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TILLANDSIA* acaulis. 
Stemless Tillandsia. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BRoMELIACEA. 
TILLANDSIA., Supra, vol. 2. fol. 105. 
T. acaulis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis recurvis, floribus 
agegregatis sessilibus. 
Subacaulis cespites latos proliferos efformans. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuminata, undulata, cesia, lepidota, serrulata, utrinque concolora. Flores 
albi, in capitulo sessili aggregati, bracteis membranacets, venosis, apice 
serrulatis intermixtis. 
A pretty little epiphyte, native of Rio Janeiro, for 
which we are indebted to Mrs. Arnold Harrison, who 
obligingly communicated it in August 1827. 
It never grows more than 3 or 4 inches high, pro- 
ducing suckers freely, by which it is easily increased. 
If suffered to grow without these being removed, it soon 
forms broad patches hanging over the sides of the pot. 
Its leaves are a dull sea-green; its flowers white, in a 
sessile cluster in the bosom of the leaves; they appear 
at uncertain seasons, chiefly in March, April, and August. 
Requires the heat of the stove, and a light, sandy, 
poor soil. 
J.L. 
* Tillandsia was so named after Elias Tillands, born in 1640, died in 
1692, who was the Keeper of the Botanic Garden at Abo. He paid much 
attention to the Botany of Finland; and between 1681 and 1688 pub- 
lished a catalogue of the plants of the country, written in Latin, Swedish, 
and Finnish, with wood-cuts. 
