42 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE.E. 



farinaceous. Calyx not protruded beyond the tip of the bract. 

 Corolla white, above 3 in. long. Stamens not exserted beyond the 

 tip of the petals ; anthers very large. 



Hab. Mexico ; province of Cordova. Introduced into cultiva- 

 tion about 1870 by M. Omer de Malzine. Flowered in 1880 at the 

 Botanic Garden at Liege, and by Mons. F. Massange at Louvrex. 



136. T. triticea Bnrchell MSS. — Leaves lorate from a very 

 large dilated ovate base 4 in. long, 3 in. broad, a foot long, l£ i n - 

 broad at the middle, copiously branched and spotted, like T. guttata 

 and splendens, with claret-purple, flexible, subglabrous, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle slender, as long as the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves small, lanceolate, adpressed. Panicle a foot long ; 

 spikes 10-12, arcuate-ascending, 2-3 in. long, all simple ; lower 

 branch-bracts lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long ; flowers numerous, 

 ascending, not dense ; flower-bracts oblong, obtuse, J in. long. 

 Calyx ^ in. long ; sepals obtuse. Capsule-valves lanceolate, nearly 

 three times as long as the calyx. 



Hab. South Brazil ; swampy woods near Santos, in province 

 of St. Paulo, October, 1826, Burchell 3217 ! 



137. T. Parke ri, n. sp. — Leaves lorate from an ovate dilated 

 base li in. diani., a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, flexible, 

 subglabrous, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle slender; 

 upper bract-leaves small, lanceolate, adpressed, scariose. Panicle 

 6-8 in. long ; branches about 6, shortly peduncled, erecto-patent ; 

 spikes 1-2 in. long; flowers many, erecto-patent, not very close; 

 flower-bracts ovate-oblong, subobtuse, £ in. long. Calyx reaching 

 to the tip of the bract ; sepals obtuse. Capsule-valves lanceolate, 

 three times as long as the calyx. 



Hab. British Guiana, Parker I Nearly allied to T. triticea 

 Burchell. 



138. T. spiculosa Griseb. Gott. Nachtrag. 1864, 17. — Leaves 



lanceolate from a dilated ovate base 1J-1| in. broad, ^ ft. long, 



thin, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to an acute point. Peduncle 



as long as the leaves; bract-leaves small, lanceolate, entirely 



adpressed, not imbricated. Panicle composed of two or more 



erecto-patent distichous spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, £ in. long. 



Calyx as long as the bract; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small, 



violet. Capsule-valves lanceolate, under an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela; Tovar and Maya, alt. 4000- 

 7000 ft., Fendler 1511 ! 1518, 2446. 



139. T. compacta Griseb. in Gott. Nachtrag. 1864, 18.— Leaves 

 above a dozen in a rosette, lorate from a large dilated oblong base, 

 8 in. long, \\ in. broad, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, 

 deltoid-cuspidate at the apex, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle 

 as long as the leaves; bract-leaves many, small, imbricated, 

 entirely scariose and adpressed. Panicle short, dense; spikes 

 oblong, erecto-patent, l-ll i n . long, 1 in. diam. ; branch-bracts 

 ovate, acute, nearly as long as the spikes ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 navicular, glossy, cuspidate, f in. long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals 

 acute. Petals and capsule not seen. 



Hab. Mountains of VfiTlP7;npl a- Tnvar. Fondhr 1 £Ott f 



