TILLANDSIA. 165 



25. T. Bakeriana Britten in Journ. Bot. 1888, 170. T, trickolepis 

 Baker olim. — Leafy stem very short. Leaves linear- subulate, 

 8-4 in. long, ^ in, broad at tlie base of the blade, ascending, rigid, 

 deeply channelled down the lower part of the face, densely 

 clothed all over with hair-pointed spreading scales. Peduncle 

 4-5 in. long; braet-leaves many, small, scariose, adpressed. 

 Flowers 2-3 in a dense spike ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 rigid, glabrous, -| in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals 

 very much imbricated. Petal-blade suborbicular, red-purple, ^ in. 

 long. Stamens not longer than the calyx. 



Hab, South Brazil, Glaziou 13243 1 AlHed to T. linearis, 



26. T, BANDENsis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 234. — Leaves 

 spread over a short stem, subulate, ascending, 1|— 2 in, long, J^ i^* 

 diam. low down, rigid, deeply channelled down the lower part 

 of the face, densely clothed with fine ^rey lepidote scales. Peduncle 

 slender, flexuose ; bract-leaves 2, small, adpressed. Flowers 3 in a 

 lax spike ; flower-bracts oblong, cuspidate, ^ in. long. Calyx sub- 

 cylindrical, ^ in, long; sepals acute. Petal-blade obovate, spread- 

 ing, reddish-lilac, ^ in. long. Stamens not longer than the calyx, 



Hab. Uruguay, Tiueedie. Near T. linearis. 



27. T, ScHENKiANA Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 63. — Leaves spaced 

 out over a 2-3-inch stem, subulate, ascendiug, 9-10 in. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad low down, densely clothed with lax deflexed linear 

 whitish scales. Peduncle slender, -|- ft. long ; bract- leaves long- 

 pointed. Spike dense, simple, distichous, an inch long, |— ^ in. 

 diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Calyx a little 

 overtopping the flower-bract. Petal-blade small, suborbicular, 

 purplish, 



Hab. Andes of Columbia; Tolima, alt. 3000 ft,, Lehmann 2234! Near 

 T. scalar if olia. 



28. T. scALARiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 235. — Leaves 

 spaced out over a stem 2-3 in. long, all except the upper spreading, 

 subulate from the base, rigidly coriaceous, 3-4 in. long, densely 

 persistently lepidote. Peduncle slender, 2-3 in. long ; bract-leaves 

 few, with short free points. Inflorescence a dense simple spike 

 1-1^ in. long, J-^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 lepidote, |- in. long. Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract. 

 Petal-blade obovate-cuneate, purple, \ in. long. Stamens not 

 longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Ancles of BoHvia, Pentland ! 



29. T. UNCA Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent. 1878, 333.— Leaves 20 or 

 more to a dense rosette, linear-subulate, 3-4 in. long, ^ in. broad 

 low down, very thick and rigid, falcate, channelled down the lower 

 part of the face, densely persistently lepidote all over. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves rigid, lanceolate. Flowers 

 few, in a simple distichous spike an inch long; flower-bracts green, 

 oblong-lanceolate, subglabrous, f in. long. Calyx f in. long ; 

 sepals glabrous, lanceolate. Petal-blade small, reddish, sub- 

 orbicular. Stamens not longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Argentaria ; province of Cordoba, Lorentz (& Hieronymus 038 ! 



