TILLANDSIA. 229 



ceous, thinly lepidote. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves with long linear-setaceous free tips. Inflorescence a dense 

 oblong multifarious capitulum 2-3 in. long ; flower-bracts ovate - 

 acuminate, subcoriaceous, 2-2J in. long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals 

 acute. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Andes of Southern Peru, Bridges 1 Gathered about 1830. 



311. T. cRYPTANTH.\ Baker in Journ. Bot. 18S8, 142. — Leaves 

 few in a rosette, lanceolate-acuminate from an ovate base an inch 

 broad, 8-9 in. long, -| in. broad at the middle, coriaceous, finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 crowded, with long lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a dense 

 globose multifarious capitulum ; flower-bracts ovate-acuminate, 

 4-5 in. long, like the leaves in texture. Calyx above ^ in. long ; 

 sepals oblong, acute. Petals not seen. Capsule twice as long as 

 the calyx. 



Hab. Mexico ; Cuernavaca, Bourgeau 1423 ! 



312. T. LONGiPETALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 142. — Leaves 

 short, green above, tinged with red beneath. Inflorescence a lax 

 multifarious spike 3-4 in. long, each flower subtended by a charta- 

 ceous red falcate lanceolate bract 3-4 in. long. Calyx an inch 

 long. Petal-blade white, narrow, more than an inch long, shorter 

 than the stamens. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, alt. 3000—4000 ft. Eeceived from Messrs. 

 Sander & Co., of St. Alban's, in March, 1881. 



313. T. Glaziovii E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves about 20 in a 

 dense rosette, with an ovate base 1-1^ ii^- broad, and a reflexing 

 linear-convolute, rigidly-coriaceous blade 2-3 in. long, thinly 

 lepidote. Peduncle 6-8 in. long; bract-leaves crowded, with long 

 subulate reflexing tips. Inflorescence a moderately dense non- 

 distichous spike 3-4 in. long, 2 in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-lJ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal- 

 blade ^ in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 3G27. Described from Professor Morren's 

 drawing. 



314. T. AcoKiFOLiA Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate from a short ovate base, 2 ft. or more long, 

 under an inch broad, thin in texture, subglabrous. Peduncle with 

 lanceolate bract-leaves. Inflorescence a dense panicle, the spikes 

 about as long as the lanceolate-acuminate bracts ; flower-bracts? 

 multifarious, roundish, ^ the length of the capsule. 



Hab. Mountains of Columbia, alt. 6500 ft., Fendler 1771. 



315. T. uTRicuLATA Llnu. Sp. Plant. 286 (Sloane Hist. Jam. i. 

 188) (M.D.). T. flexuosa var. jjaUUla Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 749. 

 T. Nuttalliajia Schultes fil. T. Bartrami Nutt. T, ramosa Sweet. 

 T. Sintenisii Baker. Platystachys utricidata Beer. P, Ehrenbergii 

 K. Koch. Vriesea ramosa Beer. Allardtia Fotockii Antoine. — 

 Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- acuminate from a large ovate 

 base 2-3 in. broad, 1-lf ft. long, an inch broad low down, tapering 

 gradually to a long point, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote. 



