~416 SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE®. 
Flowers in a simple erect cylindrical spike 6-8 in. long, not 
dense, each placed in the axil of an ovate-lanceolate acute bract 
-21 in. long, 2 in. broad. Calyx 3 in. long; sepals oblong, 
obtuse. Corolla yellow, 2-21 in, long; tube subeylindrica al; seg- 
ments oblong, Bean half as long as the tube. Stamens shorter 
than the corolla segments. 
ountain woods of Porto Rico, Bertero 
C. Pracocku E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1885, 82. — Tuft of 
upper 
crowded round the densely spicate flowers; flower- nati tipped 
with whi 
Hab. Country unknown. saapes ay Mr. J. T. Peacock, of Ham- 
mersmith, ee nisin a menage 
in Bar. ae 1884, 247, with wood- 
Eessinie: ae green, 13-2 ft. long, sarod to the point. 
Pedunele 14 ft. long. Panicle bal shorter than the peduncle; 
axis bright red; spikes short, dense; branch-bracts small, red, 
ovate, acute. Calyx bright yellow, half as long as the corolla. 
Corolla bright yellow, above 2 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, 
faleate, much shorter than the cylindrical tube. Stamens shorter 
than the corolla- segments. 
Hab. NewG ; Cordillera of Pasto. Deore by M. 
André in n 1876, Bain’ introduced by him into cultivat 
txEmMI André in Ill. Hort. n.s. t. 396. — Leaves 
a dense rosette, lanceclate acute, spreading, plain green 
on aides video Gerctick on ng, 2- = am . br eet t the sr Pedunele 
than the ca. Rive: Calyx: segments oblong, ébitieg: Corolla yellowish 
white, little atc than the calyx. 
ab. New Granada; Mount Quindio, alt. 8000-10,000 ft. 
Discovered by M. André in 1876, and introduced by him into 
10. C. Zauni Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6059. — Leaves 20-30 
in a rosette, vandlcr con) thin in texture, faleate, 12-15 in. long, 
~11 in. broad at the middle, 2 in. at the dilated base, narrowe 
gradually to an hed point, not perceptibly lepidote on either sur- 
face, often pectin with red, striped on both sides with fine verti ical 
lines of red-bro Peduncle about as me as the leaves; bracts 
many, espe: -qneek. the upper brig red. Panicle dense, 
8-4 in. long; branches 8-4, short, ane paves: branch-bracts 
ovate-acuminate, yellow, tipped with red; flower-bracts ovate, 
acute, yellow, as long as the calyx. Sepals imbricated, pale eon 
Corolla about an inch long, yellow; segments oblong, bape 
spreading, much shorter orter than the tube. Stamens shorter proais 
corolla-segments. 
