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base 2 in. diam., a foot lono:, 1^ in. broad at the middle, very 

 flexible, recurved from below the middle, dull glaucous green on the 

 face, copiously spotted with claret-brown on the back. Peduncle a 

 foot long ; upper bract-leaves with small free points. Inflorescence 

 a lax panicle a foot long, with 4-8 lax-flowered short ascending 

 branches ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; flowers erecto-patent, not 

 distichous ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, bright yellow, an inch 

 long. Calyx bright yellow, 1|- in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse, 

 much imbricated. Petal-blade Ungulate, yellow, f in. long, shorter 

 than the stamens. 



Hab. Brazil. Imported by Mr. Wilson Saunders about 1870. 



320. T. cAPiTULiGERA Griscb. Cat. Cub. 251. — Leaves lanceo- 

 late, 2-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 

 texture, subglabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle 1|- ft. long ; 

 bract-leaves with long erect lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a 

 panicle a foot long, with masses of flowers in globose sessile 

 multifarious clusters, as in Fironneava, 1-1|- in. diam. ; lower 

 branch-bracts lanceolate, upper ovate ; flower- bracts oblong, acute, 

 an inch long. Calyx -| in.long; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals 

 not seen. Capsule an inch long. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright 3275 1 Very different in inflorescence from any other 

 Tillandsia. 



321. T. PLEiosTACHYA Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaves 

 lorate from an ovate base, 2i~3 in. broad, 1^ ft. long, 1^ in. broad 

 at the middle, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, thin, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves with large 

 lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a panicle 1^ ft. long, with 

 several short erecto-patent moderately dense non-distichous 

 spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, f in. long. Calyx an inch long; 

 sepals obtuse. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves an inch long, ^ in. 

 broad. 



Hab, Venezuela ; Mountains of Tovar, alt. 7000—8000 ft., Fendlcr 1514 I 



322. T. vENTRicosA Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaves 

 lanceolate from a dilated ovate base above 3 in. broad, 2^-3 ft. 

 long, 2-2-1 in. broad at the middle, thin, subglabrous. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle of few dense 

 multifarious spikes, the end one half a foot long, 1^ in. diam. ; 

 branch-bracts large, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, an inch 

 long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals oblong. Petals greenish-yellow ; 

 blade small, oblong. Capsule a little longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Venezuela; Mountains of Tovar, alt. 7000 ft., Fendler 1517 I 



323. T. FASTUOSA Andre Enum. 8. — Radical leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, bright green, 20-24 in. long, 3 in. broad at the middle. 

 Peduncle stout, shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves many, imbri- 

 cated, yellow-brown. Panicle narrow, 1^ ft. long ; rachis bright 

 red; flowers in many dense subglobose subsessile fascicles, 10-15 

 in each ; branch-bracts large, ovate-lanceolate ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 about as long as the calyx. Sepals an inch long, yellowish-white, 



