Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

  • John Gilbert Baker
Date:
1889
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

    222/264 (page 206)
    patent, 1-1in. long, an inch broad; flower-bracts oblong-cuspi- date, glossy f in. long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals acute. Petals and capsule not seen. Hab. Mountains of Venezuela; Tovar, Fendler 1508 ! 210. T. Ghiesbeegiitii Baker.—Leaves lanceolate from an ovate base 2 in. broad, 1-^ ft. long, an inch broad low down, narrowed to the point, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle ft. long. Panicle above a foot long ; branch-bracts small, ovate; branches lax- flowered, arcuate, ascending, mostly simple ; spikes 3-5 in. long, ^ in. broad; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, f in. long. Calyx ^ in. long; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. Hab. Mexico ; Oaxaca, Ghiesbreght! (Herb. Mus. Paris).; 211. T. TETRANTHA Kuiz et Pav. FI. Peruv. iii. 39, t. 265. Dill- hergia tetrantha Beer.—Leaves a dozen or more in a rosette, lanceo- late from an oblong base 2 in. broad, a foot or more long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, spotted with purple on both sides. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Inflorescence a lax tripinnate panicle with ovate-cuspidate branch-bracts 1-lJ in. long, branches about as long as the leaves, with small erect secund few-flowered dense spikes ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, in. long. Calyx as long as the bract; sepals oblong. Petal-blade small, oblong, violet. Hab. Peru ; Andes of Muna, Ruiz (& Pavon. Not seen. 212. T. MAcuLATA Euiz et Pav. FI. Peruv. iii. 40, t. 267. Vriesea maculata Beer.—Leaves a dozen or more to a rosette, lorate from an ovate base, l|-ft. long, thin, flexible, subglabrous, copiously spotted with red-brown. Peduncle above a foot long; bract-leaves small and distant. Inflorescence a lax panicle a foot or more long, with a bright red rachis ; spikes 1-2 in. long, in. broad; flower- bracts oblong-lanceolate, f in. long. Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract. Petal-blade small, oblong, violet. Hab. Peruvian Andes at Muna, &c., Ruiz dc Pavon. According to Morren it was re-gathered by Poeppig at Cuchero in 1829. 213. T. RUBRA Euiz et Pav. FI. Peruv. iii. 40, t. 266. Vriesea rubra Beer. Phytarhiza rubra E. Morren. Leaves 10-12 in a rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 2 in. broad, 1^-2 ft. long, 1|~1^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves entirely adpressed. Inflor- escence a lax panicle above a foot long; rachis red; branches erecto-patent, lower forked ; branch-bracts ovate, lower 2-3 in. long; spikes dense, 2-4 in. long, an inch broad; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, f-1 in. long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petal-blade oblong, violet, ^ in. long. Hab. Andes of Peru, Ruiz cO Pavon. Argcntaria; province of Oran, Lorentz 538! 214. T. CAKACASANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 44. — Leaves lorate from an oblong base 2 in. broad, thin, flexible, subglabrous, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle. Peduncle shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves all adpressed. Inflorescence a panicle of