TILLANDBIA. 211 



.orbicular, an inch broad, bright blue. Stamens not longer than 

 the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Western and Central Peru. Gathered by Wallis and first 

 shown by Linden at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. For garden purposes it is the 

 finest of all the Tillandsias. Vars. intermedia, luxurians and major are garden 

 forms. Var. Regeliana E. Morren {T. Lindeniana Kegel Gartenfl. t. 619 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5850)has a longer peduncle than the type, green bracts and a large white 

 eye to the petal-limb. Var. tricolor Andre, from the western slope of Chim- 

 Jborazo, is a fine form with red bracts and a white eye to the petals. 



235. T. HamaleanaE. Morren in Gard. Chron. 1869, ii. 460. 

 T. plati/petala Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 46. Wallisia Hamaleana 

 -E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1870. 97, t. 5. Phytarhiza Hamaleana 



E. Morren. — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-20, densely rosulate, lorate, 

 acute, thin, green, subglabrous, a foot or more long, 1-1|- in. broad 

 at the middle. Peduncle 9-12 in. long; bract-leaves many, small, 

 adpressed, scariose. Inflorescence a short congested panicle, com- 

 posed of 4-6 dense distichous spikes 2-3 in. long, an inch broad ; 

 branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts green, oblong, acute, 

 glabrous, | in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals oblong. 

 Petal-blade orbicular, f in. broad, bright blue with a white eye. 

 Stamens shorter than the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador ; Cordillera of Cisne. First gathered by Hartweg. 

 Introduced into cultivation by Wallis. First shown by Linden at Paris in 

 1867. Named after M. Cannart d'Hamale. T. umhellata, Andre in Rev. Hort. 

 1886, 60, with coloured figure (Ecuador Poortman 469), is, I believe, a form of 

 this species. 



236. T. Dyeriana Andre Enum. 8. — Leaves 10-15 in a rosette, 

 lorate from a dilated base, obtuse, obscurely cuspidate, 6-8 in. 

 long, under an inch broad, flat, finely lepidote, blotched with 

 violet. Peduncle slender, 1-1 J- ft. long ; bract-leaves spaced out, 

 linear-oblong. Spike 4-6 in. long, sublax, usually simple; bracts 

 scarlet, thin, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, above an inch long, 

 spreading horizontally. Calyx rather shorter than the bract ; 

 sepals oblong, imbricated, finely lepidote. Petals white ; limb 

 small, orbicular. Stamens shorter than the calyx. 



Hab. Central Andes of Ecuador, Andre 4256. 



Subgenus 10. Vriesea (Lindl.). 



237. T. trinitensis Baker. — Leaves thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 lorate, obtuse, 2| ft. long, lJ-2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 2-3 ft. long; bract leaves many, all small, adpressed, scariose. 

 Inflorescence a simple moderately dense spike 6-8 in. long, with all 

 the flowers ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, reddish, nearly 

 an inch long. Calyx not longer than the bract. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Trinidad, Fendler 820 ! 



238. T. HELicoNioiDEs H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 234. Vriesea 

 heliconioides Lindl. ; E. Morren in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 490; Antoine 

 Brom. 11, t. 8 ; Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 140, fig. 26. F. bellula and 



F. Falkenhergii Hort. T. disticha Willd. Platystachys disticha 

 Beei\ — Leaves 15-20 in a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 



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