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FLORA 3IEXI0ANA. 
Culmus simplieissiinus, sesquipedalis, foliis cocci- 
neis, laneeolatis, imbricatis vaginatus. 
Folia radicalia ensiformia, basi ventrieosa, inte- 
gerrima, erecta, glaberrima, imbricata. 
Spica eomposita spieulis alternis, subquadrifloris. 
Spath® oblong®, acut®, compress®, coccine®, 
spiculas claudentes. 
Glum® uniflorae, altern®, lax®. 
Coroll® purpure®. 
Habitat supra arbores caildarum regionum Nov. 
Hisp. Floret Augusto. 
Affinis Tillandsia lingulat®, quarn confferes. 
Tillandsia foliis linearibus, acutis, revolutis; 
spicis infimis patentissimis. F. M. 
Seapus sesquispithamam longus, teres, erectus, to- 
mentosus. 
Folia radicalia linearia, acuta, crassa, revoluta, 
pubescentia, basi subcarinata; caulina ovata, conca- 
va, membranacea, infima patentia, patentissim® su- 
periores, erect®. 
Bracte® oyat®, conc-av®, crass®, tomentos®, api- 
cibus scariosis. 
Flores virides. 
Habitat supra arbores in Akualulci montibus. 
Floret Octobri. y. . 
Ensifolia. Tillandsia foliis ensiformibus, longissi- 
mis; spica simplici, solitaria. 
Folia radicalia ensiformia, quadripedalia, erecta, 
apice revoluta, integerrima, scabra, exsucca, sessi- 
lia, basi vaginantia, caulina iis similia, gradatim sur- 
sum breviora, apice rubentia. 
Seapus simplicissimus, solitarius, erectus, foliis 
radicalibus longior, spicatus. 
Bracte® ovat®, acut®, sessiles, per scapi longitu- 
dinem imbricat®, infim® rubr®, summ® coccine®. 
Flores pallidi, antberis, stigmate, seminibusque 
luteis, villano candidissimo. 
Habitat in Cozoliacaque props Goatzacoalcum 
flumen sylvis umbrosioribus. Floret Novembri. 2/. 
G. TRADESCANTIA. 
Longifolia. Tradescantia erecta, l®vis, peduncu- 
lis umbellatis. FI. Mex. 
Caulis herbaceus, simplex, erectus, l®vis, teres, 
purpureo lineatus. 
Folia alterna, oblonga, acuta, integerrima, glabra, 
undulata, margine membranaceo, basi ciliata, vagi- 
nantia. 
Vagin® foliis multo breviores, purpureo lineat®, 
pr®ciliat®. 
Umbel]® axil lares terminalesque, bin®, simplices, 
subdecemflor®. 
Pedunculi communes, teretes, suberecti, pubes- 
centes, purpurei, foliis breviores. 
Pedicelli filiformes, albentes, apice erasiusculi, in- 
sequales. 
Bracte® adbasim pedunculorum, gemin®, ovat®, 
acut®, put pureo lineat®, pubeseentes, a basi ad me- 
c.uun vaginantes, inembranaee®. 
Flores parvi, albi, insipidi, inodorique, calycinis 
foliolis coroll® concoloribus, pubesccntibus. 
Habitat in Cordov® agris humidioribus. Floret 
Julio. ©. 
Involucra diphylla, foliolis subrotundis, mombra- 
naeeis, pubescentibus, revolutis, pediccllis breviori- 
bus. 
Malabarica? Tradescantia erecta, caulo l®vi, fo- 
bs subvillosis; pedunculis axillaribus, solitaries, lon- 
gissimis. 
Caulis herbaceus, erectus, sesquipedalis, teres, Ire- 
vis, genieulatus, inannis, purpurascens. 
Kami alterni, breves, suberecti, eauli similes. 
Folia alterna, oppositaque, ovato-lanceolata, acu- 
minata, integerrima, nervosa, crasiuscula, pubescen- 
tia, ferrugineo— margin ata. 
Petioli breves, comprcssi, crecti, basi in mombra- 
nam amplexicaulom dilatati. 
Pedunculi pctiolari membrana ad basim vagina- 
ti, subtriquetri, longissimi, erecti, apice quandoque 
bifidi, subquadriflori. 
Flores purpurei, insipidi, inodorique. 
Habitat in Ahualulci humidioribus. Floret Octo- 
bri. ©. 
Tradescantia repens, glabra, foliis oblongis, 
undulatis, pedunculis subumbellatis. FI. Mex. 
Hadix fibrosa. 
Caulis repons, apice ascendens, glaber, purpureus, 
striatus. 
Folia alterna, oblonga, acuta, undulata, glabra, 
vagin® ore lanato. 
Pedunculi axillares, subumbellati, inferiores sol i- 
tarii, superiores gemini, raro solitarii. 
Bracte® pedunculi communis baseos vaginan- 
tes; pedicellorum confer!®, brevissim®, subrotun- 
d®. 
Calyces albicantes. 
Coroll® candid®, parv®. 
Habitat in calidis Nov® Hispani®. Floret Sep- 
tembri. 0 . 
Capitata. Tradescantia erecta, glabra, foliis lan- 
ceolatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis, capitatis. Flor. 
Mex. ic. N. 
Hadix fibrosa. 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, teres, genieulatus, 
glaber, vaginatus, vaginis ore lanatis. 
Folia lanceolata, alterna, longe acuminata, gla- 
berrima, dodrantalia. 
Pedunculi oppositifoli, capitati, erecti, in medio 
geniculati, ssepius simplices, raro bifidi. 
Vagina ad artieulos, membranacea, nervosa. 
Bracte® du®, opposit®, cordato-oblong®, involu- 
crantes. 
r lores conterti, subsessiles. 
Calyces rubro-pnrpurascentes, demum in baocam 
degenerantes. 
Coroll® alb®. 
Pace® atro— purpurege. 
Habitat in montibus calidis Cordov®. 
Genus dubium forteque novum. 
