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

 points. Panicle lax, 1-1^ ft, long ; branches few or many, slender, 

 ascending, the lower often compound, above a foot long ; branch- 

 bracts small ; flowers spaced out, not distichous, adpressed to the 

 slightly flexuose rachis; flower-bracts ovate or oblong, -J— | in. 

 long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petal-blade lingu- 

 late, white, J-f in. long, shorter than the stamens. Capsule 1^2 

 in. long. 



Hab. Florida, West Indies, Venezuela and Guiana. It was first noticed in 

 Bauhin's ' Pinax,' in 1G23, as '* Visci modo arboribus indicis adnascens." 



Subgenus 12. Conostachys (Griseb.). 



316. T. POENULATA Bakor, Vriesea poenulata E. Morren (M.D.). 

 — Leaves about 30, densely rosulate, linear from a suddenly dilated 

 base f in. diam., 6-8 in. long, ^ in. broad low down, tapering to a 

 setaceous point, reflexing from low down, green above, glaucous 

 beneath. Peduncle slender, ^ ft. long ; bract-leaves with long 

 setaceous tips. Inflorescence a simple lax non- distichous spike 

 2 in. long; lower flowers patent ; flower-bracts oblong, an inch long, 

 bright red tipped with white. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal- 

 blade short, white, Ungulate, a little shorter than the stamens ; 

 claw scaled. 



Hab. Country unknown. Described from a drawing of Professor Morren's, 

 made July, 1885. Flowers of Conostachys ; leaves of Platystachys. 



317. T. Malzinei Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6495. Vriesea Malzinei 

 E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1874, 313, t. 14 (M.D.).— Leaves 15-20 

 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 3 in. diam., a foot 

 long, 1-| in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, much 

 tinged with claret-purple, especially on the back. Peduncle as 

 long as the leaves; bract-leaves with small lanceolate free tips. 

 Inflorescence a simple dense multifarious spike 6-8 in. long, an 

 inch broad. Flower-bracts ovate, acute, green and yellow, an inch 

 long. Calyx a little longer than the bract. Petal-blade white, 

 lingulate, above an inch long, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Province of Cordova, discovered by M. de Malzine. Introduced into 

 cultivation by MM. Jacob-Makoy & Co., of Liege, in 1872. There is also a 

 variety with bright red flower-bracts. 



318. T. MucRONATA Griscb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 20. — Leaves 

 lanceolate from a dilated oblong base 3 in. diam., 2 ft. long, 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves crowded, with large erect lanceolate free 

 tips. Inflorescence a dense oblong multifarious spike 3-4 in. long, 

 2 in. diam. ; flower-bracts broad ovate, much imbricated, 1-1—2 in. 

 long. Calyx an inch long ; sepals acute. Corolla reaching to the 

 tip of the bract. 



Hab. Venezuela ; Mountains of Tovar, alt. 6500 ft., Fendler 2159 I 



319. T. Saundersii K. Koch Ind. Sem. Berol. 1873, App. 6. 

 Encholirion Saundersii Andre in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 132 (M.I).). — 

 Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, lorate from a dilated ovate 



