106 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE^. 



Hab. South Brazil ; Woods near Santos, Bxtrchell 3347 ! Near 



T. Platzmanni. 



186. T. heterostachys, n. sp. — Leaves lorate from an oblong 

 dilated base 3-4 in. long, 2£ in. broad, flexible, subglabrous, a foot 

 long, above an inch broad at the middle, deltoid- cuspidate at the 

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

 adpressed. Spike simple, erect, 6-8 in. long ; flowers of upper 

 half erect, crowded; of lower half spaced out, erecto-patent ; flower- 

 bracts oblong, obtuse, l|-lf in. long, an inch round. Calyx 

 reaching to the tip of the bract. Petals not seen. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 13260! Near T. endformis and 



Warmingii. 



187. T. ensiformis Veil. Fl. Flum. iii. t. 129. Vriesea ensiformis 

 Beer, Brom. 92. V, conferta Gaudich, Atlas Bonite t. 65 ; Wawra 

 in Oester. Bot. Zeit. 1880, 184 ; Itin. Prin. Cob. 162 ; Antoine, 

 Brom. 8, t. 3. -t— Leaves lanceolate from a dilated ovate base 3 in. 

 long, 2 in. broad, flexible, subglabrous, l|-2 ft. long, l\ in- broad 

 at the middle, narrowed gradually to the point. Peduncle stout, 

 erect, 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves scariose, imbricated, adpressed. 

 Inflorescence a simple erect distichous spike 1-1 £ ft. long, 3 in. 

 broad; flowers 20-30, all erecto-patent; flower-bracts oblong, 

 acute, dark red, 1^-2 in. long, 1 in. round. Calyx reaching to the 

 tip of the bract; sepals acute. Petal-blade oblong, i in. long, 

 bright yellow. Capsule 2 in. long. 



Hab. Southern provinces of Brazil, Gaudichaud, Glaziou 13263 ! 

 Entre Eios, Wawra d Maly 126. T. imbricata Veil. Fl. Flum. iii. 

 t. 131 {Vriesea imbricata Beer, Brom. 94), known only from a rough 

 figure, appears to be closely allied to this species, but to differ by 

 its larger flower-bracts, more gradually narrowed to an acute point. 



188. T. recurvata Baker. Vriesea recurvata Gaudich. Atlas 

 Bonite, t. 69. — Leaves lorate from an ovate base 2 in. broad, thin, 

 flexible, 2 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate 

 at the tip. Peduncle short; bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a simple 10-12-flowered spike, lax in the lower half; 

 bract-leaves oblong-navicular, with a recurved cusp, 2 in. long, an 

 inch round low down. Calyx reaching the tip of the bract ; sepals 

 acute. Petals unknown. 



Hab. South Brazil, Gaudichaud. 



189. T. platynema Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. Vriesea 

 platynema Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, t. 66. V. bituminosa Wawra in 

 Oester. Bot. Zeit. xii. 372 ; xxx. 221 ; French transl. 71 ; Beise f 



Max. 157, t. 86; Itin. Prin. Cob. 168, t. 38a. — Leaves 

 numerous, lorate, 2-2£ ft. long, 8-3£ in. broad at the middle, thin, 

 flexible, subglabrous, tinged with red-brown beneath, rounded to a 

 cusp at the apex. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, UJ-% ft. long, m 

 inch thick at the base ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a simple distichous spike a foot long, 3 in. broad ; 

 flowers 20-30, spreading; flower-bracts ovate, l£-2 in. long. 

 Calyx £-£ in. longer than the bract, very glutinose ; sepals obtuse. 

 Petal-blade small. Valves of the capsule 1£ in - lon S> 4 in ' broad ' 

 Hab. Forests of South Brazil, Biwchell 2321! (Feb. 3826), 



