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stout, stiffly erect, above a foot long ; bract-leaves scariose, im- 

 bricated, entirely adpressed. Spike dense, erect, |-1 ft. long, 

 1£ in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, coriaceous, very ascending, 2 in. 



I° n g> 1^ in. round low down. Calyx \ in. shorter than the bract. 

 Petals not seen. 



Hab. British Guiana, Parker I Jenman 2044! 



163. T. Schlectendahlu Baker. T. caspitosa Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnaea, vi. 54 ; Hemsl. in Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. iii. 319, non 

 Leconte. Vriesea caspitosa E. Morren in Bourg. PL Mex. Exsic. 

 No. 2960. — Leaves lanceolate from a large ovate dilated base 

 1^-2 in. broad, flexible, subglabrous, a foot long. 1-1^ in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed gradually to the point. Peduncles 4-5 in. 

 long, sometimes 3 from one rosette ; bract-leaves small, ovate, 

 scariose. Inflorescence a dense simple distichous spike 4-6 in. 

 long, l|-2 in. broad ; flower-bracts ovate, acute or cuspidate, 

 H-2 in. long, li in. round at the base, upper red. Calyx 1£ in. 

 long, glabrous. Petals twice as long as the sepals ; blade oblan- 

 ceolate. Stamens slightly longer than the petals. 



Hab. Mexico, in the provinces of Xalapa and Orizaba, Pavon ! 

 bchwle & Deppe ! Bourgeau 2960 ! Hahn ! Very near T. incur rata. 



164. T. incurvata Baker. Vriesea incurvata Gaudich, Atlas 

 Bonite, t. 68 ; Beer, Brom. 92; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1882, 52, 

 t. 2. T. inflate Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6882. Vriesea injiata, Wawra 

 Itin. Prin. Cob. i. 162 ; Antoine Brom. 28, t. 18. V. earinata var. 

 inflate Wawra in (Ester. Bot. Zeitsch. xxx. 183; French tran si. 

 64.- — Leaves about 15 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate dilated 

 base 2 in. broad, thin, flexible, plain green, subglabrous, 8-12 in. 

 long, 1-1^- in. broad at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves ovate, 

 scariose, imbricated. Inflorescence a simple dense distichous spike 

 ib-1 ft. long, 2 in. broad; flower-bracts ovate, ac 

 £ in. round at the base, the upper bright red. 

 yellowish white. Petals bright yellow, half as long again as the 

 calyx; blade lingulate. Stamens half an inch longer than the 

 petals. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. South TJrazil n?i the Dorcovado and r 



ite, H-2 in. long, 

 Calyx 1^ in. long, 



7 mountains of 



Bio Janeiro, and St.' Paulo, Burchell 2282! 3488! 3864/2! 

 Qaudichaud, Low/man I Raddi 105, Wawra 86, 95 Introduced 



into cultivation by Binot, in 1880. I cannot follow Wawra in 

 separating inftata as a species from incurvata. 



165. T. carinata Baker. Vriesea earinata Wawra in (Ester. 

 Bot. Zeit. 1862, 349, 1880, 183 ; Bot. Ergeb. 154, t. 26 ; Itin. 

 Pnn. Cob. 157; Antoine Brom. 9, t. 7. V. brachystachys Kegel. 

 Gartenfl. 1866, 258, t. 518 ; Bot. Mag- t. 6014. V. frntteema var. 



V\ psittarina 



o v . ^ 1882, 287, t. 



10-12, fig. l. — Leaves 15-20 in a rosette, lorate' from an ovate 

 dilated base 1| in. broad, thin, flexible, plain green, under a foot 

 Jong, under an inch broad at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate at the 

 a pex. Peduncle rather exceeding the leaves ; bract-leaves all small 

 and adpressed. Flowers 10-12, in a dense distichous spike 2-3 in. 



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brachystachys E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1870, 161, t. 8. 

 var. inrinata E. Morren in Belg. Hort. (1882, 28), 



