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 OP BROMELIACEiE. uncle robust. 5-G ft. long; bract-leaves ovate-oblong, shortly pointed, bright red, like the stem. Panicle pyramidal, 12-16 in. long, with about 15 branches, the lower 4 in. long, bearing 3-6 moderately dense finally secund spikes; branch-bracts lanceolate- acuminate, more or less lepidote, the lower 1|~2 in. long. Flower- b.iacts-ovate-acuminate, in. long. Sepals acute, ^ in. long. Corolla very small. Capsule above an inch long. Hab. Andes of Ecuador, alt. 0000—8500 ft., AndrS 3201. 201. T. PECTiNATA Andre Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lorate, acute, flexible, subglabrous, a foot long, in. broad at the middle. Peduncle IJ ft. long; bract-leaves lanceolate, acuminate, erect, yellow, like the stem, calyx and corolla. Panicle narrow, 1^ ft. long, consisting of 15-20 erecto-patent branches, the lower 3 in. long, bearing 3-4 spikes with a finely scaly rachis ; branch-bracts lanceolate, the lower 3-4 in. long; flower-bracts ovate, acute, lepidote, in. long. Sepals obtuse, as long as the bract. Petal- limb small. Hab. Andes of Southern Columbia and Ecuador, alt. 9000 ft., AndrS 3032. 202. T. xiPHOPHYLLA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 143 (M.D.).— Leaves about 20, densely rosulate, lanceolate from an ovate base, a foot long, under an inch broad at the middle, bright green, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, quite hidden by the large lanceolate bract-leaves. Panicle lax, non- distichous, 4-6 in. long ; branch-bracts ovate, bright red, the lower 2-3 in. long ; spikes short, dense, distichous, erecto-patent; flower- bracts oblong-lanceolate, |-1 in. long. Calyx in. long ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals dark lilac, convolute in the cylindrical tube, an inch longer than the calyx. Capsule an inch long. Hab. Mexico; valley of Cordova, Bourgeau 1906! Drawn by Professor Morren from a plant flowered in 1881. Allied to T. Lieholdiana, but quite different in leaf. 203. T. PHYLLOSTACHYA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 143.—Leaves about 20, densely rosulate, lanceolate-acuminate from an ovate base above an inch broad, a foot long, in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, subglabrous. Peduncle rather shorter than the leaves, quite hidden by the large lanceolate bract-leaves. Panicle multifarious, 3-4 in. long; branch-bracts ovate-lanceolate, recurved, the lower 3 in. long; spikes dense, few-flowered ; flower- bracts ovate, acute, \ in. long. Calyx ^ in. long; sepals oblong. Petal-blade violet, as long as the calyx. Hab. Central Mexico, Hahn ! Gathered during the French Expedition of 1865—6. 204. T. viRiDis Baker. Vriesea viridis E. Morren (M.D.).— Leaves few, rosulate, lorate, thin, flexible, pale green, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle slender, shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle 3-4 in. long; spikes dense, simple, sessile, lower patent, 1-1^ in. long, ^ in. broad; flower- bracts ovate, obtuse, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Capsule cylindrical, i-f in. long.