108 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE^i. 



Hab. Minas G-eraes, Libon. Introduced into cultivation by 

 Linden in 1875. E. roseum Hort. Linden ; Morren Cat. 1873, 8, 

 is a variety with green lower leaf-bracts, leaves glaucous green 

 beneath, shorter flower-bracts and a yellow calyx. 



193. T. amazonica, n. sp.— Leaves lorate from an ovate base 



3-4 in. diam., flexible, subglabrous, 3 in. broad at the middle, plain 



pale green on both sides, deltoid at the apex, with a very large cusp. 



Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, twice as long as the leaver; lower 



bract-leaves with large lanceolate erect free points. Inflorescence 



a moderately dense erect unilateral spike above a foot long ; flowers 



patent or rather deflexed ; flower-bracts broad ovate, an inch long. 



Calyx an inch long ; sepals much imbricated, oblong, obtuse, half 



an inch broad. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves 1^ in. long, ^ in. 

 broad. 



Hab. Forests of the Amazon Valley, near Para. Burchell, 

 9440. Allied to T. Platzmanni and Jonghei. 



194. T. guttata Baker. Vriesea guttata Andre and Linden in 

 111. Hort. n. s. t. 200 ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 1, t. 1-3. 

 Leaves lorate from an ovate base 2 in. diam., a foot long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad at the middle, firm in texture, suberect, little arcuate, 

 copiously decorated with irregular transverse bands of large claret - 

 purple spots, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle much longer 

 than the leaves ; bract-leaves small and adpressed. Spike simple 

 sublax, drooping, above a foot long, 3 in. diam. ; flowers all erecto- 

 patent ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, reddish white, 1| in. long, 

 above an inch broad low down. Calyx yellow, a little larger than 

 the bract. Petal-blade lingulate, yellow, under an inch long. 

 Stamens longer than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil Glaziou, 15474 ! Introduced into cultivation 

 in 1870 by seed sent from the province Sta. Catherina by M. 

 G-autier. Flowered at the Luxembourg and by Dr. Le Bele at 

 Mans in 1878. 



195. T. scalaris Baker. Vriesea scalaris E. Morren in Belg. 

 Hort. 1880, 309, t. 15.— Leaves about 16 in a rosette, lorate from 

 an ovate dilated base 2 in. broad, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 1-H ft. long, f-1 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle short, slender, 

 cernuous ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence 

 a lax simple pendulous spike a foot long, with a very ilexuose 

 rachis and 10-12 spreading flowers; flower-bracts oblong, acute, 

 bright red, H in. long. Calyx bright yellow, A-f in. longer than 

 the bract; sepals obtuse. Petals greenish-yellow, k in. longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens rather longer than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil; forests of St. Paulo. BureMl 3197! (year 

 1826). Introduced into cultivation by Binot in 1877. 



196. T. psittacino x carinata. Vru " Morrem&na Hort. ; L. 

 Morren in Belg. Hort, It >, 287, t. 10-12, fig. 2. Eecedes from 

 typical prittacina by its more numerous closer flowers, 12-15 in a 

 spike, 4-6 in. long, with the red bracts and yellow calyx of its 

 parents. 



197. T. psittacino x scalaris. Vriesea retrofit > E. Morren in 

 Belg, Hort. 1884, 185, t. 10.— Leaves short, lorate, plain green, 



