214 SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIES. 
diene Til. Pnyrarmza (Visiani). — Leaves ageregated in 
dense rosette, narrow, cies acuminate, persistently 
lepidote. vows _ee in simple or panicled distichous - 
alyx. 
spikes. Stamens and pistil ae longer than the ¢ 
Blade of petals Tldeioc, spreading ; claw without scales. 
Key. 
Flowers yellow or whitish . Sp. 17-19. 
Flowers red or lilac. 
Spike simple . ‘ : Sp. 20-24. 
Spikes panicled ‘ ‘ Sp. 25-28. 
. T. crooata Baker. Phytarhiza crocata BK. Morren in Belg. 
Hort. 1880, 27; 1881, 227; Regel. Gartenfl. 1881, 286. — Ra dical 
leaves linear-subulate, rigidly coriaceous, deep] channelled down 
the face, 6-9 i , + in. broad low down, densely clothed on the 
rae with deflexed whitish hair-like scales. Peduncle slender, 4 ft. 
a single adpressed lanceolate rigid bract-leaf, sg 
thot with hair-like scales ake ir of the leaf. Hong B avons 
ube. 
Hab. South Brazil; Beall. i ola nd at the ont of the Rio 
Jagnaby, Tweedie 427! Peeodused into cultivation by Lietze in 
ower-bract oblong, navicular, acute, whitis ; 
finely lepidote, ia zi long ; lower flowers with a distinct slender 
pedicel. Calyx 3 in. long; sepals oblong, glabrous, striated in the 
firm centre. Petal. blade obovate-cuneate, bright yellow, } in. long. 
Stamens and pistil not exserted from the calyx-tub 
Christie! Entre Rios, Lorentz! ‘Conception del 
arana, 
in! » Lorentz 1190! Received alive from Mr. F. W. Burbidge 
chs XIPHIOIDES Ker in ae Re 
g. t. 105; R. & &. Syst. Veg. 
= 1300; Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5562. Apion ytum sishinkdes 
er Brom. 254. Platyrhiza wiphioides BE. Morren in Belg. Hort. 
<a 370. T. suaveolens Lemaire Ann. Soc. ig Bock. Par. 1848, 
_ 179. T. sericea Hort. 1’, odorata Gillies inedit. — Leaf-tufts 4 ft. 
