SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIER., 53 
The following is a key to the genera :— 
Petals united in a distinct tube. 
1, Soprroa.—Calyx with a long eos Leaves spaced ou 
2. Caracuata. — Calyx with a short tube. Leaves Pedtite 
Anthers free; filaments very short. 
LUMBERGER Cal a short tube. Leaves 
ree Bo free ; filaments longer than the anthers 
1a. — Calyx with a sho Leaves rosulate 
Petals not united, 
Catorsis. — Appendage of the seeds large and flattened. 
Fanioul short 
6 Tusasoats—Appendage of seeds a small mucro. Funi- 
culus lon 
1. Soprroa André, 
Calyx epee tube long, cylindrical; segments ovate, 
faleate in the expanded flower. Corolla gamophy Wing longer than 
di 
the calyx ; sagteants oblong. tamens inserte the corolla- 
tube; anthers connate.” Ovary free, ampulleform, Soslisd, style 
long ; stigmas short crags oblong-trigonous, coriaceous 
numerous, narrow, erect, a funiculus splitting up into fine 
eads. Stems long, ae Leaves spaced out, linear. 
Flowers epee spicate, each subtended by a large bract. A 
very distinct genus, named by M. André in honour of Father 
; se name is familiar to the readers of the Journal 
through the numerous new ferns he has discovered in the Andes of 
y Z 
. S. Pearcei, n. sp.—Stems as thick as a goose-quill, 1-8 ft, 
long, Sores a the trunks of trees. Leaves spaced out, 
r from a clasping dilated base, moderately firm in 
re ang ulna 6-8 in. long, } in. — low down. Peduncle a 
few inches long, with a few linear erect peer re Flowers 
Calyx red, 13-2 in, reel segments ovate, rae ated, - in. long. 
Corolla about an inch longer than the ¢ ——— $ in. 
Hab. Andes of Eeuador ; forests of Pastassa, alt. 5000-6000 ft., 
Pearce "eee Dewenciy § about 1867. 
 & dré in Bull. Bot. Soc. France xxiv. 167.— 
Scr elongated din. diam. Leaves many, spaced out, ascending, 
dilated base, very firm in wie with 
eine ed: = le sip Si , glabrous, the lower a foo . 
Calyx 14-12 in. — ae tube eylindri ical ; nepndanted ae. t in. 
long. Corolla not seen, « yellow.’ 
