TILLANDSIA. 



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Hab. South Brazil ; woods of Juiz de Fora, Wawra d; Malij ii. 184. In- 

 troduced into cultivation about 1884. Very near T. carinata. 



242. T. GUADELUPENsis Baker. — Leaves lanceolate, 2 ft. long, 

 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle 

 much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, ovate-cuspidate, 

 ovate, scariose. Inflorescence a dense simple spike 6-8 in. long ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, subobtuse, 1| in. long. Calyx rather shorter 

 than the bract. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Guadeloupe, Duchassaing ! (Herb. Berol.). 



243. T. Clausseniana Baker. — Leaves lorate from an ovate base 

 2 in. broad, under a foot long, IJ in. broad at the middle, flexible, 

 subglabrous. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. long. Liflorescence a dense 

 simple secund spike a foot long ; flower-bracts suborbicular, coria- 

 ceous, an inch long and broad. Calyx an inch long ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade lingulate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Brazil ; Minas Geraes, on the Serra de Carassa, Claussen ! 



244. T. iNCURVATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 49. Vriesea incur- 

 vata Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, t. 68 ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1882, 

 52, t. 2 (M.D.). T. iiifiata Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6882. Vriesea 

 inflata Wawra ; Antoine Brom. 28, t. 18. V. Truffautiana Hort. 

 — Leaves about a dozen in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base 2 in. 

 broad, a foot long, If in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous, plain green. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves adpressed. Inflorescence a dense distichous spike 

 6-9 in. long, 2 in. broad ; flower-bracts ovate with a small in- 

 curved tip, 1|~2 in. long, 1| in. broad, the lower greenish-yellow, 

 the upper reddish-yellow. Calyx much shorter than the bract. 

 Petal-blade greenish-yellow, lingulate, an inch long, shorter than 

 the stamens. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Frequent in South Brazil. First gathered by Burchell & Sello. In- 

 troduced into cultivation by Binot, in 1880. 



245. T. Schleghtendahlii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 49. T. 

 ccespitosa Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea vi. 54, non Leconte. 

 Vriesea ccespitosa E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves lanceolate from an 

 ovate base 2 in. broad, above a foot long, 1^ in. broad at the 

 middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, plain green, tinged with purple 

 towards the base. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves adpressed. Spike dense, simple, 5-6 in. long, 2 in. broad ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, pink, 1|~2 in. long, an inch broad. 

 Calyx IJ in. long. Petal-blades violet, lingulate, as long as the 

 calyx. 



Hab. Central Mexico, Pavon 1 Schiede d- Deppe ! Bourgeau 2960 I Hahn 1 

 Costa Rica, Hoffmann ! LeJmannn 1188 ! Chiriqui, alt. 8000 ft., Pfau ! Near T. 

 incurvata. Introduced into cultivation in 1883. 



246. T. Appuniana Baker. — Leaves not seen. Spike dense, 

 simple, 8-9 in. long, 1-| in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 2f in. long, tapering gradually to a small incurved point. Calyx 

 an inch long. Petal-blades connivent in a cylindrical tube If in. 

 long, just reaching to the tip of the bract. 



