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TILLANDSIA atotrout. 
Aloe-leaved Tillandsia, 
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_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Orv. BROMELIACE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyzx tripartitus, inferus. Corolla tripartita. Capsula tri- 
valvis. _Semina papposa. 
Tillandsia aos Holla: foliis e basi lato lanceolatis concavis longe acumi- 
natis rigidis squamuloso-farinaceis, spiraliter tortis obscure-fasciatis, 
caule superne aphyllo diviso flexuoso, floribus remotis distichis, 
corolla (resea) calyce duplo breviore, staminibus exsertis, 
Porsaitie, Roots fibrous, thickish. Stems 14 to 2 feet high, below imbri- 
cated with several spirally twisted iene, ; of these the outermost may : 
be called ovate and acute; the rest from a broadly lanceolate, concave 
base, become gradually attenuated into long pungent points. The very 
uppermost gradually pass into sheathing bractee. All are. of a thickish 
rigid texture, bluish-green, obscurely marked with transverse waved 
strie or bands of a deeper colour, and everywhere densely clothed with 
minute farinaceous scales. The stem terminates in a slightly branched 
leafless zig-zag panicle, having sheathing bractez at the base of every 
division, and another similar one more than half enveloping each flower, 
farinaceo-squamose. Flowers distant, solitary upon the jointed canali- 
culated rachis. Calya of 3 lanceolate, concave, tough and membrana- 
ceous segments ; spirally imbricated into a tube, which firmly envelopes 
more than the lower half of the corolla. Corolla cut to the base into 3__ 
closely placed, linear-lanceolate, erect, rose-coloured. segments ; recurved 
at the extremity. Siomeus 6, longer than the corolla. Filaments red- 
dish. Anthe: od the centre of the back to the filaments ; pollen 
yellow.  Pisti ager than the filaments. Germen ovato-lanceolate, 
3-lobed. Style filiform. - — trifid, each. lobe dilated at the extres 
mity. ~— 
Receival at the Glasgow Botanic Garden from the Island 
of Trinidad, whence it was sent by the late Baron Dr Scracx. 
Having been planted in common soil, rather as a means of 
support to it, than for the sake of affording nourishment, and_ 
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