14 A SYNOPSIS OP TILLANDSIEiE. 



French transl. 72 ; Ittn. Prin. Sax. Cob. 170, t. 32, fig. a, — Tufts 

 nearly a foot in diameter. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 

 linear- subulate, recurved, 6-9 in. long, £ in. broad above the 

 dilated base, moderately firm in texture, thinly grey-lepidote. 

 Peduncle 3-4 in. long; bract-leaves many, erect, imbricated, 

 subulate from a lanceolate base. Panicle dense, ovoid, about 2 in. 

 long ; lower branch-bracts lanceolate-subulate, 1| in. long, tinged 

 with red ; flower-bracts lanceolate, red, as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx above £ in. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals violet, 

 holf as long again as the sepals, spreading at the tip only. 

 Stamens and style shorter than the petals. Capsule -valves lanceo- 

 late, nearly an inch long. 



Hab. South Brazil ; Province of Entre Eios, &c, Burchell 

 1893! 3493! Boogl Wawra & Maly. Var. crinifolia Wawra differs 

 from the type by its more slender leaves. 



120. T. dianthoidea Rossi, Cat. Modoet. 1. 1 ; Roem. et Schultes, 

 Syst. Veg. vii. 1205 ; Regel, Gartenfl. t. 85 ; 111. Hort. n. s. t. 322; 

 Griseb. Symb. PI. Argent. 1878, 333. T. stricta Lindl. in Bot. 



Reg. t. 1338. Anoplophytum ceranthos and dianthoideum Beer, Brom. 

 40-41. Pourrettia ceranthos Rossi, Herb. Gen. Amat. t. 307. 

 Amalia cersincola Bahi inedit. — Stems short or produced to a length 

 of a few inches. Leaves crowded, falcate, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 3-4 in. long, \ in. broad low down, glaucous green, firm in texture, 

 thinly lepidote. Peduncle 3-4 in. long; bract-leaves crowded, 

 rigid, lanceolate-subulate. Flowers 5-10 in a moderately dense 

 simple spike; bracts ovate, acute, reddish, £-1 in. long. Calyx 

 | in. long ; sepals oblong. Petals bright lilac, half as long again 

 as the calyx. Stamens a little longer than the calyx. 



Var. T. rosea Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1357. T. recurvifolia Hook, 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 5246. Anoplophytum roseum Beer, Brom. 40. — 

 Corolla smaller, white. 



Hab. Uraguay, Lorentz 493 ! King ! Gibert 1091 ! Buenos 

 Ayres, Tweedie I Parana, Christie ! Scarcely more than a variety of 

 T. stricta. Mr. Im Thurn gathered lately on the summit of Mount 

 Roraima (No. 315) a closely allied form with short rigid almost 

 pungent leaves, large loose glossy brown bracts, and a large bright- 

 coloured corolla. 



121. T. stricta Soland MSS. ; Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1529; 

 Rossi, Cat. Hort. Moedet. 1824, 82, t. 3 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 

 Veg. vii. 1206; Wawra, Bot. Reise. Maxim. 163; Oesterr. Bot. 

 Zeit, 1880, 222; Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 173. AnopI ophyt urn stric turn 

 Beer, Brom. 39 ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1878, 188, t. 13. T. 

 bicolor A. Brong. Voy. Coquilie, 185, t. 86 ; Griseb. PL Lorentz. 

 224 ; Symb. Fl. Argent. 1878, 333. A. bicolor Beer, Brom. 41. 

 Tufts 6-9 in. diam. Leaves 30-50 in a dense rosette, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, arcuate, 4-6 in. long, £-£ in. broad above the base, 

 rigid in texture, glaucous green, thinly lepidote. Peduncle 3-4 in. 

 long ; bract-leaves many, lanceolate-subulate, erect. Spike dense, 

 simple, erect, 10-20-flowered, 1-2 in. long ; bracts reddish, ovate, 

 the upper acute, the lower cuspidate ; blade £-J in. long. Calyx 

 \ in. long ; sepals oblong, acute. Petals bright lilac, half as long 



