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T. Lindeni var. Hamaleana Andre in 111. Hort. 1877, 188, T. (km- 

 melyna E. Morren. Phytarhiza Hamaleana E. Morren in Belg. 

 Hort. 1879, 297, 370. — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-20, densely 

 rosulate, lanceolate, acuminate, tliin,subglabrous, pale green, 6-9 in. 

 long, an inch broad at the middle. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves; bract-leaves small, scariose, adpressed, not imbricated. 

 Spikes 3-<i in a small deltoid panicle, distichous ; branches erecto- 

 patent ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, purplish 

 green, shorter than the calyx. Calyx l£ in. long ; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, green, glabrous. Petal-blade orbicular, bright violet 

 with a white eye, f in. diam. Stamens and style not exserted from 

 the calyx. 



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

 Linden at Paris in 1867. Probably this is a mere variety of T. 

 Lindeni, but I have not seen it. 



157. T. platypetala, n. sp. — Leaves few in a rosette, erect, 

 lorate from a large dilated ovate base 2^ in. diam., above a foot 

 long, l|-lf in. broad, obtuse, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle 

 as long as the leaves; bract-leaves small, scariose, entirely adpressed. 

 Inflorescence a dense panicle 3-4 in. long and broad; branches 

 4-5, dense, erecto-patent ; branch-bracts small, scariose, ovate ; 

 flower-bracts ovate-oblong, f in. long. Calyx reaching to the tip 

 of the bract ; sepals oblong, very convolute and imbricated. Petal- 

 blade obovate-cuneate, ^ in. long and broad. Stamens and style 

 not exserted from the calyx. 



Hab. Ecuador ; mountains of El Cisne, Hartweg I 



158. T. umbellata Andre in Rev. Hort. 1886, 60, with coloured 

 figure. — Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate-acuminate, a foot or 



more long, i-^ in. broad low down, bright green, glabrous, faintly 

 streaked vertically with claret-brown on the back. Peduncle much 

 shorter than the leaves. Spikes dense, simple, 5-6-flowered; 

 flower-bracts oblong-cuspidate, bright green, f in. long. Calyx as 

 long as the bract. Petal-limb obovate-cuneate, an inch broad, 

 bright blue, with a w T hite eye. Stamens and style not longer than 

 the calyx. 



Hab, Ecuador ; Cordillera of Cisne, temperate region, gathered 

 by M. Poortman in May, 1882. 



Subgenus IX. Vriesea (Lindl.).— Acaulescent, with leaves in a 

 dense utricular rosette, thin, flexible, nearly or quite without 

 lepidote scales. Spikes distichous, simple or panicled. Flowers 

 large. Petals white or yellow or greenish, never violet, with a 

 broad claw, appendiculate with a pair of scales at the base. 



Key. 



Spikes simple, dense . Sp. 159-173. 



Spikes simple, lax. 



Spikes erect ; flowers erecto-patent . Sp. 174-188. 



Spikes erect ; flowers spreading . Sp. 189-193. 



Spikes drooping Sp. 194-19o. 



Garden hybrids .... Sp. 196-19/- 



