TILLANDSIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). Sal. 
238. T. Mandonii (Morr. ined.); foliis caulem conspicuum distiche 
vaginantibus, ad 0,15 m. longis, subteretibus, peraculis ; inflorescentia 
biflora ; bracteolis sepala æquantibus v. superantibus ; floribus stricte 
erectis; sepalis æqualiter fere liberis. 
Epiphyta et simul saxicola (ex cl. Mandon !), fructifera fere 0,2 m. 
alla caule infra 0,1 m. longo, crassiusculo. Folia pauca, omnia 3- ma- 
nifeste decurvata, basi in vaginam permanifestam, coriaceam, utrinque 
medium usque glabram nitidamque superne dense lepidoto-tomen- 
tellam dilatata, ad 0,15 m. longa, tota caudæ murinæ instar subulata 
basi + 3 m. crassa, nullo modo angulata, densissime lepidibus 
magnis, reflexis obtecta pruinose tomenl!osa, tola cinerea. Scapus 
gracilis, erectus vel adscendens, permanifestus folia sepius subæquans, 
dense lepidoto-pruinosus, teres vel apicem versus + angulatus, 
sueto medium vel apicem versus vagina unica tubulosa adpressaque, 
lanceolata longeque acuta, dorso lepidolo-tomentella auctus vel 
rarius nudus. Inflorescenlia densa ; bracteis subcoriaceis, dorso 
dense lepidoto-tomentellis et, prominulo-venosis, ellipticis, apice late 
rotundatis, + 14 mm. longis. Flores breviter pedicellali ; sepalis 
glaberrimis, prominulo-venosis, medio vitta lata horizontali violacea 
auctis, ellipticis, apice subrotundatis, + 10 mm. longis. Petala cum 
genitalibus mihi ignota. Capsula matura 30 mm. vel paullo ultra 
longa, cylindrica, apice breviter acuta; valvis basin usque fissis, 
eXocarpio virenti-stramineo endocarpio fusco-castaneo ; seminibus 
ad 2 m. longis, apice caudula manifesta, basi pilorum niveorum, 
= 19 m. longorum coma pappiformi auclis. 
Bolivia, inter S. Pedro et Coaconi, alt. 2650 m. : Mandon n. 1180; 
Paraguay, loco ignoto : Miers n. 1367. — Floret Martio. (V. s. in 
herb. Boiss.-Barbey., Mus. Brit., Candoll., Paris., Petrop., Vindob.) 
339. T. andicola (Gill. ap. Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1878, 239); foliis 
caulem longum distiche vaginantibus, + 50 mm. longis, lerelibus, 
apice peraculis; scapo dense lepidoto ; flore singulo. — Reiss et 
Stuebel, Todtenfeld v. Ancon, t. 106, fig. 15; Bak. Brom. p. 161. 
Caulis sepius usque ad 0,2 m. longus, crassiusculus, præserlim 
apicem versus pluries palmatim divisus. Folia ad 30, basi in vaginam 
permanifestam, amplexicaulem longeque ochreiformi-involventem, 
intus fere omnino, dorso ultra medium glabram, conspicue promi- 
nenti-venosam, margine prope apicem solemniter fimbriatam dilatata, 
omnia arcuatim decurvata, + 0,5 m. longa, rigida, tota subulata 
venulisque manifeste prominenlibus striala, lepidibus magnis, ferru- 
gineis dense tomentella. Pedicelli pseudoaxillares, uniflori, stricte 
