16 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE^J. 



LindL in Bot. Reg. xxviii. t. 63. Anoplophytum rubidum Beer, 

 Brom. 40. A. geminiflorum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 191, 

 t. 11. — Tufts 6-9 in. diam. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 

 4-5 in. long, i in. broad low down, narrowed gradually to a long 

 point, moderately firm in texture, persistently grey-lepidote on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle 2-3 in. long; bract-leaves large, lanceolate. 

 Flowers 20-30 in a dense ovoid panicle 2-3 in. long ; lower branch- 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate, 1^-2 in. long, rose-red; flower-bracts 

 lanceolate, about as long as the calyx. Calyx \ in. long ; sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate. Petals bright red-purple, half as long again as 

 the calyx, spreading only at the tip. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals. Capsule- valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. South Brazil; Rio Janeiro, Lhotsky, Sello 86, Burchell 

 2353 ! 3146 ! Glaziou 4263 ! Paranagua, Platzmann ! Island of St. 

 Catherine, Lesson. Introduced into cultivation by Loddiges in 1842. 



125. T. Gardneri LindL in Bot. Reg. 1842, sub t. 63; Baker 

 in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 461. T. incana Wawra in Oester. Bot. 

 Zeitsch. xxx. 223 ; French trans. 72 ; Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 172. 

 Anoplophytum incanum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1881, 209, t. 11. 

 A. Rollissoni E. Morren inedit. Tillandsia argentea Hort. Angl. non 

 Griseb. — Tufts a foot or more in diameter. Leaves 30-40 in a 

 dense rosette, lanceolate-acuminate, 6-8 in. long, |- in. broad low 

 down, moderately firm in texture, densely clothed on both surfaces 

 with glittering whitish lepidote scales. Peduncle 2-3 in. long; 

 bract-leaves many, densely imbricated, lanceolate-subulate, lepidote. 

 Inflorescence a dense panicle about 2 in. long and broad ; lower 

 branch-bracts lanceolate-subulate, l£-2 in. long, densely lepidote 

 on the back ; flower bracts oblong-lanceolate, £-f in. long. Calyx 



_ in. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate. Corolla half as long again 

 as the calyx ; petal-blade lingulate, erect, bright red. Stamens and 

 style not exserted beyond the tip of the petals. Capsule -valves 

 rigid, 1£ in* long. 



Hab. South Brazil, on the Serra Itatiaia, &c, Burchell 994! 



Gardner 134 ! Dr. Cunningham ! Boog ! Glaziou 16453 ! Wawra & 

 Maly ii. 508. Trinidad, Prestoe ! Fendler 822 ! 



126. T. didisticha, n. sp. Anoplophytum didistichum E. Morren 

 in Belg. Hort. 1881, 164; 1882, 335. — Leaves densely rosulate, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, grey-lepidote, 6-8 in. long, channelled down 

 the face. Peduncle longer than the leaves, arcuate ; bract-leaves 

 numerous, imbricated. Panicle congested ; spikes dense, elliptical, 

 distichous, l£-2 in. long, 10-12-flowered ; flower-bracts greenish 

 brown, lepidote. Corolla white. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by M. Jacob-Makoy, of Liege, 

 and flowered in 1880. 



127. T. brachyphylla, n. sp. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 

 in a dense rosette, arcuate inwardly, lanceolate, acute, not acumi- 

 nate, narrowed gradually from the base to the apex, 3 in. long, \ ia- 

 broad low down, thin in texture, flat, not at all rigid, densely 

 persistently lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves; bract-leaves crowded, linear from a broad base, erect, 

 densely lepidote* Flowers in a dense simple spike about an inch 



