Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

  • John Gilbert Baker
Date:
1889
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Credit: Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HANDBOOK OF BROMELIACE.E. 191. T. DREPANOCARPA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 41. —Leaves about 20 in a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, in. broad, 8-9 in. long, in. broad at tlie middle, tliin, bright green, sub- glabrous. Peduncle as long as the leaves; lower bract-leaves with lanceolate free points. Spike lax, simple, erect, 5-6 in. long ; flowers ascending; flower-bracts lanceolate, scariose, lower 2 in. long. Calyx glabrous, in. long. Petals not seen. Capsule- valves lanceolate, 1-lJ in. long. Hab. South Brazil; province of Sti Paulo, Burchell 3596 ! 192. T. coMPLANATA Bentli. Bot. Sulphur 173. T. axillaris Griseb.—Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 2 in. broad, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncles many to a rosette, slender, shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves small, scariose, adpressed. Inflorescence a dense simple distichous spike 2-3 in. long, in. diam.; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, much compressed, f in. long. Calyx ^ in. long; sepals acute. Petal-blade narrow, reddish-lilac, in. long. Capsule-valves lanceolate, above an inch long. Hab. Jamaica, Purdiel Venezuela, Fendler 1512! 1513! Columbia Andre 22-18. Ecuador, Barclay 525 ! Cuming 1190 ! Lehmann 732 ! Andes of Bolivia, alt., 10,000 ft. Busby 2855! 193. T. LANciFOLiA Baker.—Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, 2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to an acute point, thin flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle twice as long as the leaves ; lower bract-leaves with small spreading foliaceous tips. Spike sublax, simple, 3-4 in. long ; flower-bracts oblong, ^ m. long. Calyx I in. long; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade narrow, oblong in. long. Hab. Bahia, Blancliet 3458 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 194. T. viRGiNALis E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 238 (M.D.). T. heterophylla E. Morren.—Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 2 in. broad, 1^ ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, pale green above, glaucous beneath. Primordial leaves linear. Peduncle 2 ft. long; bract-leaves small, adpressed, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense simple spike 8-9 in. long, 1^-1 i in. broad; flower-bracts green, ovate, acute, 2 in. long, an inch broad. Calyx shorter than the bract. • Petal-blade white, lingulate, an inch long. Stamens shorter than the petals. Hab. Mexico; province of Cordova. Introduced into cultivation about 1870, by M. Omer de Malzine. Habit of a Vriesea, but petals not scaled at the base. 195. T. BIFLORA Ruiz et Pav. El. Peruv. t. 268b. Diaphoran- thema hijlora Beer. — Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base an inch broad, ^ ft. long, -I-f in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the point, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle as long as the leaves; bract-leaves large, lanceolate. Panicle moderately dense, non-distichous, 3-4 in. long; branch- bracts ovate-acuminate, thin, lower in. long, as long as the short