218 Handbook of bromkliacb^. 



long ; sepals ovate, acute, just overtopping the bract. Petals 

 lingulate, apparently yellow. Stamens shorter than the petals. 

 Hab. Costa Rica, alt. 1200 ft., Lehmann 1775. 



264. T. UNiLATERALis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 105. — Leaves 

 about a dozen in a rosette, lorate from an oblong base 1^-2 in. 

 broad, above a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, pale green on both sides. Peduncle rather longer 

 than the leaves ; bract-leaves imbricated, adpressed. Spike simple, 

 unilateral, 6-8 in. long ; flowers 9-12, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, an inch long. Calyx an inch long. Petals not seen. 

 Capsule-valves IJ in. long, | in. broad. 



Hab. South Brazil ; woods near Santos, Burchell 3347 I Near T. Platzmanni. 



265. T. MACROPODA Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate 

 from an ovate base 2 in. broad, in all only 8-9 in. long, an inch 

 broad low down, thin in texture, tapering gradually to the point. 

 Peduncle more than twice as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 small, remote, adpressed. Inflorescence a simple lax erect spike 

 3-4 in. long ; flowers erecto-patent ; flower-bracts suborbicular, 

 J in. long and broad. Calyx f in. long ; sepals obtu^. Petals not 

 seen. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sello ! 



266. T. AMETHYSTiNA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1888, 104. Vriesea 

 aviethystma E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1884, 330, t. 15, 16 (M.D.). 

 — Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, lanceolate from an ovate base 

 2 in. diam., IJ ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, green on the face, purple all over the back. Peduncle 

 slender, as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, not 

 imbricated. Inflorescence a lax spike 6-8 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, greenish, an inch long. Calyx bright lemon-yellow, 1^ in. 

 long. Petal-blade yellow, lingulate, an inch long, shorter than the 

 stamens. 



Hab. South Brazil. Sent alive by Dr. Glaziou to Prof. Morren in 1881. 



267. T. Platzmanni Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 104. Vriesea 

 Platzmanni E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1875, 349, t. 23 (M.D.).— 

 Leaves about a dozen in a rosette, lorate, a foot long, an inch broad, 

 green on the face, tinged with red-brown on the back. Peduncle 

 stiffly erect, more than twice as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 small, adpressed, not imbricated. Flowers 8-10 in sublax secund 

 spike 4 in. long; flower-bracts ovate, brownish, an inch long, f in. 

 broad. Calyx yellowish, IJ in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse. 

 Petal-blade yellow, lingulate, i in. long, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. South Brazil ; island on the coast of Parana, Platzmann. Introduced 

 into cultivation about 1875. 



268. T. Wawranea Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 105. Vriesea 

 Waivranea Antoine Brom. 1, t. 1, 2. — Leaves about 30 in a rosette, 

 lorate, 1^-2 ft. long, 2J-3 in. broad, obtuse, cuspidate. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. 

 Inflorescence a lax simple spike of 8-10 erecto-patent flowers; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, dark green, IJ in. long. Calyx yellowish- 



