288 _ & SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIEE. 
— oe scales. oe 2-3 in. long; bract-leaves 
rowded, with long free points. Inflorescence a dense simple or 
bract. Petal-blades yellow, convolute in a tube = in.long. Stamens 
shorter than the fala Capsule an inch lon 
Hab. Valley of Mexico, Bourgeau 97! Mombeins of San Luis, 
Potosi, alt. 6000-8000 ft., Parry d& Palmer 872! Also Christy! 
85. T. vestira Cham. et S Sichlectit. in Linnea, xviii. : 
Mart. et Gal. Enum. ii. 8. 7. Schiedeana Steudel.- T'. flavescens 
Mart. et Gal. Enum. J. c.—Basal leaves spaced out over a short stem, 
linear-subulate, 6-8 in. long, 4 in. broad at the very base, rigidl 
Described from plant that flowered at Mine in se rber 1887, 
received from lit Shuttleworth. 
86. T. pachycarpa, n. sp. — Leaves densely rosulate, above a 
foot long, linear-lanceolate from a dilated base 14 in. broad; blade 
coriaceous, not lepidote, }-3 in. broad low down; ape 
eétaceous. Peduncle much shorter — the leaves; bract- leaves 
small. Spike dense, simple, 3-4 in. long; flowers 8-9 on a side, 
erecto-patent ; flower-bracts ovate- ibitels: apace "} in. long. Calyx 
} in. long; sepals obtuse. Corolla not seen. Capsule an inch long; 
valves very thick and woody. 
b. Trinidad, Fendler 829 ! 
7. T. zruBEscens Schlecht. in Linnea, 427. — Leaves 
densely rosulate, linear-subulate, 4-5 in. long, alts white-lepidote 
bo surfaces. Stem simple, as long as the leaves. Spike 
simple, 8 in. long; flower-bracts ovate-navicular, lepidote. Calyx 
naked, above an inch long. Petal- blade lanceolate, acute. Stamens 
and style soohasibel beyond the petals. 
Hab. Mexico; St. Angel, St. Bartolo, Schiede. Not seen. 
Near 7’. — Grise 
38. T. xipHosTacuys Griscb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 14. i 
awiphostachys Hook. in Bot. t. Mag. t. 5287. T. — E. Morr 
in Belg. Hort. 1872, 800, t. 28, non Benth. — Leaves 80-40 in a 
poi Tosti dilated base diam.; blade linear-setaceous, 
‘aunl 
cially on the back. Peduncle as long as the leaves, bright red; 
ea leaves small. Inflorescence a simple erect dense spike 4-6 in. 
long, j-1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, lepidote, an inch 
_ long, 3 in in. broad, the lower red, the upper green. Calyx reaching 
nearly to the tip of the bract. Petal-limbs lilac, pratinaey ft in a tube 
