212 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACEiE. 



1| in. broad, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, green above, tinged with purple beneath. Peduncle 

 much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, adpressed. Flowers 

 6-10 in a moderately dense spike 4-6 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, acute, 1| in. long, bright red at the base, green at the 

 tip. Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petals white. Ungu- 

 late, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Valley of the Eio Magdalena, Humboldt d- Bonpland 1655 ! Intro- 

 duced into cultivation in 1883. 



239. T. CARINATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 49. Vriesea 

 carinata Wawra Bot. Ergeb. 154, t. 26 ; Antoine Brom. 9, t. 7. 

 V. brachystachys Eegel Gartenfl. 1866, 258, t. 518; Bot. Mag. t. 

 6014. F. jjsittacina var. brachystachys E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 

 1870, 161, t. 8 (M.D.). V . jmUacina var. carinata E. Morren. V, 

 erythrodactylis Platz. — Leaves 15-20 in a rosette, lorate from an 

 ovate base 1^ in. broad, 6-8 in. long, an inch broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, subglabrous, plain green. Peduncle a little longer 

 than the leaves ; bract-leaves adpressed. Flowers 10-12, arranged 

 in a dense distichous spike 2-3 in. long ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1| in. long, bright red at the base, yellow in the upper 

 half. Calyx rather shorter than the bract. Petal-blade pale 

 yellow, lingulate, f in. long, shorter than the stamens. Capsule- 

 valves lanceolate, from an inch long. 



Hab. Forests of South Brazil. First gathered by Sello, Burchell & Bowie, 

 and Cunningham. Introduced into cultivation about 1865 by Messrs. Booth, of 

 Hamburg. V. Morreniana Hort. ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1887, 287, 1. 10—12, 

 fig. 2, is a hybrid between carinata and psittacina. Var. constricta Wawra (V, 

 squamosa E. Morren), which has white flowers and a very short peduncle with 

 red bracts, will probably prove a distinct species. 



240. T. DuvALiANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 48. Vriesea 

 D^va^MwaE. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1884, 105, t.7,8(M.D.).— Leaves 

 15-20 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base IJ in. diam., half a 

 foot long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 green on the face, tinged with purple beneath. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves. Spike moderately dense, 5-6 in. long, 2 in. broad ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, red-green, 1^-2 in. long. 

 Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade lingulate, 

 yellowish-green, an inch long. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 14344 ! Introduced into cultivation about 

 1875. Named after M. Duval, of Versailles. Very near T. carinata. V. fulgida 

 Hort. (Illust. Hort. 1888, t. 67), is a hybrid between this species and T. incurvata, 



241. T. PARABAicA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 82. Viiesea 

 farahaica Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 160, t. 36, 36 b ; Antoine Brom. 4. 

 t. 4 (M.D.). 7. carinata var. constricta Wawra. — Leaves about a 

 dozen in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base 2 in. diam., 6-8 in. 

 long, l-li in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 plain green. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves ad- 

 pressed. Liflorescence a dense spike 3-4 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts oblong, acute, IJ in. long, reddish-green. Calyx 

 nearly as long as the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade lingulate, 

 yellow, an inch long, shorter than the stamens. 



