PITOAIRNIA. 99 



Group of p. SUAVEOLENS. 



32. p. SUAVEOLENS Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 1069. P. micrantha 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxix. Misc. 44. P. Imvis Beer Brom. 60 ? 

 {Tillandsia Icevis Vellozo Fl. Flum. iii. t. 126). — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves linear, chartaceous, 1|- ft. long, ^-f in. broad at the middle, 

 without teeth, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle a 

 foot long, glabrous; bract-leaves with produced tips. Inflorescence 

 a simple moderately dense raceme 6-9 in. long ; rachis glabrous ; 

 pedicels ascending, J-i in. long ; bracts lanceolate, glabrous, the 

 lower an inch or more long. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, an inch 

 long. Petals Ungulate, white, twice as long as the sepals, scaled at 

 the base. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of South Brazil, Gardner 5895 ! Introduced into culti- 

 vation in 1826. 



33. P. ALBiFLos Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2642 (M.D.). P. odorata 

 Kegel Gartenfl. t. 114. Tillandsia Schuchii Fenzl in Otto & Dietr. 

 Allg. Gartenzeit. xiv. 266. Cochliopetalum alhijios and Schuchii 

 Beer Brom. 68-69. — Acaulescent or shortly caulescent. Leaves 

 many to a tuft, obscurely petioled, linear, chartaceous, entire, 

 1^-2 ft. long, -|-f in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Peduncle slender, erect, glabrous, 1^-2 ft. long ; 

 lower bract-leaves with produced tips. Kaceme simple, lax, 6-12 

 in. long ; rachis slightly pilose ; pedicels spreading or deflexed, 

 J-l in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, green, 

 glabrous, f in. long. Petals white, 2 in. long, rolling up spirally. 

 Stamens as long as the petals. Style exserted. 



Hab. Mountains of S. Brazil, Glaziou 8022 1 8023 ! Miers ! Introduced into 

 cultivation about 1826. P. elata Liebm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hafn. 1849, 14, agrees 

 with this, judging from the description, but is said to come from East Mexico. 



34. P. cANALicuLATA Baker. — Leaves linear, entire, complicate, 

 4-8 in. long, ^ in. broad low down, green beneath. Peduncle 

 slender, under a foot long. Inflorescence a simple very lax few- 

 flowered raceme; pedicels erecto-patent f-li in. long; flower- 

 bracts lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. Sepals linear, f in. long. Petals 

 bright red, 2 in. long. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, Sello 53 ! (Herb. Paris) 942 ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



35. P. jALiscANA S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. xxii. 456; 

 Garden and Forest i. t. 35. — Acaulescent. Leaves 8-10 to a stem, 

 linear, J- ft. long, ^ in. broad low down, tapering to the point, 

 green on both surfaces, without marginal spines, but bordered with 

 small rather stiff hairs. Peduncle -| ft. long ; bract-leaves small, 

 adpressed. Flowers 8-10 in a simple raceme 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels short ; lower bracts an inch long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 bright red, ^ in. long. Petals bright red, twice as long as the 

 sepals. Style exserted beyond the tip of the petals. 



Hab. North Mexico ; province of Jalisco, on the banks of the Kio Blanco, 

 Palmer 348 ! Discovered in 1886. 



36. P. Palmeri S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. xxii. 456. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves linear, chartaceous, green on both surfaces, 



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