176 SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIER. 
brow wn, $ in. long. Calyx ovoid, 4 in. long; sepals oblong, obtuse. 
Petal-blade minute, pale. 
Hab. Andes of Bolivia; Province of Deas alt. 8000-9000 ft., 
Mandon eas Nearly allied to C. nitida. 
7. CG. virevuina Baker. orree vitellina Link, Klotzsch & 
Otto, Ie. Hort. Reg. a Tussacia vitellina Klotzsch: 
Beer, Brom. 99. Tussacia eo Klotzsch; Beer, Brom. 1. 
Catopsis Julgens Griseb. Gott, Nacht. 1864, 21. "Pogospermum peas 
A. B Ann. § 
falcat 
narrowed gradually to an acute point. Peduncle 4-1 ft. jong: with 
a few small clasping erect bract-leaves. Spikes 1-4, the 0 
the longest, 3-4 in, long, laxly 6-12-flowered; bracts ace ohoste 
than the calyx. Sepals oblong, obtuse, imbrica ted, 4-3 in. lon 
Petal-blade small, oblong, yellow. Capsule ovoid, mucronate, at 
most ee as long as the calyx. 
exico, Schiede & Deppe 1009! a ae 1770! 2104! 
Hahn! ‘Cube Wright 675! 6761! Trinidad, Fendler 819! St. Vin 
cents, Guilding! British Guiana, Parker ! contd Moritz 1280, 
Fendler 1509! 
8. C. stenopetala, n. sp. — Leaves 10-12 in a rosette, thin, 
et — a@ foot long, an inch broad at the middle, narrowed 
ually to a very acute apex; base but little dilate cle 
long as the calyx, ahs adpressed to it. Flower-calyx cylindrical, 
green, glabrous, 3-4 in long; sepals oblong, — imbricated. 
Petal-blade oblong. lanceolate, bright yellow, $ in. long. Stamens 
not exserted dae the ; 
ie = Guatemala, Bernouill; & Cario 685! Nearly allied to C. 
vitellin 
9. 6. NUTANS Baker, no: b. Tillandsia nutans Sw. Prodr. 
56; Fl. Ind. Oce. i, non Griseb- Syst. Veg. ili. 1221. Pogo- 
spermum nutans A, Bro g.in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, 1.328. Rencalmia 
Ruiz et Pay. Fl. Peruy. tab, 271, fig. 5; R. & S. Syst. Veg. vii. 
1226. —Pogospermum sessilifloru mn A. Brong. loc. cit..  Tussaci 
sessiliflora Beer, Brom. 101, T. noe: Bertero MSS. Catesiats 
nitida Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 599, excl. syn. — Acaulescent. 
the : a 
little dilated at the base. Peduncle slender, a little longer than 
the leaves, with only a few small adpressed bract-leaves. Spikes 
1-5, erect or ping, the side ones erecto-patent, the end one the 
longest, 2-8 in. long, not shortly distichous, ae tine dense, 
10-20-flowered ; bracts green, ovate, obtuse, shorter than 
Calyx 4-4 in, long; sepals oblong, obtuse, striated, alabeoun: much 
