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TILLANDSIA wrrma. 
Shining broad-leaved Tillandsia. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Orv. BROMELIACEE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. trifidus, persistens. Cor. trifida (v. tripartita), ae a 
nulata. Capsula trilocularis, polysperma. 
Tillandsia ntida ; foliis lingulatis nitidis integerrimis inferne in tubum 
basi ventricosum involutis, scapo paniculato, floribus remote spicatis 
undique insertis, calyce ovato bractea longiore (corolla alba). 
The root of this I have not seen. Whole plant glabrous. The leaves are 
few, in the present individual only four in number ; the outer one short, 
the longest 8 or 10 inches in length; all of them lingulate for the greater 
part of their length, convolute, forming below a hollow tube, which is 
swollen or ventricose at the very base: the texture of these leaves is 
thickly membranaceous, of a very dark green colour, shining, minutely 
_ striated when held up between the eye and the light, when the margin 
is seen to have a narrow pellucid border; the extremities are obtuse, © 
with a short acumen, and more or less recurved. 
From the hollow centre of the leaves, arises and reaches to about twice 
their length, a cylindrical scape, distantly furnished with sheathing 
bracteze, and paniculated at the extremity, the dichotomes bracteated. 
Flowers remotely placed, in rather long, slender spikes, their bractee 
ovate, appressed, green, much shorter than them. Calys 3-partite, or 
they appear to constitute 3 distinct leaflets, rigid, green, closely convo« 
lute into an ovate form. Corolla deeply 3-partite, or, as it appears to 
me, of 3 white, ovato-oblong petals, patent at their extremities. Sita 
mens 6, included, 3 larger ones alternate with the petals, and inserted 
upon the receptacle: the 3 others much smaller, inserted below the 
middle of the corolla. Filaments pure white. Anthers subrotund, deep 
orange. Pistil: germen oblong, 3-celled ; styles 3; stigmas obtuse. 
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From the stove of the Liverpool Botanie Garden, to which 
valuable collection it was sent by Mr Wiuxzs from the moun- 
tains of Jamaica. It is there said to be a plant of considerable 
rarity. oo 
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