A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIER. 845 
a lax simple poo 6-9 in. long; flowers erecto- -patent or sub- 
patent, 4 in. apart; flo wer-bracts oblong, naked, 4 in. long, 
ira tightly a the calyx. Calyx reaching nearly the tip of 
the bra Petal-limb whitish, } in. long. Capsule cylindrical, 
1-1} in. teh 
Hab. Guayaquil, Haenke, Jameson 876! Described from a 
— lowered bs Mr. Wm. Bull, Dec., 1877. 
. T. oligantha, n. sp. —Leaves lanceolate- acuminate, nearly 
a tots we dilated base 14 in. broad; blade rigidly coriaceous, 
densely finely lepidote on both su urfaces, 4 in. broad at the middle, 
tapering gradually to a short convolute apex. Peduncle erect, 
nearly twice as long as the leaves; lower bract-leaves with setaceous 
= points; upper small, entirely adpressed. Inflorescence a lax 
mple 4-5-flowered spike 3-4 in. long, with a very flexuose rachis; 
Rowses ascending ; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, 3 in. long. © 
4 in. longer than the bask sepals obtuse. Corolla not seen. 
ab. South Brazil, Glazion 15472! Allied to T. ventricosa 
106. T. ritiotia Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea, vi. 58. Platy- 
stachys Se eae Beer, Brom. 264. T. staticiflora BE. Morren in Belg. 
Hort. 1871, 177, t. 12. — Leaves very numerous, filiform from an 
ovate base } in. long, 4 in. broad; blade 4-6 in. long, 4 lin. diam 
at the middle, obscurely lepidote. Peduncle very slender, shorter 
than the leaves. Panicle 4-6 in. long; spikes 4-8, ascending, 
very lax, 2-8 in. long; rachis slende er, caked rather flexuose ; 
flowers distant, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts ‘oblong-lanceolate, 
glabrous, 4 in. long. Calyx just protruding beyond the bract. 
Petal-blade ovate, acute, 4 in. long, pale violet. Stamens not pro- 
truded beyond the petals. Capsule twice as long as the cal. 
Hi Mexico; Hacienda de la Laguna, Schiede et Deppe 1005! 
Toes and Tabasco, #. P. Johnson! Cordova, Bourgeau 2102! 
Orizaba, Bourgeau 1202! Broteri 1052! Vera Cruz, Linden! A 
very distinct species. 
107. T. Jenmani, n. sp.—Leaves few in a rosette, with a large 
ovate-utriculate base "2. in. long, 14 in. broad, and a lanceolate- 
subulate blade 8 in. long, } in. broad at the base, rigidly Soot ease 
% in. long. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves linear, an inch long. 
ab. Demerara; Kaieteur Savanna, Jenman 848! Allied to 
Y i —* _& 
T. LIMBATA ;. Schlecht. in Linnea, xviii. 419. — Leaves 
Stage setaceous from a dilated ovate base 14-2 in. broad, 
anicle 3 ft. 
rachis ; iosiebedatet ovate, violet-tinted, } in. long. Calyx longer 
than the bract; sepals obtuse. Corolla unknown. Capsule longer 
ca 
Hab, eR Hacienda de la Laguna, Schiede, 
