CARAGUATA. 149 



IJ in. long. Calyx as long as the flower-bract. Corolla yellow, 

 J in. longer than the calyx. Style exserted beyond the corolla. 



Hab. A garden hybrid between C. Zahnii and some robust Tillandsia. 

 Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made from a plant flowered by M. 

 Lemoine at Angers iu 1882. See Rev. Hort. 1883, 62. 



Subgenus Massangea. 



28. C. MusAicA Andre in 111. Hort. 1877, 27, t. 268 ; Baker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6675. Massangea miisaica E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 

 1877, 50, 199, t. 8-9 (M.D.). — Leaves 15-20 in a sessile rosette, 

 lorate, rather horny in texture, 1^-2 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad, banded 

 copiously on the back with fine wavy lines of red-brown on a purple- 

 tinted green ground, rounded at the tip to a small cusp. Peduncle 

 about a foot long ; bract-leaves scariose, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a globose head 3 in, diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 obtuse, bright red, the lower an inch long. Calyx oblong, cori- 

 aceous, yellowish-white, l-lj in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse. 

 Corolla whitish, shorter than the calyx ; segments oblong, as long 

 as the tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes ; filaments 

 very short. 



Hab. New Granada ; province of Ocana, alt. 3000 ft. Discovered by Wallis 

 in 1857. Was spread widely in gardens, before it flowered, under the names 

 Billberfiia, Tillandsia, and Vriesea musatca. I have not seen Massangea san- 

 toviensis Hort. Linden, imported from South Brazil in 1882. Probably it is a 

 Vriesea. 



Subgenus Schlumbergeria [Morren). 



29. C. spH^ROiDEA Andre, Enum. 6. — Eadical leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, 1-|~2 ft. long, above an inch broad at the middle, glabrous, 

 but little dilated at the base. Peduncle robust, elongated ; bract- 

 leaves lanceolate, adpressed. Panicle dense, 3-4 in. long, formed 

 of about 4 dense globose subsessile clusters above an inch long, 

 containing each 12-15 flowers; branch-bracts lanceolate, the lower 

 as long as the clusters ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, the lower ^-^ in. 

 long. Calyx ^ in. longer than the bract. Corolla yellow or 

 whitish. Capsule three times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Cauca and Quindio, alt. 5500—7000 ft., Andre 2068. 



30. C. LEPiDOTA Andre, Enum. 6. — Radical leaves lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, densely lepidote, 15-16 in. long, 2 in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle rugose ; bract-leaves spaced-out, lanceolate. 

 Panicle narrow, formed of several dense ovoid subsessile spikes 

 1^ in. long, containing at least 20 flowers ; branch-bracts lanceo- 

 late, the lower longer than the spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, the 

 lower above -| in. long. Calyx nearly an inch long ; segments 

 oblong, acute, imbricated, green. Corolla white, half as long again 

 as the calyx ; segments linear, acute, J- in. long. Filaments half as 

 long again as the anthers. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, at Niebli, alt. 6000 ft., Andre 3796. 



31. C. Bakeri Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 59. — Leaves densely 

 rosulate, Ungulate, acute, about a foot long, 3 in. broad at the 



