TILLANDSIA. 



icilf s. Sfile tonniiial, folitiiry, ovato-laiiceolate. Flowers 

 altcriute. Moft lik.- T. tcnuifolia, n. 4, but difleriiig in its 

 rfcurvfd lejvt:, and limpU- L>\'A^xy fpde. 



7. T. l>ar,uuldta. P^iil.l<-d Tillaiidfia. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 410. WiUd. n. 7. Llnurck v. 1. n. 6. ( Rcnalmia ra- 

 moliliima, Horlbus variepatis et circinatis ; Plum. Ic. 233. 



1. 2^;.) Radical leaves very (liort, lanceolate. Stem 



panicled, twice compound. Spikes crcft. Segments of 

 llw: corolla linear, Ipiral. — Native of" South America. We 

 kno-w nothing of this fpecies but from Plumier, wliofe iigure 

 rfprefents numerous, crowded, ered\, concave radical leaves, 

 and a Jlem alternately branched from the very bottom, 

 with two-ranked reclining branches, laden with afcend- 

 ing ftiies. A copy, in our pofleflion, of hie original 

 drawing fliews the fioiuers to be four inches long. — 

 We have no good authority for Browne's fynonym, cited 

 by authors, nor does it, if correft, throw any light upon this 

 very obfcure fpecies. Lamarck informs us, from Plumier's 

 manufcripts, that the jlcm is fometimes taller than a man ; 

 that the cctlyx is fpotted with green and purple ; corolla of 

 a violet blue, dotted with purple, its long narrow fegmeiits 

 becoming fpiral as they expand. This is the circumftance 

 to which Plumier's definition alludes. His greatly reduced 

 plate is not fufficicntly exaS to explain it, and Linnaeus in- 

 accurately copied Joins iax jloribus, in which Willdenow, of 

 courfe, follows him without the lead enquiry. 



8. 'T.fafcictilaia. Falciculated Tillandfia. Swartz Ind. 

 Occ. 586. Wind. n. 8. — " Leaves lanceolate-awlfhaped, 

 ereft, ftraight. Spikes lateral, two-ranked, imbricated." 

 — Found on trees in Jamaica, in thickets near the fea-fhore. 

 Stem one or two feet high, leafy, fimple. Radical leaves 

 broad, concave, and (heathing, at the bafe ; lanceolate and 

 tapering upward, very ilightly recurved ; downy exter- 

 nally ; thofe of the llem (horter, fomewhat imbricated, ovate, 

 with long awl-fliaped points. Spites alternate, lateral and 

 terminal, two-edged, an inch broad, with imbricated ovate 

 brathasy membranous at the margin. Flowers folitary. 

 Capfule an inch long. S-wartz. Lamarck's 7". clavata, 

 cited by Willdenow with a mark of doubt, belongs to 

 7". monojlachya, n. II, as evidently appears from Plumier's 

 fynonym, the figure belonging to which thefe writers over- 

 looked. 



9. T. nutans. Nodding Tillandfia. Swartz Ind. Occ. 

 588. Willd. n. 9. Ait. n. 5. — " Leaves ovato-lanceolate, 

 membranous. Stem nearly naked. Spikes fubdivided, 

 drooping. Flowers feparate, ovate." — Native of branches 

 of trees on hills in Jamaica. Plant from one to two feet 

 high. Leaves all radical, tumid at the bafe, ftriated length- 

 wife, fmooth, much (horter than the Jlcm, which is round, 

 clothed with membranous (Inated fheathing fcales. Spikes 

 alternate, rather diftant, drooping, with angular Jlalks. 

 Flowers diftinft, near each other, but not imbricated. 

 Corolla white. Capjule roundifh-ovate. Stuartx. 



\0- T.poly/lachya. Many-fpiked Tillandfia. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 410. Willd. n. 10. ( Renalmia fpica multiplici, flore 

 alboj Plum. Gen. 37 ; alfo as Linnsus fuppofed, R. alia, 

 fpica multiplici, anguftifoha ; ibid. 37. Vifcum caryo- 

 phylloidcs anguftifohum, floribus ca;ruleis ; Cateft. Carol. 

 V. 2. 89. t. 89?)— " Stalk bearing imbricated lateral fpikes." 

 —Native of South America. We can make out nothing 

 further of this fpecies, nor how Linnaeus came to a know- 

 ledge of It, there being no fpecimen in his herbarium. 

 Swartz however appears to be acquainted with the plant ; 

 lee his remarks under n, 13. and 14. 



"• T. monojlachya. Single -fpiked Tillandfia. Linn. 

 i)p. PI. 410. Willd. n. 1 1. (T. clavata ; Lamarck Dia. 

 V, I. n. 4, Renalmia clavatii, floribus niveis ; Plum. Ic, 



233. t. 238. f. I. R. lion ramofa fquamata, et floribus iii* 

 veis ; Plum. Gen. 37.) — Leaves radical, linear, channelled, 

 recurved ; bro.id and fiieathing at the bafe. Stem fimple, 

 clothed with imbricated fcales. Spike fimple. Bradteas 

 ovate, concave. — N:^ive of the Welt Indies. Plumier ga- 

 thered it on old trees in Hifpaniola. The numerous radical 

 leaves fprcad widely in every direftion, being about a foot 

 long, and two inches broad, fo much recurved that their 

 points touch the branch on which the plant is fixed. Stem 

 from fifteen to eighteen inches high, ereft, round, firm, quite 

 fimple, as well as its fpike. BraSleas white, ftreaked or 

 dotted with red. Corolla fnow-white ; its limb in three 

 deep ovate fegments. 



1 2. T. pruinoja. Frofted Broad-leaved Tillandfia. Swart/ 

 Ind. Occ. 594. Willd. n. 12. — Leaves lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, recurved, clothed with fhaggy fcales. Spike 

 funple, with imbricated, pointlefs, downy brafteas — Found 

 on the arms and Hems of aged trees in Jamaica, as well as 

 in Brafil. Stem a foot or more in height, fimple, leafy. Ra- 

 dical leantes a foot long, fpreading varioufly, near an inch 

 broad at the bottom, but foon contrafted into a long taper 

 point, flat, denfely clothed all over with ftiaggy, torn, 

 peltate, fhining fcales, the marginal ones flat, inbricatcd, and 

 much dilated ; Jlcm-leaves much fhorter and narrower. Spike 

 terminal, folitary, fimple, an inch long, ovate. Braileas 

 ovate, bluntifli, concave. Corolla blue, longer than the 

 brafteas. Capjulc oblong, triangular, fmooth. 



13. T. canejcens. Hoary Tillandfia. Swartz Ind. Occ. 



595. Willd. n. 13 " Radical leaves linear, ereft, hoary, 



as tall as the ftem. Spikes about three, terminal," — Native 

 of Jamaica, on trees near the fea-ftiore. Perennial, about 

 a foot high, with (hort, fimple, curling, fibrous roots. 

 5/«;; fimple, leafy. Radical leaves \mbr\czteA, linear, rigid,' 

 whitith or hoary ; with very broad, ovate, concave, tumid, 

 membranous, (heathing bafes ; Jlem-leaves tapering, acute, 

 with more lax flieaths. Spihes ufually three, crowded at the 

 top of the ftem, feflile, ovate, acute, flattilh. Bradeas 

 two-ranked, imbricated, ovato-lanceolate, fmooth. Corolla 

 red, with long fegments. Nearly related to T. pohjlachya, 

 but that fpecies is taller, with recurved, zigzag, fmooth 

 leaves, and numerous, fcattered, lanceolate ^/rj. Sitfartz. 



14. T. angujlijolia. Narrow and long-leaved Tillandfia. 

 Swartz Ind. {3cc. 596. Willd. n. 14. — " Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly ercft, fmootli, taller than the fl;em. Spikes 

 fomewhat clullered." — Found on the trunks and branches 

 of trees, in Jamaica and Hifpaniola. Perennial. Stem 

 two feet high, nearly upright, fimple, leafy. Leaves all 

 imbricated, broad and (heathing at the bafe, lanceolate, 

 narrow towards the end, fl;raight, fti-iated ; the (heaths of 

 the radical ones broadeft, and rather inflated. Spiies nu- 

 merous, fcattered, fomewhat cluftered, alternate, feparated 

 by leafy (heaths, imperfeftly imbricated, compreffed, lan- 

 ceolate, many-flowered, an inch and half long. Flowers 

 two-ranked. BraSeas imbricated, equitant, ovate, pointed, 

 keeled, ftriated, fmooth. Capjules elongated, pointed, tri- 

 angular, fmooth, extending beyond the braBeas. This 

 likewife is cautioufly to be diftinguiflied from T. polyjlaehya, 

 by having more upright leaves, longer than the Jlem, and the 



Jpiies feparated by h^y /heaths. Swartx. Nothing is men- 

 tioned refpefting the colour of the Jloiuers. 



IS- T.Jriaa. Frofted Stifi"-leaved Tillandfia. Gawler 

 in Curt. Mag. t. 1529. Ait. Epit. 375. Banks Ic. Ined. 

 — Leaves chiefly radical, linear-lanceolate, channelled, re- 

 curved, minutely fcaly at the back. Stem fimple. Spike 

 folitary. Brafteas ovate, concave, imbricated, glaucous, 

 fmooth — Found by Dr. Solander, on trees near Rio Janeiro, 

 in Brafil. Said to have been introduced into the European 



ftoves, 



