TILLANDSIA. 199 



Vellozo Fl. Flum. iii. t. 197 {DiapJioranthema subulata Beer), is a form with a 

 long leafy stem and shorter falcate leaves. 



178. T. HiLAiREANA Baker. — Acaulescent. Leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate, 3 in. long, |~i in. broad at the base, rigid in texture, 

 nearly flat on the face in the lower half, finely adpresso-lepidote all 

 over. Peduncle about as long as the leaves. Inflorescence a lax 

 simple multifarious spike 1-1-| in. long ; flower-bracts scariose, pale 

 red, ovate or oblong, f-1 in. long. Sepals oblong, acute, ^ in. 

 long. Petals red, shortly protruded. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Minas Geraes, St. Hilaire 508 1 (Herb. Mus. Par.) 

 Closely allied to T. stricta. 



179. T. Benthamiana Klotzsch ; Balcer in Journ. Bot. 1888, 15. 

 T, vestita Benth. in Plant. Hartweg. 25, non C. & S. T. Hartweg- 

 iana E. Morren (M.D.). Anoplophytum Benthamianum and A. 

 vestiUim Beer. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 

 ensiform-acuminate, 6-8 in. long, ^ in. broad above the dilated 

 base, moderately firm and thick, densely laxly lepidote all over. 

 Peduncle 3-6 in. long ; bract-leaves crowded, long-pointed. Liflor- 

 escence a dense multifarious oblong spike 3 in. long, 1|- in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts oblong, scariose, pale pink, 2 in. long, the lower 

 cuspidate. Calyx much shorter than the bract, above an inch long. 

 Petals greenish-white or lilac, an inch longer than the calyx, con- 

 volute in a tube nearly to the tip. Stamens a little and style much 

 exserted. Capsule-valves lanceolate, 1-1| in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, Hartweg 223 ! Bourgeau 894 1 Coulter 

 1579 1 TJhde 187 ! T. melanopus E. Morren, from Chiriqui, gathered by Pfau in 

 1883, is a near ally with obscurely spotted leaves and green inner bracts. 

 Connects the sections Anoplophytum and Pityrophyllum. 



180. T. DoMBEYi Baker. — Acaulescent. Leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate, 6-8 in. long, | in. broad above the dilated base, densely 

 coated all over with loose glittering whitish lepidote scales. Peduncle 

 i ft. long ; bract-leaves with long free points. Inflorescence a lax 

 panicle 3-4 in. long ; spikes lax ; lower 1-1-|- in. long, 3-4-flowered ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, -l-f in. long. Calyx i in. long. 

 Capsule-valves an inch long. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Dombey ! (Herb. Mus. Paris). Allied to T. Gardneri. 



181. T. cALDAsiANA Baker. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40, 

 densely rosulate, lanceolate-acuminate, 6-8 in. long, ^ in. broad 

 above the dilated base, finely lepidote over both surfaces. Peduncle 

 as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves with long lanceolate points. 

 Inflorescence a dense panicle 2-3 in. long; branch-bracts ovate- 

 acuminate, 1-1 i in. long ; lower spikes an inch long ; flower-bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, -| in. long. Calyx ^ in. long. Petal-blade red, 

 lingulate, J in. long. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Caldas, Begnell 282 ! Near Gardneri, but much more 

 finely lepidote. 



182. T. Gardneri Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842 sub t. 63. T. incana 

 Wawra. Anoplophytum incanum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1881, 

 209, t. 11 (M.D.). A. Rollissoni Hort. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 80-40 in. a dense rosette, lanceolate -acuminate, 6-Q in. long, ^ in. 



