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Var. D. EEMOTiFLORA Otto and Dietr. Gartenzeit. i. 129 (M.D.). 

 D. rariflora Grab, in Bot. Mag. t. 3349; Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 

 1782. — Petals twice as long as the calyx, about f in. long ; blade 

 obovate-spathulate. 



Var. CuNNiNGHAMi Baker. — Leaves 2-3 in. long, much re- 

 curved. Flowers few, an inch long. Petals three times the length 

 of the calyx. 



Var. D. MONTEviDENsis K. Koch Ind. Sem. Berol. 1873, App. 4, 

 4. — Leaves narrower and more complicate. Peduncle ^ ft. long. 

 Flowers in a short spike, ^ in. long. 



Hab. The type, Central Brazil, Burchell 7996 ! Gardner 3979 ! Weddell 

 1407 ! Martius ; Regnell 283 ! All the three varieties, Montevideo and the 

 Argentine Kepublic. Eio Grande, Gaudichaud 278 1 Bolivia ; Chiquitos, 

 J)'Orhigny 1006 ! There is a fine series in the Paris Herbarium represented by 

 more than a dozen of Sello's numbers. Tillandsia tuberosa Veil. Fl. Flum. iii. 

 t. 186 {Dyckia tuberosa Beer) is evidently this species. The best-known species 

 of the genus, introduced into cultivation about 1830. D. Lemaireana Hort., 

 judging from the short description in Mr. Bull's catalogue, 1874, No. 97, p. 5, 

 may be another form of this species. 



8. D. soRDiDA Baker. — Leaves rigid, ensiform, above a foot 

 long, i in. broad low down ; prickles nearly obsolete. Peduncle 

 longer than the leaves. Inflorescence a simple spike 2 ft. long 

 with a pubescent flexuose rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, pubescent, 

 J-^ in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, \ in. long. Petals broad, 

 shortly exserted. Style short. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Minas Geraes, near Itamb6, St. Hilaire ! (Mus. 

 Paris). 



9. D. DissiTiFLORA Schultcs fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1194. — Leaves un- 

 known. Peduncle 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves remote, subadpressed, 

 -|~1 in. long. Liflorescence a lax raceme a foot long of about 20 

 flowers ; rachis subflexuose ; pubescent pedicels -jV-s i^* long, 

 spreading; flower-bracts ovate-acuminate, pubescent, the lower 

 ^-f in. long. Sepals elliptic, acute, ^ in. long. Petals bright 

 yellow, -| in. long. Stamens included. Style very short. 



Hab. Brazil : province of Bahia, in stony ground at Sincora, Martius. 



10. D. Weddelliana Baker. — Leaves rigid, ensiform, a foot 

 long, nearly an inch broad at the base of the blade ; marginal 

 prickles small, hooked. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long. Inflorescence a 

 lax simple raceme, 2 ft. long ; pedicels short, stout, erecto-patent ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, J-J in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, Jin. long. 

 Petals half as long again as the sepals. Style short. 



Hab. Central Brazil, Weddell 2584 ! (Herb. Paris). 



11. D. RACEMosA Baker. — Leaf ensiform acuminate, 1^ ft. long, 

 f in. broad at the base, tapering gradually to a long point, not 

 nearly so thick and rigid as in D. rariflora, the brown lanceolate 

 marginal prickles not above ^ line long. Peduncle slender, stiffly 

 erect, above 2 ft. long; lowest bract-leaves with free points; all the 

 others minute, ovate, adpressed. Inflorescence a lax simple 

 raceme 6-8 in. long ; rachis obscurely pubescent; pedicels erecto- 

 pa^tent, the lower ^ in. long; flower-bracts very minute, broad- 

 ovate, with a cusp. Sepals ovate -oblong, obtuse, J in. long. 



