804 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIES. 
Beer, Brom. 88. Pogospermum parviflorum A. Brong. in Ann. Se. 
Nat. 5, - 329.— Leaves s densely rosulate, a foot long, lanceolate- 
acuminate from an ovate base, + in. broad at the middle, thin in 
texture, thinly lepidote. Peduncle slender, above a foot longs 
spin, 
i 
long; spikes moderately dense, ascending, 1-14 in. long, 4 in. 
iam., lower forked; flower PEreeming, upper only contiguous : ; 
flower-bract a, green, naked, } in. long. Calyx as long as the 
bract. Petals small, oblong. eee cylindrical, 3-4 times the 
length of the cal 
Hab. Peru; Abies of Muna, Pavon! 7 ilies Matthews ! 
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late-setaceous, above a foot long, an-in inch dig at the base, } in. 
long free erect setaceous points. Inflorescence an ample panicle 
9-12 in apes ; lower gg copiously compound ; spikes at most 
an inch long, 4-3 in owers close, rather ascending ; 
aie arg ovate, oe pat in. long. Calyx glabrous, } in. long; 
sepals oblong, minutely cuspidate. Capsule cylindrical, 4 in. long. 
Hab. yaquil, Pavon! Sinclair! Edmonstone ! omg 
Cuming 1249! Trees near Machala, Barclay 524! Allied to T. 
reiflora R. & P. 
8. T. dasyliriifolia, n. sp. — Leaves linear-subulate, very 
di 
panicle } ft. long; rachis flexuose, naked; flowers 8-10, ascending; 
flower-bracts taht -oblong, obtuse, rigid, ‘naked, in. long. Calyx 
4 in. longer than the bract. Petal-blades oblong, convolute, violet, 
$in.long. Stamens and ae protruded herent the tip of the petals. 
Py g oon box a Bay of oar oe Gaumer! Received 
T. AURANTIACA “ee in Goit. Nacht. 1864, 16. — Leaves 
lanceolate-setaceous, coriaceous, persistently lepidote, shorter than 
the stem. Inflorescence panicled; spikes remote, recurvato-patent; 
cg Fendler 2575. UHabit of T. 
parsing REP of Venezuela, Fendler 257 abl 
scoparia Beer, Brom. 265. — a ee plant 14-2 ft. high. Leaves 
bulate, ri idly coriaceous, 8—9 in. long, argenteo-lepidote. 
Pedunele longer than the leaves. " Paxisls short, oblong, 3 in. long; 
: te espa flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
i tip. 
ee sp.—Leaf with an ovate dilated 
