Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

  • Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12-15 in a dense rosette, ensiform-acuminate from an ovate base an inch broad, above a foot long, not convolute, f in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lei^idote. Peduncle ^ ft. long; bract-leaves with long free linear points. Spikes 2, dense, l|-2 in. long, in. diam.; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, an inch long, not lepidote. Calyx f in. long. Petal-blade oblanceolate, white, J in. long. Stamens longer than the petals. Hab. Honduras, Gabb! Described from a living plant that flowered at Kew, Jan., 1880. 85. T. poLYPiiYLLA Baker. — Leaves very numerous, very rigid* linear-subulate from an ovate base 1 in. diam., a foot long, ^ in. broad low down, densely adpresso-lepidote. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves long-pointed. Panicle of 8-12 crowded dense distichous spikes 1-1|- in. long, d diam.; flower-bracts oblong, acute, reddish, -I in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-blade small, oblong. Hab. Bolivian Andes; Sorata, alt. 8000 ft., Mandon 1183 ! 86. T. PARvispicA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 244.—Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, ensiform-subulate from an ovate base an inch broad, above a foot long, in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, densely finely lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle] a foot long ; bract-leaves much imbricated, with long free points. Panicle dense, very narrow, 4-5 in. long; spikes dense, simple, erecto-patent, the lowest an inch long; branch-bracts ovate with long linear points; flower-bracts ovate, in. long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Corolla not seen. Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 13258 ! 87. T. RHODociNCTA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 143.—Leaves ensiform-acuminate, a foot long, an inch broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, narrowed gradually to the point, obscurely lepidote, with a narrow scariose red-brown margin. Peduncle as long as the leaves; bract-leaves crowded, erect, wuth long free lanceolate tips. Inflorescence a congested oblong multifarious panicle 2-3 in. long; branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, low^er 1^ in. long ; spikes dis- tichous, l-li in. long ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, glabrous, I in. long. Calyx as long as the bract; sepals much imbricated. Petal-blade small, oblong. Hab. British Guiana; Humirida INIountains, Appun 141G!; summit of Mount Eoraima, Lm Thurn 316 ! 88. T. ANGusTiFOLiA Swai’tz Prodr. FI. Ind. Occ. 57. — Leaves 10-12 in a rosette,- ensiform-subulate from an ovate base an mch broad, 1-1 ^ ft. long, ^ in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, con- volute, finely lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves with squarrose subulate free points. Spikes 3-8, dense, ascending, simple, the end one 2-4 in. long, 1 in. broad ; flow^er-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, glossy, reddish, in. long. Calyx as long as the bracts. Petals lilac, convolute m a tube an inch longer than the calyx, shorter than the stamens. Capsule an inch long.