144. A SYNOPSIS OF TILLANDSIE^E. 



distinct narrow scariose red-brown margin. Peduncle as long as 

 the leaves, stiffly erect ; bract-leaves many, large, lanceolate, per- 

 sistently lepidote on both sides, the uppermost 3-4 in. long. 

 Inflorescence a congested oblong multifarious panicle 2-3 in. long; 

 branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, lower 1^ in. long ; spikes dis- 

 tichous, lower as long as its bract, 5-6-flowered ; flower-bract 

 oblong-navicular, acute, glabrous, §-§ in. long. Calyx reaching 

 the tip of the bract ; sepals much imbricated. Petal-blade minute, 

 oblong. 



Hab. British Guiana ; Humirida Mountains, Apptm 1416 ! 

 Summit of Mount Roraima, Im Thum 31 G ! 



233. T. Turneri, n. sp. — Basal leaves not seen. Peduncle 

 3-4 in. or more long, quite hidden by the large erect lanceolate- 

 acuminate persistently lepidote bract-leaves of firm texture, which 

 are 3-4 in. long. Inflorescence a dense oblong multifarious 

 capitulum 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. diam. ; branch-bracts ovate, with a 

 lepidote cusp, the lowest with a blade an inch long and a cusp half 

 as long ; spikes flattened, distichous, oblong, as long as the bracts, 

 the lowest 3-4-flowered ; flower-bracts oblong-navicular, f in. long. 

 Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract. Petal-blade oblong, i in. 

 long. Stamens not exserted beyond the tip of the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Bogota, Turner ! General habit of Chevalliera. 



234. T. utkiculata Linn. Sp. PI. 286 (Sloane, Jam. 76; Hist. 

 i. 188); Willd. Sp. PL ii. 11; Lam. Encyc. i. 617; Leconte in 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1826, ii. 129; Roem. et Schultes, 

 Syst. Veg. vii. 1220; Chapm. Fl. S. U. States, 471. 1\ Xuttallianu 

 R. & S. I.e. T. Bartrami Nutt. in Sillim. Journ. v. 2, 292, non 

 Ell. Platystachys iitriculata Beer. Brom. 266. Allardtia PvtackH 

 Antoine in Oester. Bot. Zeit. 1878, 56, with figure. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate-acuminate from a large ovate 

 base 1^-2 in. broad. 1-1| ft. long, very narrow and acuminate in 

 the upper half, firm in texture, thinly persistently lepidote on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves many, small, ad- 

 pressed, with a small subulate free point. Panicle 1-1£ ft. long, 

 very lax, with many slender long ascending branches; flowers 

 spaced out, multifarious, adpressed to the rachis ; flower-bract 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse, |-| in. long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Petals narrow, whitish, convolute, |-f in. longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens a little longer than the petals. Capsule- 

 valves lanceolate, above li in. long. 



Hab. Florida, Chapman ! Curtis* 2843 ! Bahamas, Brace 139 ! 

 Cuba, Wright 3748! Jamaica, Howtml llort. Hull 1881 ! Trinidad, 

 FenM.'rHUl Venezuela, alt. 6500 ft., Ftmtter 2100- Most lib 

 T. fle.niosa, from which it differs by its non-distichous spikes. 

 Flowered at Kew, July, 1887, from a plant received from the 

 Bahamas from Mr. Taylor. 



(To he continued.) 



