TILLANDSIA. 185 



Hab. Andes of Quito, Humboldt & Bonpland 3094 1 Columbia and 

 Ecuador, Andre 2448. Calyx like that of a Vriesea. 



116. T. THYKsiGERA E. Morreii (M.D.). — Whole plant 4-5 ft. 

 high. Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate-acummate, 3 ft. long, 

 l|-2 in. broad at the middle, 3 in. at the dilated base, tapering 

 gradually to the point, finely lepidote. Peduncle stout, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves with linear spreading tips. 

 Panicle 2 ft. long ; spikes numerous, dense, distichous, ascending, 

 ■|-1 ft. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 reddish, 2 in. long. Sepals 1|- in. long. Petals lilac, convolute in 

 a tube an inch longer than the calyx. Stamens longer than the 

 petals. 



Hab. Central Mexico, Uhde 181 ! (Herb. Eeg. BeroL). Drawn by Morren 

 from a cultivated plant in 1882, received from Kienast of Zurich. 



117. T. LONGiroLiA Baker. T. elongata Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 

 1864, 17, non H. B. K. — Leaves ensiform- subulate from an ovate 

 base 4-5 in. long, 2|-3 in. broad, 3-4 ft. long, 1|- in. broad low 

 down, rigidly coriaceous, tapering gradually to a long point, finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle stout, much shorter than the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves long-pointed. Inflorescence a lax ample panicle ; lower 

 branch-bracts with linear tips -J-l ft. long ; spikes dense, 2-3 in. 

 long, ^ in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, naked, 

 ■|-f in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petal- 

 blade small, oblong. Capsule-valves linear, 1| in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Fendler 1522 I 



118. T. DuGEsii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 278. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, ensiform-setaceous from an ovate base, 5-6 in. 

 long, 2| in. broad, convolute in the upper half, an inch broad low 

 down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote. Peduncle very stout, 

 much shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a dense panicle above 

 a foot long, composed of 20-30 erecto-patent simple nearly sessile 

 spikes 2-3 in. long, an inch broad; branch-bracts small, ovate, 

 glossy ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, glossy, strongly keeled, 

 1-1^ in. long. Calyx an inch long. Petals and capsule not seen. 



Hab. Northern Mexico ; Guanajuato, Duges 1 Eeceived from Dr. Asa 

 Gray in 1885. 



119. T. vioLACEA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 279. T. Bourgcei 

 Baker. Platystachys violacea Beer. — Leaves densely rosulate, 

 ensiform-setaceous from an ovate base, 3-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, 

 1-|~2 ft. long, an inch broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle very robust, shorter than the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves long-pointed. Inflorescence a dense panicle 1-1-|- ft. long ; 

 lower branch-bracts with long setaceous points ; spikes dense, 

 sessile, oblong, 2-3 in. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 acute, naked, 1-1^ in. long. Calyx glabrous, an inch long. Petals 

 violet, their blades convolute in a tube as long as the calyx. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, 1:^-1^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, Andrieux 60 ! Bourgeau 893 ! Kerher 

 241! T. flag ellif era F,. Morren inedit., founded on Hahn 1009, of which the 

 long-pointed lower branch-bracts are a foot or more long, is either a form of this 

 species or a near ally. 



