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ing laxly-flowered branches ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower- 

 bracts oblong, acute, green, 1-lJ- in. long. Calyx green, half as 

 long again as the bract. Petal- blade small, white, suborbicular. 

 Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil ; Rio Grande do Sul. Described from a plant flowered 

 by Mr. Wm. Bull in March, 1873. 



299. T. MoRRENi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 139. Vriesea 

 Morreni Wawra Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 166, t. 30, 37 b. T. Pastuch- 

 ojiana Hort. ? — Leaves 30 or more in a dense rosette, lorate from 

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

 thin, flexible, subglabrous, rounded to a cusp at the tip, green, 

 transversely banded with brown flexuose lines. Peduncle shorter 

 than the leaves. Panicle rhomboid, 1^-2 ft. long; branches few, 

 long, erecto-patent ; flowers lax, ascending, secund ; branch-bracts 

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

 half as long again as the bract ; petal-blade narrow, greenish- 

 yellow, I in. long. Stamens not longer than the petals. Capsule 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. South Brazil ; waterfall of Itamariti, near Petropolis, Wawra (& Maly 

 ii. 72. 



300. T TESSELLATA Linden & Andre in 111. Hort. 1874, 123, 1. 179. 

 Vriespa tessellata E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1882, 381, t. 14-16. — 

 Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 1^-2 ft. 

 long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, marked 

 all over with fine green cross-lines on a pale ground. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves ; bract-leaves with fohaceous spreading tips, also tessel- 

 lated. Panicle 3-5 ft. long ; branches many, ascending, lower a 

 foot long ; flowers lax, ascending, secund ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 IJ-l-l in. long. Calyx green, 2 in. long. Petal-blade yellowish- 

 white, ^ in. long. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. South Brazil; province of Santa Catherina. Introduced into culti- 

 vation by Linden about 1872. 



301. T. SANGUINOLENTA Baker. Vriesea sanguinolenta Cogn. et 

 March, in Album Dalliere ii. 1874, t. 52 ; Andre in 111. Hort. n. s. 

 t. 200 (M.D,). — Leaves densely rosulate, lorate from an ovate base 

 4-5 in. broad, 2-3 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 Bubglabrous, bright green, with irregular spots of claret-brown. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; lower bract-leaves with large 

 lanceolate free points. Spikes about 3, moderately dense, ascend- 

 ing, peduncled, 6-9 in. long ; lower flowers patent, subsecund ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, green, 1^ in. long, an inch broad. Calyx 

 green, oblong, 2 in. long. Petal- blade short, broad, whitish, 

 falcate. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. New Granada; Choco. Gathered by Eoezl in 1872. Described 

 mainly from Prof. Morren's drawings, made in 1880 and 1885. 



302. T. ALTA Baker. Vriesea alta E. Morren (M.D.).— Whole 

 plant 8-10 ft. high. Leaves about 20, densely rosulate, lorate, 3 ft. 

 long, 2|-3 in. broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous, green on 

 both sides, narrowed to the point. Peduncle stout, erect, twice as 

 long as the leaves ; bract-leaves with lanceolate or ovate spreading 



