152 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACE^. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador or Peru. Introduced by Linden, by whom it was 

 first llowered in 1882. 



39. C. ? HYGROMETRicA AndiG, EnuHi. 6. — Radical leaves lanceo- 

 late, soft, fragile, glabrous, under a foot long, 2 in. broad. Peduncle 

 half as long again as the leaves; bract-leaves lanceolate, imbricated. 

 Panicle very narrow, 3 in. long ; clusters 2-3-flowered, overtopped 

 by the deltoid branch-bracts ; pedicels short ; flower-bracts thin, 

 evanescent. Calyx very hygrometric ; segments free to the base, 

 obtuse. Corolla white, ventricose at the base, apparently tubular. 

 Stamens inserted at the base of the corolla. Capsule an inch long. 



Hab. Southern Andes of New Granada, alt. 3000 ft., Andre 2G38. M. Andr6 

 regards this as a probable new genus. 



29. GuzMANiA Ruiz & Pavon. 



Sepals oblong, obtuse, shortly connate at the base. Corolla 

 gamopetalous ; segments oblong, much shorter than the cylindrical 

 tube. Stamens inserted at the throat of the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 linear- oblong, united in a ring round the style by their edges. 

 Ovary free, ampull^form, 3-celled ; style elongated ; stigmas short. 

 Capsule, seeds, habit, and leaves as in Caraguata and Tillandsia, 

 Inflorescence always simply spicate. 



Spikes multifarious . . Sp. 1-3. 

 Spikes distichous . . . Sp. 4-5. 



1. G. TRICOLOR Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 38, t. 261 ; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 462; Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 163 (M.D.). G. sympan- 

 thera Beer. Pourretia sympaiithera R. & P. Tillandsia monostacliya 

 Linn. (Plum. Ic. 238, fig. 1). T. clavata Lam. T. pachycarpa 

 Baker. — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate 

 from an ovate base, 1-lf ft. long, 1-lJ in. broad at the middle, 

 thin, glabrous, plain green. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated, upper striped vertically with 

 brown. Inflorescence a moderately dense multifarious spike 4-6 in. 

 long ; flower-bracts ovate, 1-1|^ in. long ; lower green, striped 

 vertically with brown ; upper scarlet. Calyx under an inch long. 

 Corolla white, as long as the bract; tube as long as the calyx; 

 segments Ungulate, half as long as the tube. Anthers ^ in. long. 

 Valves of capsule rigid, brown, lanceolate, above an inch long. 



Hab. Common in the West Indies and along the Andes as far south as 

 Peru. G. maculata, grandis, &nd fro grans are fine garden varieties. I have not 

 seen G. Sallieri and erythrocephala Hort., the latter sent by Pfau from Chiriqui 

 in 1883, and said to have a spike ten inches in circumference. 



2. G. ERYTHROLEPis Brong. ; Planch, in Flore des Serres, 1. 1089 

 (M.D.). — Leaves 12-20 in a rosette, lanceolate, l-lj ft. long, 1 J in. 

 broad at the middle, tinged with purple, not striped. Peduncle 

 much shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a dense multifarious 

 spike 3-4 in. long, 1\ in. diam. ; bracts ovate, acute, much 

 imbricated, 1-1| in. long, crimson, not striped. Calyx much 



