110 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANI>SIE,E. 



Calyx equalling the bract. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves 

 li-2 in. long, ^-i in. broad. 



Hab. Central Mexico at Xalapa, &c. Schiede and Deppe ! (type 

 specimen at British Museum). Galeotti 4915. Venezuela, moun- 

 tains of Tovar, Fendler 1516 ! Eastern Cuba, near Monte Verde, 

 alt. 6000 ft., Wright 1522 ! 



203. T. gigantea Mart. ; Roem. et Schultes Syst. vi. 1224. 

 Leaves lorate, flexible, subglabrous, 1^ ft. long, 3 in. broad, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle with panicle 8 ft. long, the latter 

 a foot broad ; branches spreading, 8-10 in. long, 7-8 flowered; 

 flowers secund, subcernuous; flower-bracts ovate, f-1 in. long. 

 calyx under an inch long ; sepals obtuse. Valves of the capsule 

 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Forests of the Rio Negro, Martins. 



204. T. glutinosa Mart; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 1225. 

 Leaves lanceolate from a dilated ovate base, 4-5 in. long, 3 in. 

 broad, thin, flexible subglabrous, l|-2 ft. long, l£-2 in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed gradually to an acute point. Panicle 1-1 i ft- 

 long; branches numerous, erecto-patent, the lower f-1 ft. long; 

 flowers erecto-patent, not contiguous ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, 

 li in. long, f-£ in. broad. Calyx equalling the bract. Petal- 

 blade narrow, i in. long. Stamens a little longer than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil ; forests of Rio Janeiro and St. Paulo, 

 Martws, Burchell 4367 ! Glaziou 12225 ! 14338 ! 16469 ! 16471 ! 



205. T. Itatiale Baker. Vriesea Itatiam Wawra in (Ester. 

 Bot. Zeitsch. xxx. 221 ; French trans. 70 ; Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 

 169, t. 31 and 34 C— Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, thin, 

 flexible, glabrous, plain green, 1± ft. long, 4 in. broad, rounded to 

 a brown cusp at the apex. Peduncle a foot long, reddish ; bract- 

 leaves small, scariose, adpressed. Panicle 1-1 i ft. long ; branches 

 few, short, erecto-patent ; flowers 8-10 to a branch, moderately 

 close, secund ; flower-bracts ovate, brownish, an inch long. Calyx 

 about as long as the bract. Petal-blade small, obovate, greenish 

 white. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; plateau of the Serra Itatiaia, alt. 9000 ft., 

 Wawra and Maly. 



206. T. hieroglyphica Hort. Bull. VHesea hieroglyphica E. 



Morren in 111. Hort. 1884, t. 514 ; Belg. Hort. 1885, 57, t. 10-12. 



Massangea hieroglyphica Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1878, 175, with 



figure.— Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 4-5 ft. diam., lorate from 



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cusp, bright green, with conspicuous cross-bands of black blotches 

 up to the tip. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves; lower 

 bract-leaves with large lanceolate free points. Inflorescence an 

 ample panicle with 12-20 erecto-patent branches ; branch-bracts 

 ovate acuminate ; flowers 12-20 to the lower branches, spaced out, 

 erecto-patent; flower-bracts ovate, green, 1-1 J m. long. Calyx an 

 inch long, reaching to the tip of the bract. Corolla yellowish, a 

 little longer than the calyx. Stamens shorter than the petals. 

 Hab. South Brazil; forests of Rio Janeiro and St. Paulo, 



