescentium, 10 mm. longorum 
coma pappiformi appendiculatis. 
Columbia, prope S. Felipe : Humboldt et Bonpland n. 3138, ad 
Pamplona : Funck et Schlim n. 1479, in vallibus fluminum Riobamba, 
Ambroso, Tacunga, Guaillabamba, aliis : Lehmann n. 447, 147*, ad 
Facacativa, Salto de Tequendama, Pasto, in vule. Galera : André 
n. 604, inter Bogotá et La Mesa : Goudot; Ecuador, in ripis fluminis 
Chota : André, ad vule. Catopaxi : Wagner n. 92, loco ignoto: Pearce. 
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