220 HANDBOOK OP BROMELIAlCE^. 



Hab. Eastern Cuba, Wright 1523 ! Jamaica, Purdie ! Porto Bico, Sintenis 

 4771 2969! Venezuela, alt. 6000 ft., Fendler 2540. Rio Janeiro, Burchell 

 2321 1 Gaudichaud I 



273. T. FENESTRALis Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6998. Vriesea 

 fenestralis Linden & Andre 111. Hort. n. s. t. 215; E. Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1884, 65, t. 4, 5 (M.D.).— Leaves 20-30, lorate from 

 an ovate base 3-4 in. broad, 1| ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, reflexing, subglabrous, marked all over with fine 

 green cross veins on a greenish-white groundwork. Peduncle as 

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

 20-30 in a lax distichous spike a foot long, nearly all spreading 

 horizontally ; flower-bracts ovate, green, IJ-IJ in. long. Calyx 

 glossy green, ^ in. longer than the bract. Petal-limb obovate, 

 yellowish-white, J in. long. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Parana. Introduced into cultivation by Linden in 1878. Described 

 from a plant that flowered at Kew in June, 1886. 



274. T. JoNGHEi K. Koch Wochen, 1868, 91; E. Morren in 

 Belg. Hort. 1874, 291, 1. 12, 13 (M.D.) ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6945. 

 Encholirion Jonghei Libon. Vriesea Jonghei E. Morren; Antoine 

 Brom. 24, t. 16. — Leaves 30 — 50, densely rosulate, lorate from an 

 ovate base 3 in. broad, l|-2 ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, all reflexing from halfway down, green on the face, 

 tinged with dark violet on the back. Peduncle stiffly erect, l|-2 ft. 

 long ; bract-leaves with lanceolate free points. Flowers 12-30 in a 

 distichous spike J~l ft. long, central patent, lower a little deflexed ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, 1-1^ in. long, green with a brown edge. Calyx 

 greenish, IJ in. long; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade yellowish, 

 obovate, \ in. long. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Central Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Libon in 1856. 



275. T. coRALLiNA K. Koch Lid. Sem. Berol. 1873, App. 5. 

 Encholirion corallinum Linden 111. Hort. n. s. t. 70 ; Floral Mag. 

 n. s. t. 116. Vriesea coraUina Kegel Gartenfl. 1870, 354, t. 671 ; 

 Antoine Brom. 26, t. 17. — Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, lorate 

 from an ovate base 3-4 in. broad, 1^-3 ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad at 

 the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, green on the face, tinged 

 with purplish-brown on the back. Peduncle stiffly erect, 2 ft. 

 long ; bract-leaves small, adpressed, reddish-brown. Flowers 

 20-50 in a lax distichous spike 1-2 ft. long, many lower deflexed ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, bright red, 1-1|- in. long. Calyx yellow or 

 reddish, 2 in. long. Petal-blade very short, yellowish-green. 

 Stamens not exserted. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Minas Geraes, Regnell 1799 ! Introduced into 

 cultivation by Libon in 1875. Encholirion roseum Hort., is a slight variety with 

 green leaf-bracts and smaller flower-bracts than in the type. There is an E. 

 Lihoni Hort., which I have never seen. Nidularium Eckhautei Hort., of which 

 the leaves are compared to those of this species, is said by Morren to be a Mexican 

 Tillandsia. 



276. T. AMAzoNicA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 108. — Leaves 

 lorate from an ovate base 3-4 in. diam., IJ ft. long, 3 in. broad 

 at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, pale green on both 

 sides, deltoid at the apex, with a very large cusp. Peduncle stout, 



