TILLANDSIA. 180 



spike ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, an inch long. Calyx 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the bract. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, alt. 3000 ft., Fendler 1533 1 



135. T. LOLiACEA Mart. ; Eoem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 1204. 

 — Leaves densely rosulate, short, linear-subulate from an ovate base, 

 densely clothed with ovate spreading silvery lepidote scales. Ped- 

 uncle 3-4 in. long, Flowers 4-7 in a simple lax spike with a 

 flexuose rachis, ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, lepidote, ^-^ in. 

 long. Calyx naked, f in. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse. 

 Capsule cylindrical, under an inch long. 



Hab. Brazil ; province of Bahia, on rocks, Martins. 



136. T. Kaewinskiana Eoem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 1209. — - 

 Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, ensiform- subulate from an ovate 

 base 1^ in. diam., a foot long, an inch broad low down, moderately 

 firm in texture, nearly naked on the face, thinly lepidote on the 

 back. Peduncle -| ft. long ; lower bract-leaves with long free 

 points. Inflorescence a lax simple spike, 3-4 in. long; flowers 

 8-12, adpressed to the rachis ; flower-bracts oblong -lanceolate, 

 naked, f-1 in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-blade 

 violet, as long as the calyx, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Mexico, Karwimky. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, 

 Dee., 1877. Sent by Mr. C. S. Sargent. 



137. T. NARTHEcioiDEs Prcsl Eel. Haenk. ii. 125. — Leaves 

 20-30, densely rosulate, linear-setaceous, 1-1|- ft. long, ^ in. broad 

 above the dilated base, tapering gradually into a long point, rigidly 

 coriaceous, thinly lepidote on the back. Peduncle slender, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a lax simple spike 6-9 in. long ; flowers erecto- 

 patent, ^ in. apart ; flower-bracts oblong, naked, ^ in. long. Calyx 

 nearly as long as the bract. Petal-limb white, J in. long. Capsule 

 cylindrical, 1-1^ in. long. 



Hab. Ecuador, near Guayaquil, Haenke, Jameson 376 ! Andre 4077. De- 

 scribed from a plant flowered by Mr. Wm. Bull, Dec, 1877. 



138. T. Makoyana Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, 1|- ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to 

 a long point, channelled down the face. Peduncle a foot long ; 

 bract-leaves many, small, adpressed. Inflorescence a lax simple 

 spike 5-8 in. long with the flowers adpressed to the flexuose rachis; 

 flower-bracts ovate, green, an inch long. Calyx ^ in. longer than 

 the bract ; sepals obtuse. Corolla violet, ^ in. longer than the 

 calyx, shorter than the stamens. 



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

 from a plant flowered by M. Jacob-Makoy & Co., at Liege, in 1879. 



139. T. BRAssicoiDEs Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 12. — Leaves 

 20 or more in a dense rosette ; dilated base ovate, 3-4 in. long, 

 2 in. broad; blade ensiform-acuminate, ^ ft. long, an inch broad at 

 the base, tapering gradually to a short convolute point, rigidly 

 coriaceous, thinly lepidote. Peduncle rather longer than the 

 leaves; upper bract-leaves small, adpressed, not imbricated. In- 



