TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). | 845 
sin patentem producta. Stamina brevia (17 mm. longa); filamentis 
liberis, late linearibus; antheris 6 mm. longis, basi obtusis apice 
aculis, prope basin dorsifixis. Ovarium breve, ellipsoideum, apice 
subito in stylum contractum ; stigmatibus foliaceo-dilatatis, margine 
incisis crispulatisque; ovulis apice caudula (vel potius umbone) per- 
crassa, rotundata auctis. Capsula matura ad 27 mm. longa sepalis 
brevior, basin usque septicide dehiscens ; valvis dorso allutaceis, rugu- 
losis, intus fusco-atris, pernitidis; seminibus 2,5 mm. longis, apice 
brevissime caudatis, basi pilorum niveorum, 15 im. longorum coma 
pappiformi appendiculatis. 
Costarica, prope Cartago : Lehmann n. 1188, 1248, loco ignoto : 
Hoffmann, Hübsch. — Floret Januario, Februario. (V. v. in hort. 
Leod. et s. in herb, Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Kew., Leod., Wiltmack.) 
Obs. — Momentis permultis imprimisque habitu 7. cæspitosæ valde 
accedit, egregie tamen differt floris fabrica. 
208. T. Lindeniana (Regel in Gartenfl. 1869, 193, t. 619); 
foliis dense rosulatis, supra subglabris subtus minutissime lepidoto- 
punetulatis ; inflorescentia simplicissima, optime disticha, dense 
flabellata, multiflora; bracteis sepala paullo superantibus; floribus 
erectis, superpositis; sepalis liberis; petalis cæruleis ad faucem sæpius 
albomaculatis, maximis; staminibus profunde inclusis. — Regel in 
Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, X, p. 382. — T. Lindeni Morr. in Belg. hortic. 
1869, p. 321, t. 18; Flor. Mag. 1872, t. 44; Bolle in Deutscher Garten 
1880, p. 434 c. ie. ; Bak. Brom. p. 210. — T. Lindeni var. Regeliana 
Morr. in Belg. hort. 1870, p. 225. — T. Lindeni var. tricolor André in 
Tour du monde XLV, p. 115; Le Bèle in Rev. hortic. 1885, p. 422; 
André, Brom. André. p. 97. — Phytarhiza Lindeni Morr. ex Bak. 
l. c. — T. Morreniana Regel in Gartenfl. 1870, p. 41 et 1871, p. 172. 
— T. cyanea hort. (non Morr.) ap. Morr. in Belg. hortic. 1869, 
p. 321. — Vriesea Lindeni Lem. in Ill. Hortic. 1869, t. 610. 
Epiphyta (ex cl. Wallis), acaulis, florifera usque ad 0,6 m. alta sed 
Sæpius fere duplo minor. Folia 30-60, per anthesin omnia intimis 
paucis exceptis arcuatim decurvata, basi (exteriora) in vaginam 
manifeslam, ovalem, brunnescentem vel rubentem, utrinque dense 
lepidibis parvis, umbrinis, adpressis obtectam vel interioribus sub- 
glabram dilatata, 0,2-0,3 m. longa, 10-20 mm. lata, linearia, apicem 
versus longe persensimque acuta, sicca membranaceo-chartacea. 
Scapus validus, erectus, nunc folia subæquans nunc ea manifeste 
Sæpiusque fere duplo superans, dense vaginis sueto bene viridibus 
nonnunquam superioribus lutescentibus, membranaceis, ellipticis, 
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