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A SYNOPSIS OP T1LLANDS1E&. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 82.) 



177. Tillandsia Warmingii Baker Vriesea Warmingii ~E . Morren 



in Belg. Hort. 1884, 260, 1. 12-13.— Leaves about 30, ensiform from 



an ovate base, 3 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, firm in texture, 



subglabrous, tinged with red beneath, sometimes maculate with 



anastomosing transverse green lines. Peduncle about 2 ft. long ; 



bract-leaves many, small, adpressed, imbricated. Spike simple, 



erect, 2 ft. long, dense upwards, lax in the lower half; flowers 80 



or more ; flower-bracts broad, ovate, greenish yellow, 2 in. long 



Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract; sepals oblong, obtuse, 



bright yellow. Petal-limb small, obovate, falcate, bright yellow. 



Stamens a little longer than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, sent alive by Dr. Glaziou to Prof. Morren 

 in 1880. 



178. T. amethystina Baker. Vriesea ametkystina E . Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1884, 330, t. 15-16. — Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, 

 lanceolate from an ovate base, 1-1| ft. long, f-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to the point, 

 plain bright green on the face, claret-purple all over beneath. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves many, small, lanceo- 

 late, adpressed, not imbricated. Inflorescence a simple lax erect 

 spike 6-8 in. long ; flowers 8-10, all distant, erecto-patent ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, much shorter than the calyx. Calyx bright 

 yellow, li in. long ; sepals oblong. Petals twice as long as the 

 calyx ; limb Ungulate, bright yellow. Stamens a little longer than 

 the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil. Sent alive by Dr. Glaziou to Prof. Morren 

 in 1881. 



179. T. Platzmanni Baker. Vriesea Platzmanni E. Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1875, 349, t. 23. — Leaves about a dozen in a rosette, 

 lorate, a foot long, marbled with red-brown, obtuse with a cusp. 

 Peduncle erect, more than twice as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 all small, scariose and adpressed. Spike simple, secund, laxly 

 10-12-flowered ; flower-bracts ovate, brownish, an inch long. 

 Calyx yellowish, above an inch long. Corolla yellow, half as long 

 again as the calyx. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil ; island on the coast of Parana, PtatzMtt*. 

 Introduced into cultivation about 1875. 



180. T. Selloana, n. sp.— Leaves lorate from a dilated oblong 

 base 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, flexible, subglabrous, 1£ ffc - lou S' ! ' '?' 

 broad at the middle, deltoid- cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle li «• 

 long ; lower bract-leaves with a produced lanceolate blade ; upper 

 scariose, entirely adpressed. Inflorescence a simple lax erect 

 distichous spike; lower flowers erecto-patent; flower-bracts oblong, 

 1| in. long, an inch round. < dyx just reaching the tip of the 

 bract; sepals very convolute. Petal-blade | in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sellu 192 ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



