TILLANDSIA. 171 



thinly lepidote. Peduncle G-9 in. long; bract-leaves small, ad- 

 pressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense simple spike 4-5 in. 

 long, |-1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, 1-1|- in. long. 

 Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals acute. Petals lilac, three 

 times as long as the calyx, convolute in a cylindrical tube shorter 

 than the stamens. 



Hab. Mexico, near Cordoba. Flowered by M. Jacob Makoy at Liege in 

 1871. Mountains of Venezuela, Fendler 3447. Originally described from 

 cultivated specimens at Kew in 1861. 



54. T. TRiGLocHiNoiDES Prcsl Rcl. Haenk. ii. 125. T. Hartweg- 

 iayia Brong. — Leaves densely rosulate, linear from an ovate base 

 f in. diam. ; blade above a foot long, ^ in. broad at the base, 

 tapering gradually to a setaceous point, subcoriaceous, thinly 

 lepidote all over. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long ; bract-leaves all 

 small, adpressed. Inflorescence a moderately dense distichous 

 spike 6-9 in. long, ^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 naked, ^ in. long. Calyx reaching nearly to the tip of the bract. 

 Petal-limb small, oblong, whitish. 



Hab. Ecuador, near Guayaguil, Haenke, Hartweg 699 I Edmonstone I 



55. T. ACHYROSTACHYs E. Morreu (M.D.). — Leaves densely 

 rosulate, ensiform-acuminate ; dilated base not utriculate, f in. 

 broad ; blade 8-9 in. long, ^ in. broad low down, deeply chan- 

 nelled, tapermg to a long setaceous point, tinged with purple. 

 Peduncle about as long as the leaves. Inflorescence a moderately 

 dense simple spike 8-9 in. long, under an inch broad ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, l-lj in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. 

 Petal-blade narrow. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from a drawing of Professor Morren's made 

 April, 1881, from a plant received from M. Kimast of Zurich. Near T. xiplw- 

 stachys, but spike not nearly so dense. 



56. T. Barclayana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 239. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate ; dilated base ovate, 3-4 in. long ; blade linear- 

 subulate, above a foot long, ^ in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, 

 obscurely lepidote. Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, 

 scariose, adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a simple distichous 

 spike a foot long ; rachis stout, pubescent ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 obtuse, an inch long, not so much imbricated as in T. anceps and 

 compressa. Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract. Petals not 

 seen. 



Hab. Ecuador ; Valdivia, Barclay 822 1 Collected in 1836, on the voyage 

 of the ' Sulphur.' 



57. T. LATERiTiA Audrc Enum. 6. — Radical leaves ensiform- 

 setaceous, 12-20 in. long, dilated at the base, coriaceous, finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle rather shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves 

 many, the lower long-pointed. Spike simple, 12-16-flowered, 

 3-4 in. long ; bracts ovate, acute, brick-red. Calyx as long as the 

 bract ; sepals oblong, shortly mucronate. Petals violet, half as 

 long again as the calyx. Capsule half as long again as the bract. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador at Sabanotas, Andre 4057. Near T. anceps. 



