TILLANDSIA. 201 



Flowers forming a small ovoid capitulum in the centre of the 

 rosette ; flower-bracts oblong, 1-1^ in. long. Sepals ovate, acute, 

 f in. long. Petals violet, three times as long as the sepals. 

 Hab. Mountains of Guatemala, alt. 4000 — 5000 ft., Lehmann 1467 I 



187. T. lONANTHA Planch, in Flore des Serres, t. 1006 ; Hook. fil. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 5892 (M.D.). T. eriibescens Wendl. in Allg. Garten- 

 zeit. 1854, 153. T. Scopus Hook. fil. Pityrophyllum erubescens and 

 gracile Beer. — Tufts crowded, 3-4 in. long. Leaves 30-40 to a 

 rosette, linear, 2-3 in. long, ^-^ in. broad at the dilated base, all 

 but the outer ascending, channelled down the lower part of the 

 face, finely lepidote all over. Flowers few, forming a subsessile 

 capitulum in the centre of the rosette of leaves, surrounded by the 

 reduced inner leaves, with bright red tips ; flower-bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate. Calyx green, ^ in. long ; sepals lanceolate. Petals 

 bright violet, thrice as long as the calyx, convolute in a long tube. 

 Stamens and style exserted. 



Hab. Central Mexico. Yucatan, Schott ! First gathered by Galeotti in 

 1840, and Karwinski in 1841. Introduced in the Herrenhausen Garden before 

 1857. 



188. T. BRACHYCAULOs Schlccht. in Linn, xviii. 422; E. Morren 

 in Belg. Hort. 1878, 185, t. 11 (M.D.).— Leaves about 30 in a 

 dense rosette, lanceolate-acuminate, 6-9 in. long, ^ in. broad above 

 the dilated base, firm in texture, densely finely lepidote, more or 

 less tinged with red-brown. Flowers 10-12 in a capitulum in the 

 centre of the rosette of leaves. Calyx ^ in. long; sepals subacute. 

 Petals bright lilac, If in. long, convolute nearly to the tip. 

 Stamens and style exserted. 



Hab. Central Mexico. Discovered by Schiede and Karwinski. Introduced 

 into cultivation by Koezl in 1876, and flowered in 1878 in the collection of 

 Prince Fiirstenberg at Donauschingen. 



Subgenus 8. Allardtia (Dietr.). 



189. T. BRACHYCEPHALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 188, 40. — Leaves 

 few in a rosette, linear, acute, glabrous, thin in texture, above a 

 foot long, ^ in. broad at the middle, f-1 in. at the dilated base. 

 Peduncle slender, as long as the leaves ; lower bract-leaves with 

 long free tips. Flowers in a dense globose spike ; flower-bracts 

 oblong, obtuse, -f in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petals 

 not seen. Capsule- valves linear, above an inch long. 



Hab. South Peru ; St. Gavan, Lechler 2409 ! 



190. T. GYMNOPHYLLA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 41. T. heli- 

 conioides Griseb. non H. B. K. — Leaves few in a rosette, lanceolate 

 from a slightly dilated base, a foot long, i-f in. broad at the 

 middle, thin, subglabrous, acute. Peduncle arcuate, shorter than 

 the leaves. Spike simple, moderately dense, 3-4 in. long ; flowers 

 adpressed to the axis ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 I" in. long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petals not seen. 

 Capsule -valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Fendler 2615 1 



