214 flANDBOOK OF BROMBLlACEiffi. 



Hab. British Guiana ; Kaieteur Falls, Appun I Collected in 1872. Near 

 T. incurvata. 



247. T. viMiNALis Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Amer. iii. 323. Vriesea 

 viminalis E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1878, 257, t. 14, 15 (M.D.) ; 

 Antoine Brom. 21. t. 14. T. viridiflora Hort. — Leaves about 15 in 

 a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 2 in. diam., a foot or more 

 long, 1-lJ in. broad at the middle, plain green, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous. Peduncle much longer than the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 scariose, adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a simple dense 

 spike 5-6 in. long, 1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, green, an inch 

 long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal- 

 blade white. Ungulate, J in. long. Stamens as long as the petals. 

 Capsule 1|- in. long. 



Hab. Costa Kica, near Cartago. Sent alive by Wendland to Liege, in 1873. 



248. T. GLADioLiFLOEA Wendl. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1863, 31. 

 Vriesea gladioliflora E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 87, 216 (M.D.) ; 

 Antoine ' in Weiner Gartenzeit. 1880, 97, with figure; Brom. 23, 

 t. 15. — Leaves 15-20 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base 3-4 in. 

 broad, 1^-2 ft. long, l|-2 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, green on the face, purplish brown on the back. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a simple dense lanceolate spike 1-1-| ft. long, 1|- in. 

 broad; flower-bracts ovate, acute, green, l|^-2 in. long. Calyx 

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

 suborbicular, whitish, | in. long and broad. Stamens nearly as 

 long as the petals. 



Hab. Costa Kica. Received alive by Dr. Wendland, of Herrenhansen, in 

 1863. This is the type of Morren's subgenus Xiphion, characterized by its short 

 broad petal-blade and short stamens. 



249. T. LONGicAULis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888. 80. — Leaves 

 lorate from an ovate base 2 in. broad, 1^ ft. long, an inch broad at 

 the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle stiffly erect, 

 2J-3 ft. long ; bract-leaves small, scariose, imbricated, adpressed. 

 Inflorescence a dense simple lanceolate spike 6-8 in. long, an inch 

 broad ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, much imbricated, lf-2 in. long, 

 an inch broad. Calyx J in. shorter than the bract. Petals not 

 seen. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 8988 ! Allied to T. gladioliflora. 



250. T. viRiDiFLOKA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 81. Platj/- 

 stachys viridiflora Beer Brom. 81. — Leaves a dozen or more in a 

 utricular rosette, lorate from an ovate base 2|-3 in. broad, above a 

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

 Peduncle stiffly erect, 1^-2 ft. long ; bract-leaves with small, free, 

 lanceolate tips. Inflorescence a dense flat simple spike 8-12 in. 

 long, 2 in. broad, with sometimes a small second one ; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-2^ in. long, an inch broad, pale 

 green, glabrous. Calyx IJ in. long. Petals greenish, shorter than 

 the stamens. 



Hab. Mexico ; ^province of Cordova, Bourgeau 2274 ! Introduced into 

 cultivation by Carl Heller in 1854. Allied to T. gladioliflora. It may be the 



