TILLAND3IA. 216 



imperfectly-described Vriesea Billbergice Lemaire in. 111. Hort. xvi. Misc. 91, 

 gathered by Ghiesbreght. 



251. T. Barilleti Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 79. Vriesea 

 Barilleti E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1883, 33, t. 3 ; Antoine Brom. 

 20, t. 13. V. crotabphora Hort. (M.D.). —Leaves 15-20 in a 

 rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 1^ ft. long, lJ-2 in. broad at 

 the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, bright green. Peduncle as 

 long as the leaves ; bract-leaves small, scariose, adpressed. Flowers 

 in a simple dense spike 8-12 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad; flower- 

 bracts ovate, with a small incurved point, 1|- in. long, brownish- 

 yellow. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-blade lingulate, pale 

 yellow, ^ in. long. Stamens a little longer than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. Discovered by M. Barillet Deslongchamps. In- 

 troduced about 1877. Flowered by Prof. Morren at Liege in 1883. Vriesea 

 Wittmackiana Kittel ; Gartenflora t. 1283, is a hybrid between this species and 

 T. Morreniana, raised lately by M. Kittel, at Eckersdorf in Silesia, with the 

 ovate flower-bracts coloured bright red-yellow. 



252. T. SPLENDENS Brong. in Flore des Serres, May 1846, t 4. 

 Vriesea splendens Lemaire. V. speciosa Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4382 ; 

 Antoine Brom. 18, t. 12 (M.D.). T. vittata Richard. T. picta and 

 T. zehrina Hort. — Leaves 12-20 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate 

 base 2 in. broad, 1-1 i ft. long, 1-1 J^ in. broad at the middle, thin, 

 flexible, subglabrous, marked with very distinct broad cross-bands 

 of purplish-black, especially beneath. Peduncle i-1 ft. long ; bract- 

 leaves adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense distichous 

 spike i-1 ft. long, 1^ in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 2-2|- in. long, all bright red or the lower green. Calyx 

 much shorter than the bract ; sepals acute. Petal-blade pale 

 yellow, 2 in. long. Stamens as long as the petals. Capsule-valves 

 lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. French Guiana. Originally gathered by Aublet. Introduced into 

 cultivation by Leprieur and Melinon about 1840. British Guiana, Schomburgk I 

 Has been hybridized with 1\ gladioUJlora and T. Barilleti, at the Leyden Botanic 

 Garden, by M. Witte. 



253. T. LONGiBRACTEATA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1888, 81. — Leaves 

 thin, flexible, lorate, subglabrous, lJ-2 ft. long, 1| in. broad and 

 narrowed to the point in the Venezuelan plant, 2 in. broad and 

 rounded to a cusp in the Trinidad plant. Peduncle stiffly erect ; 

 bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense 

 simple spike a foot long, 3 in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 2-2J^ in. long, |-1 in. broad low down. Calyx much shorter 

 than the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals not seen, Capsule- 

 valves lanceolate, IJ- in. long. 



Hab. Venezuela ; mountains of Tovar, Fendler 2449 I Trinidad, Fendler 

 8301 8311 



254. T. OLIGANTHA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1887, 345. Vriesea 

 rubida E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- 

 acuminate from an ovate base 1| in. broad, under a foot long, ^ in. 

 broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote. Peduncle a 

 foot long ; upper bract-leaves adpressed, bright red. Inflorescence 

 a lax simple spike 3-4 in. long ; lower flowers erecto-pateut ; 



