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cteis brevlores. — — „Spicis e caule cenlrali orienlibus. 

 In arboribus parasitica. Jalapa. Aug. 



1009. TiLLANDSiA aloidcs n. sp. Folia omnla radicalia, 

 membranacea, plana, e latlori basi sensirn attenuata, acu- 

 ta, gubtillime inconsplcue utrinque albo-, vetustiori aetale 

 impresso. fuscescenli punctulata, spithamaea vlx pedalla, 

 inferne sesquipoll. lata. Caulis solitarius, centralis, sim- 

 pleX; folia superans, angulatus, ad nodos vaginis instru- 

 ctus internodlis multo brevioribus, semipollicaribus, arcte 

 adpressis, breviter acumlnatis, acumine patente subrecurvo, 

 Spica simplex, multiflora, cylindrlca, inferne relaxata. Flo- 

 res braclea suffulti ovata, concava, obtusa, calycem exte- 

 rlorem vix aequanle. Capsula conoidea, acuta, braqtea et 

 calyce plus duplo longlor, capsulis Pedicularidum aequi- 



paranda. Pappus sericeus, fuscescens. Caule sim- 



plicl. In arboribus parasitica prope Jalapam. Aug. 



1010. TiLLANDSiA apicroides n. sp. superiori speclei 

 follls et herba exacle conformis, ab illa diversa ut T. tri- 

 color a T. punctulata , inflorescentia ramosa et flore at- 

 que fructu multo minorlbus. Caulis idem eodemque modo 

 vaginatus, superne in paniculam abiens simplicem, q spicis 

 constanlem gracilioribus remotifloris raultlfloris. Rachis 

 flexuosa, rami sub angulo recto enati mox adscpndentes, 

 sufiulti bractea patentissima, indole vaginarum inferioris 

 caulis^ Flores bractea ovata, concava, acuta suffulti, ca- 

 lycem exteriorem bilinearem subaequanle. Flores in no- 

 stris jam deflorati; Ovaria vix aucta. Jalapae in ar- 

 boribus parasitica. Aug, 



, AGAVE L. 



1011. Agave polyanthoide& n. sp. Caulis foliosus or- 

 gyalis vel 8-pedalis. Corpus intermedlum crassum,, bul- 

 biforme, sublerraneum, foliovum basi i^cmpe tunicatum. 

 Corpus centrale infra bulbum tarnen elongalum. Flores 



