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Subgenus 5. — Pseudo-Catopsis. 



148. T. MONADELPHA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 281. PhytarJdza 

 monadelpha E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1882, 168, t. 7. T. gramini- 

 folia Baker. Catopsis (Andrea) alba E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves 

 50-60 in a rosette, linear-setaceous from an ovate base an inch 

 broad, 7-8 in. long, i in. broad at the middle, much tinged with 

 red-brown, thin, subglabrous. Peduncle 6-8 in. long ; bract-leaves 

 small, only the lowest with small spreading tips. Inflorescence a 

 simple moderately dense spike 4-5 in. long, 1^-lf in. broad; 

 flowers erecto-patent, about 10 on a side ; flower-bracts green, 

 naked, ovate-oblong, f in. long. Calyx as long as the bract; 

 sepals acute. Petal-blade oblong, spreading, white, ^-^ in. long. 

 Stamens and style not longer than the calyx. Capsule cyhndrical, 

 above 2 in. long. 



Hab. Cayenne, Martini Poiteavl Sagot 859! Melinon 134! Perottetl 

 Demerara, Parker I Trinidad, Fendler 828. Differs from typical Platystachys 

 by its thin subglabrous leaves, broader spreading petals, and short stamens, of 

 which the filaments are connate towards the base. 



149. T. Urbaniana Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 65. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, linear-setaceous, above a foot long, under an inch 

 broad at the dilated base, the edges involute down nearly to the 

 base. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves. Spikes 2, dense, 

 distichous, ascending, lJ-2 in. long, ^ in. diam. ; branch-bracts 

 small ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Sepals as long 

 as the flower-bract. Petals violet. Capsule cylindrical, three times 

 the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Costa Eica, near Cartago, alt. 5000 ft., Lehmann 1771. Near T. 

 disticha H. B. K. 



150. T. PARviFLORA Euiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. 41, t. 269. 

 Platystachys parviflora Beer. Pogospermum parvijiorum Brong. — 

 Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform acuminate from an ovate base, 

 \ in. broad at the middle, thin in texture, thinly lepidote. Peduncle 

 slender, above a foot long; bract-leaves many, small, distant, ovate, 

 adpressed. Panicle lax, 6-9 in. long ; spikes moderately dense, 

 ascending, 1-1^ in. long, \ in. diam., lower forked; flowers 

 spreading ; flower-bracts oblong, green, naked, ^ in. long. Calyx 

 as long as the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade small, 

 oblong. Capsule cylindrical, 3-4 times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Muna, Pavon ! Chacapoyas, Mathews ! Habit and 

 calyx of Catopsis, but fruit and seeds of Tillandsia. I have followed M. Andre 

 in regarding as a distinct section a group of species of which this is the type. 



151. T. ROPALOCARPA Andre, Enum. 6. — Radical leaves lanceo- 

 late-setaceous, coriaceous, lepidote, 10-12 in. long. Stem slender, 

 compressed ; bract-leaves few, distant, small, ovate. Panicle lax ; 

 lower branches compound ; spikes sublax, 5-10-flowered ; branch- 

 bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, nearly an inch 

 long. Corolla small, yellow. Capsule cylindrical, four times the 

 length of the calyx. 



Hab. Columbia; Andes of Quindio, alt. 4000 ft., Andre 2319. Near T. 

 parviflora. 



