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A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIEZ. 
By J. G. Baxzr, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
(Continued from p, 246). 
i ie a LANDsIA FoLIosa Mart. et Gal. Enum. ii. 9, non Griseb.— 
Leaves in a den sont ovate dilated base above an inch broad; 
Sie, lanceolate pac rigidly coriaceous, a foot long, thinly lepi- 
dote, 3-3 in. broad low owes tapering gradually to the point. - 
duncle 9-12 in. eine. ; bract-leaves with long points. Panicle dense, 
4-8 in. long; branches many, ascending, sessile, 14- ; 
} in. diam. ; h-bracts small, o owers ascending, scarcely 
- diam.; branch-brac te; 
imbricated; flower-bracts oblong, acute, nearly glabrous. Calyx 
reaching nearly to the tip of the bract; sepals ce, obtuse, 
strongly keeled. Petals not seen. Capsule 1-1} in. lon 
ab. exico; Mountains of Xalapa, alt. 4000 ft., Galeotti 
4909. Valley of Cordov rape one 1908! Hahn! Differ s from 
T’. Balbisiana by its less caieaen leaf- — and larger dathes I 
have identified it from the description only. 
69. T. rascrcunata Swartz, Prodr. 56; Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 586; 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1211; Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. 
d. 595; Sagra, Fl. Cub. iii. 267. T... bracteata Chapm. FI. 
+ aia States, — Platystachys a Beer, Brom. 84. T. 
vanensis Jacq. r. Pict. t. 94. P. hava ensis Beer, Brom. 85.— 
oo densely cueulate ; dilated ovate bate 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 
broad; blade linear-convolute; 1-1} ft. lon 
long; bract-leaves crowded, with long erect points. Spikes few or 
many, forming a dense panicle, 2-4 in. long, 3-1 in. broad; side — 
spikes erecto-patent ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled, 
1-1 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, thinly finely ‘lep idote. Calyx 3-1 in. 
long. Ciecli iakeiar, violet, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 
a — exserted. Capsule oa in. long. 
St. Vincents, Guilding! St. Domingo, Mackenzie! danamet 
a Province of Puebla, Andrieux 59! Cordova, Bourgeau 1768! 
.T, Parryi, n.sp. — Dilated base of leaf ovate, 4 in. long, 
31 = eg blade lanceolate, a foot long, tapering gradually from 
a base 15 in. broad to a subulate — rigidly coriaceous, “thinly 
persistently lepidote on "hol sides. Panicle rhomboid, 8-9 in. 
long; spikes about 5, ascending, sim nple, dense, 4-5 in. long, an 
inch broad; branch-bracts small, ovate, bright red ; flower- bracts 
oblong lantectater acute, naked, bright red, So in. long, 2 in. 
broad at the middle. Calyx an inch long. tal-blade oblong, 
in. long. Stamens not protruded bayou eee tip of the petals. 
Hab. Central Mexico; mountains of San Luis Potosi, alt. 
Saag a Parry & Palmer 873! 
T. tavirorsa Meyen inedit. a —— K. Koch 
in ied. Sem. Berol. 1873, App. iv. 5.—Leaves setaceous, 
