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compound; final spikes 1-3 in. long; flowers sessile, dense, erecto- 

 patent; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Sepals obtuse, ^ in. long. 

 ]?etals white, with a small oblong blade. Capsule ovoid, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Florida, Garher. Common through the West Indies from Cuba to 

 Trinidad. British Guiana, Parker I Jenman 971 ! Sent by Wiles to the Liver- 

 pool Botanic Garden in 1827, at which date it was described and figured by Sir 

 W. Hooker. Grisebach has crossed the original names of the two common 

 West Indian species. 



7. C. Hahnh Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 175. C. panicuJata 

 E. Morren in Cat. Makoy 1883 (M.D.). — Leaves about a dozen in 

 a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 1^ ft. long, 2--2^ in. broad 

 at the middle, i)lain green, pruinose. Peduncle about as long as 

 the leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle 1|- ft. long; branches 

 numerous, ascending or pendulous, the lower compound; spikes 

 dense, 1-2 in. long ; flowers sessile, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx. Sepals oblong, obtuse, f in. long. 

 Petal-blade small, white, suborbicular. 



Hab. Central Mexico ; province of Xalapa, Hahn 587 ! Collected during 

 the French expedition in 1865 — 6. Introduced into cultivation in 1881. 

 Mexican name " Morfina blanca." 



8. C. PENDULA Baker (M.D.). — Leaves lanceolate from an ovate 

 base, lf-2 ft. long, 2-2|- in. broad at the middle, plain green, 

 narrowed gradually to the point. Peduncle about as long as the 

 leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle 1^ ft. long ; many lower 

 branches compound; spikes lax, sometimes 6-8 in. long; flowers 

 all sessile, ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, green, -^ in. long. Calyx 

 ^ in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade small, white. 

 Capsule ovoid, rather longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made Sept., 1881. 

 Perhaps not distinct from C. HahniL 



9. C. MACULATA E. Morrcn (M.D.). — Leaves about a dozen in a 

 utricular rosette, lanceolate-acuminate, 6-8 in. long, ^-| in. broad 

 at base of the blade, 1| in. broad at the clasping base, spreading 

 from the top of it, copiously spotted on the face with round 

 confluent red-brown spots. Peduncle 4-5 in. long; bract-leaves 

 few, small, lanceolate. Inflorescence a lax panicle 6-8 in. long, 

 composed of many simple moderately dense ascending spikes 

 1t^--2 in. long ; flowers ascending ; flower-bracts small, ovate. 

 Calyx oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by Binot. Described from Prof. Morren's 

 drawing, made Sept. 1879. 



10. C. Fendleri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 175. Tillandsia 

 pnrvijiora Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 16, non R. & P. — Leaves 

 10-12 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 6-8 in. 

 long, under an inch broad above the base, tapering gradually to a 

 long point. Peduncle under a foot long ; bract-leaves adpressed. 

 Panicle lax, erect, 4-5 in. long ; main rachis rather flexuose ; 

 branches lax-flowered, patent, 1-1^ in. long ; flowers 5-7 to a 

 spike, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Sepals oblong, 

 obtuse, J in. long. Petal-blade minute. Capsule ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Fendlcr 1523 ! 



