224 HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACE^. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada. Collected by Wallis for Messrs. Veitch in 

 1876. 



290. T. Itatiai^ Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 110. Vriesea 

 TtatiaicB Wawra Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 169, t. 81 and 34 c. — Leaves 

 80-40 in a dense rosette, lorate from an ovate base 3-4 in. broad, 

 IJ ft. long, 2i-3 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 rounded at the apex to a small cusp. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves ; bract-leaves small, scariose, adpressed. Inflorescence a lax 

 panicle 1-li ft. long; branches short, ascending; branch-bracts 

 small, ovate ; flowers moderately dense, erecto-patent ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, brownish, an inch long. Calyx about as long as the 

 bract ; sepals much imbricated, obtuse. Petal-blade obovate, 

 small, greenish-white. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Serra Itatiaia, ascending to 9000 ft., Glaziou 11694 ! 

 Allied to T. hieroglyphica, but leaves plain green. 



291. T. HIEROGLYPHICA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 110. Vriesea 

 JderoglyjjJiica E. Morren in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 514 ; Belg. Hort. 1885, 

 57, t. 10—12 (M.D.). Massangea Jderoglyphica Kev. Hort. 1878, 

 175. M. tigrina Hort. — Leaves 30-40, densely rosulate, lorate 

 from a dilated base 4-5 in. broad, 2^-3 ft. long, 2J-3 in. broad at 

 the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, bright green, marked with 

 very conspicuous irregular broad transverse bands of black. 

 Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, as long as the leaves; bract-leaves 

 with large falcate free tips. Inflorescence a lax panicle 2 ft. or 

 more long, with 12-20 closely-flowered erecto-patent branches ; 

 branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower- bracts ovate, greenish, 1-1^ in. 

 long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade short, broad, dull 

 yellow. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 16468 ! Introduced into cultivation by Mr. 

 Wm. Bull about 1878. First flowered by M. Lubbers at the Brussels Botanic 

 Garden in 1885. 



293. T. ciTRiNA Baker, Vriesea citrina E. Morren inedit. — 

 Leaves densely rosulate, stiffly erect, lorate, 7-8 in. long, 1^ in. 

 broad at the middle, green, glabrous, rounded at the tip to a large 

 cusp. Peduncle slender, erect, nearly twice as long as the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves small, adpressed. Spikes 1-8, 8-6 in. long, laxly- 

 flowered ; flowers erecto-patent or subpatent ; flower-bracts sub- 

 orbicular, -J in. long. Calyx 1-lJ in. long; sepals obtuse. Petal- 

 blade oblong, pale yellow, J in. long. Stamens much longer than 

 the petals. 



Hab. Central Brazil; Serra de Piedade, Warming 2176, Glaziou 16466! 

 May be a montane variety of T. Tweedieana. 



294. T. Tweedieana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 138. — Leaves 

 lorate from an ovate base a foot long, 1-|- in. broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves 

 adpressed. Inflorescence a small panicle, with several laxly few- 

 flowered spreading and ascending branches ; branch-bracts small, 

 ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, J in. long. Calyx f-1 in. long ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Petals Ungulate, ^ in. long, shorter than the 

 stamens. 



