828 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. TILLANDSIA. 
sepalis rubentibus, membranaceis pellucidis, antico + 46 mm. longo, 
ovato-lanceolato, late acuto, haud mucronulato, posticis binis + 
17 mm. longis, apice subrotundatis minuteque mucronulatis, + cari- 
natis. Petala + 23 mm. longa, ex ungue late lineari in laminam 
ellipticam, acutiusculam vel rotundatam, per anthesin subpatentem 
dilatata. Stamina petalis ad 8 mm. breviora, tridynamia ; filamentis 
linearibus, in 3/4 altit. laqueum manifestum formantibus ; antheris 
luteis, paullo ultra 4 mm. longis, late linearibus, basi ad 1/7 inci- 
sis equitantibus. Ovarium ovoideum, triangulare, apice breviter in 
stylum elegantem, undulatim curvatum attenuatum; stigmatibus 
brevissimis, erectis, haud contortis; ovulis multis, cylindricis, apice 
obtusis nec caudatis. Capsula ad 18 mm. longa, subclavata, apice 
rotundata stylique rudimentis mucronata, valvis basin usque dehis- 
centibus, haud vel vix tortis ; exocarpico cinereo, paullo ruguloso ab 
endocarpio fusco-brunneo, vernicoso haud soluto. Semina fusiformia, 
brunnea, + 2,5 mm. longa, apice minute pallide umbonata, basi 
pilorum niveorum, sericantium, usque ad 10 mm. longorum coma 
pappiformi aucta. 
Montevideo : Arechavaleta n. 4091, 1863, 2613*, Courbon n. 103; 
Uruguay : André, Lorentz Fl. Entrer. n. 493, 641, 1706, Stelzner 
n. 1510, Tweedie; Paraguay : Gibert n. 1091 ; Argentinæ prov. Mis- 
sionum : Miers n. 1362; prov. Tucumán : Schnyder n. 2. — Floret 
Octobri, Novembri. (V. s. in herb. fere omnibus examinatis.) 
191. T. bicolor (Brongn. Voy. Coquille, 185, t. 36); foliis cau- . 
lem quaquaverse vestientibus, peradpresse lepidotis; scapo mani- 
festo ; inflorescentia simplicissima, quaquaverse florigera, folia super- 
anle; bracteis sepala æquantibus ; floribus erectis; sepalis glabris, 
antico libero, posticis binis ad 3,5 mm. ab apice connatis; petalis pul- 
chre cæruleis; staminibus e fauce vix emergentibus, stylum super- 
antibus. — Mez in Fl. Bras. p. 605. — Anoplophytum bicolor Beer, 
Brom. p. 44. — T. stricta Bak. (nec Sol.) Brom. p. 198 (quoad syn. 
nostr.). 
Epiphyta, caule breviore longioreve sed in plantis e patria allatis 
semper Conspicuo, haud dorsiventrali, recto vel paullo curvato, 
subtus nudo supra longiuscule foliis induto. Folia o, inferiora deflexa, 
media superioraque erecta, rigidiuscula, basi in vaginam brevem, 
late subtriangularem, basi glabram subito dilatata, usque ad 0,11 m. 
longa, valde canalieulata praesertim apicem versus complicata, sub- 
opaca. Inflorescentia pauci(8-15)-flora, scapo tenui, glabro, virente, 
usque ad 80 mm. longo, vaginis (superioribus saltem) pulchre roseis; 
