138 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLAN 



App. iv. p. 5.) In BurchelFs specimen the flowers are copiously 

 viviparous. 



208. T. Eodigasiana Baker. Vriesea Rodigasiana E. Morren in 

 111. Hort. n.s. t. 467 ; Antoine Brom. 16, t. xi.— Leaves 30-40 in 

 a dense rosette, lorate from a dilated base 2 in. diam., thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, plain green, 1-1^ ft. long, an inch broad at the 

 middle, obtuse with a cusp at the tip. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves ; bracts small, adpressed, not imbricated. Panicle a foot 

 long, with a red axis, several laxly 4-5 flowered short ascending 

 branches and small red branch-bracts ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 yellow, | in. long. Calyx bright yellow, an inch long. Petals 

 half as long again as the calyx, bright yellow. Stamens as long 

 as the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, introduced into cultivation by Linden about 

 1882. Closely allied to T. gracilis. I have not seen the allied 

 Vriesea hiilbergioides E. Morren, founded upon GlazioiCs 3630, men- 

 tioned by name under the figure above cited. 



209. T. procera Mart. ; Koem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 1224. 

 — Leaves lorate, thin, flexible, glabrous, lh ft. long, l|-2 in. broad 

 at the middle. Peduncle stout, erect, 2 ft. long ; lower bract 

 leaves £ ft. long. Panicle 2 ft. long, a foot broad ; branches 

 erecto-patent, 6-9 in. long, 6-10 flowered; flowers spaced out, 

 spreading ; flower-bracts oblong, under an inch long. Calyx 13-14 

 lines long ; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade ligulate. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the petals. Capsule-valves H in. long, £ in. broad. 



Hab. Brazil, near Itahype, Martins. Allied apparently to T. 

 gracilis and Rodigasiana. 



210. T. Tweedieana, n. sp. — Leaves a foot or more long, 



lorate from an ovate base, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 1^ in. broad 

 at the middle, above 2 in. at the dilated base. Peduncle about a 

 foot long ; bract-leaves all small and adpressed. Panicle |-1 ft. 

 long ; branches 8-10, short, with a flexuouse rachis, few-flowered ; 

 branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, £-f in. long. 

 Calyx f-£ in. long; sepals obtuse, much imbricated. Petal-blade 

 oblong, ^ in. long. Stamens a little longer than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil; Bio Janeiro, Tiveedie 1342 ! Collected m 

 the year 1837. Glazwu 16167 ! 



211. T. Philippo-Coburgi Baker. Vriesea PhiH[>po-Coburgi 

 Wawra in (Ester. Bot. Zeitschrift 1880, 211); French trans. 68; 

 Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 165, t. 29 and 37 t. a.— Leaves 20 in a 

 rosette, lorate thin, flexible, subglabrous, l|-2 ft. long, 2-2| in. 

 broad at the middle, brown at the tip and rounded to a small cusp, 

 much recurved, spotted with purple on the back towards the 

 base. Peduncle stout, a foot long ; upper bract-leaves bright red. 

 Panicle l£-2 ft. long; branches many, ascending, lower forked, 

 sometimes a foot long ; flowers erecto-patent, laxly disposed, 6-10 

 to a branch ; branch-bracts bright red, lower lorate, 4-5 in. long ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, bright red, f-1 in. long. Calyx 

 yellowish, 1-1^ in. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate. P tats 

 greenish, half as long again as the calyx. Stamens a little longt-r 

 than the petals. 



