80 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE^l. 



thin, flexible, nearly naked, 1-1£ ft. long, 1-1^ in, broad at the 

 middle, dull green with very distinct irregular cross-bands of 

 purple, rounded at the apex to a cusp. Peduncle ^ ft. long ; 

 bract-leaves also fasciated with purple. Flowers 12-30, in a flat 

 lanceolate spike ^-1 ft. long, 1|— 2 in. broad at the middle ; flower- 

 bracts 1^-2 in. long, acute, all bright red or the lower green. 

 Calyx under an inch long ; sepals acute. Petals yellow, lanceolate, 

 cernuous, three times as long as the calyx, J in. broad. Stamens 



about as long as the petals. Capsule -valves lanceolate, an inch 

 long. 



Hab. French Guiana, Poiteau ! (1824). Introduced into culti- 

 vation by Melinon and Leprieur about 1842. British Guiana, 



Schomburgk ! 



169. T. gladioliflora Wend, in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1863, 31. 

 Vriesea gladwliflora E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 87, 216; 

 Antoine in Wiener Gartenzeit. 1880, 97, with figure; Brom. 23, 

 t. 15. — Leaves about 20 in a rosette, lorate from a dilated ovate 

 base, thin, flexible, recurved, l£-2 ft. long, 3 in. broad, plain 

 green on the face, claret-purple on the back, deltoid-cuspidate at 

 the apex. Peduncle as long as the leaves; bract-leaves many, 

 small, adpressed. Inflorescence a simple dense lanceolate spike a 



1* 



n 



Calyx reaching to the tip 



of the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade white, orbicular, 



half as long as the calyx. Stamens reaching to the tip of the petals. 



Hab. Costa Eica, received alive by Dr. Wendland at Herren- 



hausen in 1863. Sinteni's 2792, from Porto Eico, seems from an 



lm 



VIMIN 



Viiesea 



viminalis E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1878, 257, t. 14-15 ; Antoine, 

 Brom. 21, 1. 14. T. Hridiflora Hort.— Leaves about 15 in a rosette, 

 • lanceolate from a dilated base, 2 in. diam., flexible, plain green, 

 subglabrous, acute, a foot or more long, l£-2 in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle 1± ft. long; bract-leaves many, small, imbri- 

 cated, adpressed. Flowers in a simple dense lanceolate spike 

 5-6 in. long; flower-bracts oblong, acute, about an inch long, 

 bright green. Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Petals white, half as long again as the calyx ; 

 blade broad and very obtuse. Stamens reaching to the tip of the 

 petals. Capsule 1| in. long. 



Hab. Costa Eica, near Cartago, sent alive by Wendland to 

 Liege in 1878. 



171. T. longicaulis, n. sp. — Leaves lorate from an ovate dilated 

 base 8-4 in. long, 2 in. broad, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 1* ft. 

 long, an inch broad at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip. 

 Peduncle stifliy erect, 2£-8 ft. long ; bract-leaves small, scariose, 

 imbricated, adpressed. Inflorescence a dense flat simple spike 

 6-8 m. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts very ascending, ovate, 

 acute, 1^-2 in. long, an inch round at the base. Calyx i in. shorter 

 than the bract. Petals not seen. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glazioit 8988 ! Nearly allied to T. gUtdto- 



lifiora. 



