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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    8-9 erecto-patent spikes 1-1|- in. long, f in. diam.; lower branch- bracts as long as the spikes ; flower-bracts oblong-cuspidate, glossy, f in. long. Calyx ^ in. long ; sepals acute. Petal-blade oblong, 1 in. long. Hab. Caracas, Moritz 448 ! (Herb. MusBrit.). Near T. rubra. 215. T. Koezlii E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1877, 272, t. 15 (M.D.). Allardtia lioezlii E. Morren. Vriesca lioezlii Linden. — Leaves 15-20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from an oblong base 2 in. broad, 1| ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, marked on the back with blackish blotches running into transverse bands. Peduncle as long as the leaves; upper bract-leaves with short lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a lax panicle ft. long, consisting of a few simple sessile dense spikes 2-4 in. long, f-1 in. broad; branch-bracts small, red, lanceolate ; flower-bracts ovate-lanceolate, green, 1-lJ in. long. Calyx an inch long. Petal-blade reddish-lilac, ^ in. long. Stamens shorter than the petals. Hab. Andes of North Peru. Introduced by Roezl in 1871. 216. T. RUBELLA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 44. — Leaves lanceolate from an ovate base 2 in. broad a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle much longer than the leaves ; bract-leaves ovate-lanceolate, almost entirely adpressed, the upper bright red. Panicle 6-8 in. long; spikes many, erecto-patent, l-l| in. long, f in. broad; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, shorter than the spikes, bright red; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, ^ in. long, bright red. Calyx as long as the bract; sepals glossy, much imbricated. Petal-blade narrow, in. long. Stamens not longer than the petals. Hab. Andes of Bolivia; Sorata, alt. 8000 ft., lfa7J(Zo7811871 Near r.7?iac?/Zaf<7. 217. T. Fendleri Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 17.—Root- leaves lorate, acute, with minute cross ridges. Inflorescence a panicle with a few long distichous branches; flower-bracts ovate- oblong, acute. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade small. Hab. Venezuela; between Caracas and Tovar, alt. 6000 ft., Fendler 1515. Allied to T. rubra. 218. T. RiGiDULA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 44.—Leaves lorate from an ovate dilated base If in. broad, a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, deltoid at the tip, subrigid, green, subglabrous. Peduncle as long as the leaves; bract-leaves small, adpressed. Spikes 2, distichous, the end one 6-8 in. long. If in. diam. ; lower flowers patent; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, f-| in. long. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. longer than the bract; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. Hab. British Guiana, Appuii 810 ! Very distinct. 219. T. LuciDA E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, lanceolate from an ovate base, a foot long. If in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, green above, glaucous beneath. Peduncle 11ft. long; _upper bract-leaves with short lanceolate reflexing tips. Spikes about 5, dense, ascending, 5-6 in. long, an inch broad ; branch-bracts small; flower-bracts ovate, acute, greenish-purple.