910 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. GUZMANIA. 
bris, flores superantibus vel iis minute solum brevioribus. Flores albi 
_e bracteis vix emergentes, subsessiles, + 38 mm. longi;. sepalis 
21 mm. longis, subcoriaceis, glabris, lævissimis, ellipticis, apice late 
rotundatis. Petala ad 37 mm. longa, peralte in tubum tenuem, cylin- 
dricum coalita lobis ellipticis, rotundatis. Stamina petalis certe 5 mm. 
breviora; filamentis late linearibus, petalis alte affixis; antheris so- 
lemniter liberis sed in speciminibus siccis nonnunquam conglutinatis, 
+ 7 mm. longis, basi sagittalis apice acutis, Ovarium perelongatum 
tenuissimumque subprismaticum, apice breviter in stylum quam sta- 
mina paullo breviorem contractum ; ovulis adscendentibus, cylindricis, 
apice obtusis. 
Antillarum insule Jamaica : Harris; Cuba : Wright n. 679 ; Porto- 
rico : Sintenis n. 4742. (V. s. in herb. Boiss.-Barbey., Candoll., Krug. 
et Urban., Mez., Leod., Petrop.) 
13. G. calothyrsus; foliis adultis supra glabris subtus dense le- i 
pidibus punctuliformibus præditis ; inflorescentia apicem usque fertili, 
simplicissima, perdensa strobiliformi ; bracteis membranaceis, junio- 
ribus saltem dorso dense farina umbrina obtectis, apice breviter trian- 
gulo-acutis, flores singulos in axillis. gerentibus; sepalis basi ad 
6 mm. connatis, nullo modo corollinis. — Anoplophytum calothyrsus 
Beer, Brom. p. 263 (nomen). — Tillandsia calothyrsus Pæppig ap. 
Beer, l. c. (nomen). 
Epiphyta (ex cl. Peeppig!), acaulis, florifera += 0,9 m. alta. Folia — 
(intima solum cognita) basi in vaginam angustam, elongate ellipticam, 1 
utrinque dense punctulis lepidotis minutis brunneis obtectam producta, 4 
+0,3 im. longa, medio. 18 mm. lata, submembranacea, lineari-lan- 4 
ceolata, apicem tenuissimum subfiliformem versus persensim acuta, | 
ex sicco plane viridia. Scapus validus, erectus, folia superans, ferru- — 
gineo-tomentellus, perdense vaginis elliptico-lanceolalis, apice in 
acumen angustum, perlongum produclis, internodia solemniter Super” 
antibus, valde imbricatis, dorso manifeste ferrugineo-tomentellis 
demum subglabratis obtectus omnino celatus. Inflorescentia folia 
longe superans, Æ 0,1 m. longa, basi 60 mm. diam., subcylindrica | 
vel obscure conica; bracteis (absque fere dubio rubris) dense imbris: 
catis, amplis, ellipticis, dorso valde prominenti-venosis. Flores imper- 3 d 
fecti solum cogniti subsessiles; sepalis 22 mm. longis, anguste ellip- : 
licis, longe peracutis, dorso ferrugineo-tomentellis mox glabralis. 
Petala imperfecte evoluta absque dubio marginibus alte conglutinata 
demum in lobos longos, anguste ellipticis, apice rotundatos discreta. 
Stamina filamentis alte petalis affixis; antheris 6 mm. longis, pes 
