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HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACEiE. 



Hab. South Brazil, Tioeedie 427 I Introduced into cultivation by Lietze 

 in 1879. 



21. T. ixioiDEs Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent. 1878, 333.— Leafy 

 stem 2 in. long. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, 3-6 in. long, 

 J-^ in. broad at the base of the blade, very thick, deeply 

 channelled down the lower part of the face, densely coated all over 

 with fine adpressed whitish-lepidote scales. Pednncle 2-3 in. long ; 

 bract-leaves scariose, lanceolate, imbricated. Flowers 4-10 in a 

 moderately dense simple spike, lower distinctly pedicellate. Calyx 

 f in. long ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, glabrous. Petal-blade obovate- 

 cuneate, yellow, j- in. long. Stamens not longer than the calyx-tube. 



Hab. Parana, Christie I Argentine Republic, Lorentz 11901 17961 

 Received alive from Mr. F. W. Burbidge in 1872. 



22. T. xipmomEs Ker in Bot. Eeg. t. 105 ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5562. T. macrocneyms Griseb. Symb. Argent. 1878, 332. T. 

 suaveolens Lemaire (M.D.). T. serlcea Hort. T. odorata Gillies. 

 Anoplophytum xiphiuides Beer. Phytarhiza xiphioides E. Morren. 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-20, lanceolate-acuminate, 4-6 in. long, 

 ■|~|- in. broad at the base of the blade, very thick and rigid, densely 

 coated with whitish adpressed lepidote scales. Peduncle 3-6 in. 

 long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, scariose, adpressed, imbricated. In- 

 florescence a moderately dense few-flowered spike 2-3 in. long; 

 flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 2-2|- in. long. Calyx 

 1^-2 in. long; sepals acute. Petals convolute in a cylindrical 

 tube an inch longer than the calyx, with an obovate white spreading 

 blade an inch long. Stamens and style reaching to the base of the 

 petal-blade. 



Hab. South Tropical America, from Uruguay across the Argentine region 

 to Mendoza. Very distinct by its lai'ge fragrant white flowers. First gathered 

 by Gillies in 1826. 



23. T. coNDENSATA Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, subulate 

 from the clasping base, an inch long, densely laxly lepidote. 

 Peduncle 1-3 in. long. Inflorescence a dense simple distichous 

 spike 1-2 in. long, \-\ in. broad; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 J-^ in. long. Calyx as long as the flower-bract. Petal-blade 

 obovate, red-lilac, J- in. long. Stamens not longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia, Weddelll (Herb. Mus. Par.). Near T. scalarifoUa. 



24. T. LINEARIS Vellazo Fl. Flum. iii. t. 128. Anoplophytum 

 linear e Beer. Fhytarhiza linearis E. Morren. P. uniflora E. 

 Morren (M.D.). — Leaves laxly spread over a slender stem 2-3 in. 

 long, spreading, subulate, 3-4 in. long, -^^ in. diam. low down, firm 

 in texture, densely clothed with lax whitish lepidote scales. 

 Peduncle slender, erect, 4-6 in. long, destitute of bract-leaves. 

 Flowers 1-3 in a dense spike ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 lepidote, J in. long. Calyx subcylindrical, ^ in. long ; sepals much 

 imbricated. Petal-blade suborbicular, dark lilac, |- in. broad. 

 Stamens as long as the calyx. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 14345! Introduced into cultivation in 1881. 



