46 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE.E. 



153. T. elata, n. sp. — Leaves 2^-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the 

 middle, thin, flexible, subglabrons, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. 

 Peduncle stout. Panicle 2£-3 ft. long ; central branches copiously 

 compound ; branch-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; ultimate 

 spikes erecto-patent, l|-2 in. long, f in. broad ; flower-bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, f-1 in. long. Calyx ^ in. long ; sepals 

 acute. Petal-blade narrow, acute, J in. long. 



Hab. Santa Moarta ; Sierra Nigra, Purdie ! Closely allied to 

 the West Indian T. exceha. 



154. T. megastachya, n. sp. T. foliosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. 

 West. Ind. 597, non Mart, et Galeotti. — Basal leaves lorate, 

 2-2£ ft. long, 1£ in. broad at the middle, flexible, glabrous. 

 Peduncle stout (^ in. diam.) ; bract-leaves with lanceolate free 

 points ^-1 ft. long. Panicle above a foot long ; branches very 

 numerous, subsessile ; branch-bracts coriaceous, ovate, acute, or 

 cuspidate, the upper shorter than the spikes, the lower much 

 longer ; spikes about 3 in. long and nearly as broad ; flowers 

 dense, erecto-patent; flower-bracts narrow, acute, an inch long. 

 Calyx reaching nearly to the tip of the bract ; sepals acute. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, % in. longer than the calyx. 



Hab. St. Vincent, liev. L. Guildim) ! 



Subgenus VIII. Wallisia (Kegel). — Leaves thin, acuminate, nearly 

 naked. Spikes distichous, simple or panicled. Blade of petals 

 large, spreading, orbicular; claw not scaled. Stamens and 

 pistil not exserted from the calyx. . Sp. 155-158. 



155. T. Lindeni E. Morren in Belg. Hort. xix. 321, t. 18; 

 Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 460; 111. Hort. 1869, t. 610; Floral Mag. 

 1872, t. 44 ; Eev. Hort. 1878, 300, with figure ; Garden, 1876, 466, 

 with figure. Phytarhiza Lindeni E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 

 297. T. Morreniana Kegel in Gartenfl. 1870, 40. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 40-60 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from a dilated base, 

 H-2 in. broad, 1-1± ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, tapering 

 gradually to a long point, thin, hardly at all lepidote, dull green, 

 with vertical stripes of red-brown. Peduncle a foot long ; bract- 

 leaves lanceolate, erect, imbricated. Inflorescence a simple dense 

 distichous spike 4-6 in. long; flowers about 10 on a side; flower- 

 bracts oblong-navicular, l|-2 in. long, bright red in the type. 

 Calyx 1^- in. long; sepals oblong, acute. Petal-blade orbicular, 



longer than the calyx. 



an inch broad. Stamens and pistil not 



Hab. Andes of Peru, discovered by Wallis. First shown by 



Linden at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Var. intermedia Morren 

 (Floral Mag. 1871, t. 529) is a form with a longer peduncle and 

 greenish red bracts. Var. jfi teliana Morren (T. LindenUtna Kegel, 

 Ind. Sep. Hort. Petrop. 1868, 92; Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 461, 

 fig. 72) is a form with a long peduncle, green bracts, and a white 

 eye to the petal; and vars. huurians and major are luxuriant 

 garden forms. 



ALEANA 



Wall'ma Hematoma E. Morren in Belg, Hort. 1870, 97, t. 5. 



