A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIEX. 279 
setaceous point, 14-ft. long, an inch broad low down, rigidly 
coriaceous, persistently finely adpresso-lepidote. Peduncle nec 
shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a dense panicle a foot o 
more long, composed of very oe erecto-patent simple niciely 
sessile dense oblong spikes, in. | n inch broad in the 
flowering stage; lower branch- viva with long setaceous poin 
much exceeding the spikes; flower-bracts ovate, acute, an inch 
long, lepidote, 3 in. broad low down. Calyx reaching to the tip of 
ract. Petal-blade convolute in a cylindrical tube, 4 in. longer 
iat the calyx. Style and stamens longer than the petals. Capsule- 
agg an a long, } in. bro 
XiCO ; rocks near Guadaloupe, mimo 893! Col- 
ioeted: in F Kagak. 1865. Very near T. cea, from which it 
differs by its shorter sn flodeat: bracts. 
iolacea, n. Platystachys violaceus Beer, Brom. 264 
oblong sp 24-8 in. long, an inch broad; lower branch-bracts 
much oe the spikes ; lowest pre ry a foot long; flower- 
bracts oblong, acute, glabrous, 1-1} in. long, 4 in. bro th 
middle. Calyx naked, an inch long. Petals violet, convolute in a 
cylindrical tube, 4 in. longer than the calyx. Stamens and style 
longer than the petals. a 14-1} in. long, } in. broad. 
Hab. Mexico; high mountains near Toluca, on the rocks, 
Andrieuz 60! 
78. T. Cossoni, n. sp. — Basal leaves not seen. Peduncle 
stout; bract-leaves crowded, with fase lanceolate free points. 
Inflorescence a dense panicle above a foot long, composed of 80 or 
more oblong acute aniis erecto-patent dense nearly sessile spikes 
2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad; branch-bracts ovate, bright red, many as 
long as aan iickie: the lowest scarcely longer ; flower- bracts ovate, 
acute, stramineous, naked, an inch long, 3 in. ; wn. 
Calyx an inch long, glabrous; “tepals lanceolate, acute. Petals 
convolute in a cylindrical tube, 3 1m. longer than the calyx. 
Mexican Desert, Bilimek 440! Gathered in December, 
1865. Received che 1 Dr. Cosson. A very large species, allied to 
T. violacea an 
: 9. T. muminis oP roal. epi Haenk. ii. 125; Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. vii. 1208. — Stem 8 in. long; leaves linear-subulate, about 
4 in. long, rigidly cori iacous densely sari ahead lepidote. Spike 
seats) oblong, moderately lax, an inch long; flowers about 5; 
rachis flexuose ; flower-bracts ovate, mucronulate, 4-5 lines long, 
coloured. Calyx nearly twice as long as the bract. Petal-limb 
ovate, acute, patent 
Hab. hili, praee ee May bea Se aeer ss Not se 
SO... FT. ora Presl, Rel. Haenk. ii ; Roem. - “Sebultes, 
Syst. vii. 1208. — Leaves SE gs 2-8 in. long, } in. 
broad low ran clothed “with spreading lanceolate silvery scale 
