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A SYNOPSIS OF T1LLANDS1EM. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.B.S., F.L.S. 



(Continued from Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 348). 



113. Tillandsia Sintenisii, n. sp. — Leaves about a dozen in a 

 rosette ; dilated base ovate, 6 in. long, 3 in. broad ; blade lanceolate, 

 rigidly coriaceous, persistently thinly adpresso-lepidote, 1^ ft. long, 

 an inch broad low down, tapering gradually into a convolute setaceous 

 point. Inflorescence a lax very ample panicle ; main axis i in. 

 diam. ; lower branches compound, a foot long ; branch-bracts linear 

 from an ovate base, 4-6 in. long ; spikes 4-8 in. long, with lax 

 erect flowers adpressed to the flexuose rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 acute, \ in. long. Calyx \ in. longer than the bract ; sepals oblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla not seen. Capsule-valves lanceolate, 1^-lf in. 

 long, \ in. broad. 



Hab. Porto Rico; primaeval woods of Mount Torito, alt. 



3000 ft., Sintenis 21MI 



114. T. Swartzii, n. sp. T. panicidata Swartz in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit., non Linn. — Basal leaves not seen. Peduncle a foot long ; 

 lower bract-leaves with lanceolate free points 3-4 in. long. In- 

 florescence a very lax panicle 2 ft. long, with ascending slender 

 laxly-flowered flexuose branches ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, J-| in. 

 long. Calyx & in. long. Capsule at least twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Jamaica, Sivartz ! Allied to T. flexuosa and T. Sintenisii. 



115. T. brassicoides, n. sp. — Leaves 20 or more in a dense 

 rosette ; dilated base ovate, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. broad ; blade 

 lanceolate-acuminate, £ ft. long, an inch broad at the base, tapering 

 gradually to a short convolute point, rigidly coriaceous, densely 

 persistently finely lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle rather 

 longer than the leaves ; lower bract-leaves with short free points ; 

 upper small, ovate, acute, not imbricated. Inflorescence a lax sub- 

 secund spike 4-5 in. long, with a sulcate glabrous slightly flexuose 

 rachis ; flowers 5-6, lower spreading ; bract-leaves coriaceous, 

 broad-ovate, ascending, £ in. long. Calyx 1-1 J in. long ; sepals 

 obtuse. Corolla not seen. Capsule not longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Bio Janeiro, Burchell 1393 ! A remarkable plant, with 

 bracts and calyx like those of T. regina. 



Subgenus V. Anoplophytum (Beer). — Leaves narrow, moderately 

 firm in texture, acuminate or subulate, thinly or densely 

 lepidote. Inflorescence more or less decidedly multifarious. 

 Petals white, or red, or violet ; blade lingulate, spreading at 

 the tip only; claw not scaled. Stamens and style shorter 



than the petals. 



Key. 



Leaves linear-subulate. 



Spikes simple . . Sp. 116-118. 



Spikes panicled . . Sp. 119. 

 Leaves lanceolate-acuminate. 



Spikes simple . . Sp. 120-123. 



Spikes panicled • . Sp. 124-126. 



Leaves lanceolate-acute . Sp. 127. 



