TILLANDSIA. 20B 



dense spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as the 

 bract; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. Capsule more than 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Buiz d; Pavon, Lechler 2312 ! Bolivia, alt. 8000— 

 9000 ft., Mandon 117i ! Columbia, Andre 1210, Lehviann 603. 



196. T. Geisebachiana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 143. T. 

 tetrantha Griseb. non E. & P. Anoplophytwn violaceum Beer. — Leaves 

 about a dozen in a dense rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 1^ in. 

 broad, 6-8 in. long, an inch broad at the middle, narrowed suddenly 

 to the point, thin, flexible, subgiabrous. Peduncle rather shorter 

 than the leaves ; bract-leaves ovate, adpressed, imbricated. Inflor- 

 scence a narrow moderately dense multifarious panicle 4-5 in. 

 long; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, 1-1^ in. long; spikes dense, 

 erecto-patent, distichous, lower an inch long, l-\ in. broad; flower- 

 bracts thin, ovate, ^-^-in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade small, violet. Stamens shorter than 

 the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Moritz 111 ! Fendler 1509 1 



197. T. HuMBOLDTii Baker. — Leaves thin, lorate, subgiabrous, 

 an inch broad, narrowed suddenly to the point. Inflorescence a 

 dense narrow multifarious panicle 6-8 in. long ; 1-lJ in. broad ; 

 branch-bracts ovate, acute, 1-2 in. long, hiding dense sessile spikes 

 f-1 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, glossy, |-| in. long. 

 Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade small. 



Hab. Probably Mexico, Humboldt 2164 (Herb. Berol.). Near T. xiphophylla 

 Baker. 



198. T. RHODOCHLAMYS Bakcr (M.D.). — Leaves lanceolate, 

 densely rosulate, 6-8 in. long, under an inch broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, subgiabrous, pale green, copiously spotted, especially 

 in the lower half, with blotches of claret-brown. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves ; upper bracts small, crowded, ovate, erect, spotted 

 like the leaves. Inflorescence a panicle 2-3 in. long ; branch- 

 bracts lanceolate, bright red, the lowest 1|— 2 in. long ; spikes 

 dense, simple, sessile, the lowest 1|- in. long ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, |-f in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. 



Hab. Mexico, Pfau 255. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made in 

 1883. Near T. xiphophylla. 



199. T. AscHERSONiANA Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 68. — Leaves 

 about 15 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 6-9 in. long, 

 nearly an inch broad at the middle, thin, pale green, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the tip. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Panicle 

 nearly a foot long, consisting of 10-12 dense simple subsessile 

 spikes 1-2 in. long, under |- in. broad; branch-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, lower longer than the spikes ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, dark red, nearly an inch long. Calyx much shorter 

 than the bracts. Petals violet. 



Hab. Costa Eica, alt. 2500 ft., Lehmann 1810. Near. T. xiphophylla. 



200. T. RECTiFLORA Audrc Enum. 7. — Eadical leaves variable, 

 lorate -lanceolate, flat, glabrous, a foot long, 1^-3 in. broad. Ped- 



