942, A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIER, 
long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade white, oblong, } in. 
long. Stamens and style not protruded beyond the tip of the petal, 
Parana, Christie! cae ribed from a living plant that 
flowered at Kew i in October, " 
1864, 15, non H.B. K. — Whole se 8-12 in. Reh Tea aves 
— vont na on ate base 2 in. long, 14 in. broad; blade 
olate-setaceous, $ in. fecad at the base, rigidly coriaceous, 
Se a lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle 6-8 in. long; 
ract-leaves crowded, with long free pots. Inflorescence a dense 
congested oblong panicle 2-3 in. long; spikes very numerous, 
erecto-patent, about an inch long; flower-bracts ovate, 4 in. long. 
Calyx as ee as the ractarg Petals not seen. C ter an inch long. 
e b. ~ ins of Venezuela, Fendler 1580! 15 31! 
wins ripsunpa H, B, K. Nov. Gen. i. 292; Roem. et 
Sechaltes, Syst. vii, 1217. 1. coarctata Willd. Herb. " Platystachys 
floribunda Beer, Brom. 264, — Leaves densely rosulate, linear- 
subulate, 6-8 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, cha ik. down the face, 
argenteo-lepidote. Pedunele + ft. long, densely leafy. Spikes 2-8, 
dense, ¢ rowded, sessile, an inch long; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 
4in a ——— red when fresh. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petals 
Hab. Peru, near Olleros, and on Mee nue of the high moun- 
tains Chulucanas and Gua , Hur 
51. T. flabellata, n. sp, — ‘Leaves in a dense rosette; dilated 
base she 2 in. long, above an inch broad; blade Tanecolate- 
subulate, above a foot long, much overtopping the flow 
broad low down, not rigidly coriaceous, thinly a ‘lepidote 
on both surfaces. Pedunele very short; spikes 6-8, ascen 
stalked, dense, about 8 in, ony 4-2 in. diam. ; flower-bracts 
lanceolate-navicular, acute, nch long, nearly naked, Calyx 
half as long as the bract. Bacoste culinaricel, a little longer than 
Hab, Guatemala; Barranco Hondo, alt. 8800 ft., Salvin! Col- 
sia in October 1878 
. pisticua H. B, K. Nov. Gen. i. 292; Roem. et Schultes, 
ate Vii. a Ss Presl, Rel. hake ii. 124. T, cinerascens Willd. 
spike in. long, under 4 i b ; 
flower- —_— ovate, acute, } in. long. Calyx + in. long; sepals 
lanceolate. Petal-limb pale, sk latonslete: as long as the calyx. 
Cpemlgtce ag ft lon 
Hab. Peru, Humboldt, Gua yaquil, Haenke, Edmonstone! 
Atacamas, Hinds! Columbia, Cuming 1188! 
53. T. rectorum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1877, 328, t. 18. 
L. aryentea K. Koch in Woehen. 1868, 161; Berlin Monat. 1876, 
