174 
a dense 
pressed, <n cone in. PO Calyx coridtias a as lon 
as the bract; gs sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla and stamens not 
seen. Capsule } in. lon 
ab. New Granada, in the Province of Ocana, Purdie! 
Gathered in the year 1845, a allied to G. Bulliana, but 
very different in its tines leave 
5. Caropsis Griseb. 
(Pogospermum Griseb. ; Tussacia Klotzsch. ) 
___Sepals free to the base, chartaceous, oblong, obtuse, iat eieated 
Petals free, with only a small blade exserted from 
Stamens shorter than thd a calyx, 3 hypogynous, 3 race on the 
claw of the 8. Ovary 8-celled; style and stigmas very s 
Capsule ovoid, septicidally 8-yalved, mucronate, but little longer 
than the Seeds tightly packed, with a short funiculus, a 
large flattened appendage, and a ae coma of fine flexuose threads 
Acaulescent, with thin nearly na dense rosette. 
Spikes simple or a not strictly distichous. Petals always 
pale, either white oe r yellow 
Spikes simple ; flowers small ‘ ‘ Sp. 1. 
Spikes ma: many ; flowers small . . Sp. 2-6. 
Spikes 1 or few ; calyx 3-4 in. long . Sp. 7-9. 
1. C. mconsprova bag Pogospermum inconspicuum « Brong. 
in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. y. i, 329. Leaves thin, lingulate, faleate. 
Scape short, simple, few iow, ered ; how ers minute, sessile ; bracts 
ovate. Sepals broad ovate, obtuse. Petals with a very minute 
ovate exeerted limb. Stamens induced in the c calyx. Stigmas 
ate 
ench Guiana, Melinoi. Flowered in the Jardin des 
5. Tussacia splot pastes Brom — Leaves 
t. » plain , 6-8 in. long, an inch broad “ the middle; 
apex deltoid-cuspidate, St incle very slender, about as long as 
the pikes about 5, ascending, peduncled, forming a lax 
panicle, ery slender flexuose axis, each 14-2 in long, laxly 
12-20-flowered; all the flowers spreading ; bracts green, te, 
sho the calyx Calyx 4 in. long; sepals oblong, obtuse, 
imbricated. als with a small white orbicular exserted lamina 
- Mexico, in the Province of Xalapa, Schiede & Deppe! 
ee 
C. nrvp. Be een: Ron Griseb. Tillandsia nitida Hook. Exot. 
Sees, t. 218; R. & 8. Syst. Veg. vii. 1222. Tussacia nitida Beer, 
Brom. 100 ' Pogosparoeins nitidum A, Brong. in Ann. Se. Nat. 
Ser. 5, i, 89 Berteroniana R. & S. loc. cit. Pogospersiah 
Berteronianum A. Brong, loc. cit. Catopsis nutans Griseb. Fl. Brit. 
