278 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE. 
a foot or more long, spreading, lepidote. Panicle rem a foot long, 
4—5 in. diam.; spikes many, crowded, 3 in. long, 3 in. diam, often 
viviparous at the oe flower-bract as long as the oe glabrous, 
Corolla 14 in. long. 
Hab. Peru, Mayen, Gaudichaud. Near T. Kunthiana Gaudich. 
2. T. ropusra Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 15. — Leaves 
lanceolate-setaccous from a dilated — et — not more 
a quarter as long as the robust s Inflorescence a pan 
of few a erecto-patent spikes ; denver biainia reer Swe risa 
subacute, three times as long as the calyx. Sepals oblong-lanc 
late. Petal-blade as long as the calyx. Capsule shorter than “the 
flower-bract 
Hab. rea of Venezuela, alt. 8000 ft., Mendler 1525. 
73. T. secunpa H. B. K. Nov. Gen 4.894 Roe m. et Schulte 
Syst. Veg. vii. 1223, — Whole plant 3 ft. or more “high, with the 
habit of a Bromelia. Leaves linear- lanceolate, emerge nearly 
flat, rigidly coriaceous, leeadate. 9-12 in. long, in. broad low 
down. Inflorescence a panicle of many distant sale spikes 4 ft. 
long; flowers secund; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, 
in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-limb a s long as 
~~ eit dark violet. Stamens as long as the petals. Cagperils an 
b. Andes of Ecuador, on the banks of the River Gualla- 
— Humboldt. 
4b, ELonGATA H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 293; Roem. et — 
Syst. Veg. vii. 1223; Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 17. —Leaves 
€, rigidly coriaceous, obscurely lepidote. Peduncle stout, 
2 ft. long; bract-leaves ¢ rowded, with long erect free points. 
ore h- 
vate, acute, £ in. ore ee as long as the bract. 
Petal-limb = la as Ap ealys, Capsule cylindrical, an inch long. 
ab. New Granada, near Honda and Melgar, Humboldt. 
ae of Vues, Fendler 1522! 
a @ foot long, composed of 20-80 rag sper ob 
se Hes rec ts nearly ale spikes 2-3 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; lower 
_ Pranch-bracts ovate, glossy, shorter than their spikes; flower- 
br rs woes acute, glossy, sharply keeled, 1-1} in. long, 4 in. 
Northern Mexico ; were Duges, gathere 
‘T. Bourgei, n. ened caves densely rosulate; dilated base 
Tong, Hee lin. broad; blade lanceolate, ‘ak a long 
