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Hab. Central and Southern Brazil, Sello 70! 1.11 1 ! Tweedie 1342! 

 Glaziou's 164{J7 differs by having large foliaceous tips to the leaf-bracts, large 

 branch-bracts and larger flowers, and is probably a distinct species. 



295. T. EoDiGAsiANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 128. Vriesea 

 Eodigasiana E. Morren in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 467 (M.D.) ; Antoine 

 Brom. 16, t. 11. — Leaves about 20, densely rosulate, lorate from an 

 ovate base 2 in. broad, 1-1^ ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, 

 thin, flexible, subglabrous, romided to a cusp at the tip. Peduncle 

 slender, erect, equalling or exceeding the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 small, adpressed. Panicle lax, a foot long, with several spreading 

 laxly 4-5 -flowered branches ; branch -bracts small, ovate, bright 

 red ; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, pale yellow, ^ in. long. Calyx pale 

 yellow, an inch long. Petal- blade Ungulate, yellow, \ in. long, 

 shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Linden about 1880. 

 I have seen the allied V. billbergioides E. Morren inedit., founded on Glaziou 

 3630. 



296. T. PRocERA Mart. ; Koem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 1224. 

 T. gracilis Griseb. Vriesea gracilis Gaudich. Atlas Bonite t. 67. — 

 Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 

 2-3 in. broad, 1^ ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, narrowed to the point. Peduncle slender, erect, 

 1^-2 ft. long ; bract-leaves small, adpressed. Inflorescence a large 

 lax panicle ; lower branches 6-9 in. long, 6-10-flowered ; branch- 

 bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts oblong, under an inch long. 

 Calyx green, an inch long. Petal-blade yellow, oblong, ^ in. long. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Demerara, «7e?iwa7i 3828 ! Fernamhnco, Ridley d' Ramag el Bahia» 

 Blanchet 2995 ! Kio Janeiro, Burchell 2354 ! Gaudichaud 865 1 Habit of T- 

 Jlexuosa, which it closely resembles when dried. 



297. T. Philippo-Coburgi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 138. 

 Vriesea Philippo-Coburgi Wawra Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 165, t. 29 and 

 37 a. — Leaves about 20 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base 3 iii. 

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

 subglabrous, brown at the tip and rounded to a small cusp, spotted 

 with purple on the back towards the base. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves ; upper bract-leaves bright red. Panicle 1^-2 ft. long ; 

 branches many, ascending, sometimes a foot long, the lower some- 

 times forked; branch-bracts bright red, the lowest ovate-lorate, 

 4-5 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, bright red, f-1 in. long. Calyx 

 yellowish, 1-1 J in. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals greenish- 

 yellow, half as long again as the calyx, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. South Brazil ; forests of Eio Janeiro and St. Paulo, Waiora & Maly, 

 Glaziou 8017 ! 16473 I Mosen 3248 ! 



298. T. RETICULATA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 140. Vriesea 

 reticulata E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 

 lorate from an ovate base 4-5 in. broad, 1|~2 ft. long, 2^-3 in. 

 broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, marked all over 

 with very distinct cross-veins of green on a pale ground. Peduncle 

 stout, stiffly erect, as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves ovate, erecto- 

 patent. Inflorescence a lax panicle 3-4 ft. long,with many ascend- 



