Tillandsia fasciculata var. bogotensis André[as Tillandsia fasciculata var. bogotensis ]

Diagnose: —Folia radicalia basi dilatata, lamina convoluta, Jonge acuminata acuta, 20-30 cent. longa, coriacea, canescernia, ut folia bractealia profuse lepidota. Scapus validus, erectus, 50 cent. cum infiorescentia altus, foliis bractealibus numerosis, imbricatis, basi amplexantibus, longe setaceis, medio inflorescentï fere quilongis. Panicula densa, imperfecte disticha, 20 cent. longa, e 6-8 spicis confertis, erectis, fastigiatis, 8-15 cent. longis, 4 cent. latis in axilla bractearum late ovalium, longe acuminatarurn valde lepidotarum composita. Bracte florales ovato-acut, carinat. bene sulcat, 4 cent. long, g1abr, aurantiac, rubro-marginat. Calvx bracteam subquans, sepalis oblongis, acutis. Corolla albida margine cru1eo-vio1ascens, petalis calvce 2 cent. longioribus. Stamina pîstillumque petalis longiora.

Observations: —In spîte of its imperfectlv two-sided infiorescence it is împossible to separate this species from Platystacbrs. I have previouslv (Enum. Bromet., p. 6) reported on T compressa Bertero, a varïety labeled as oligostacbya in the Kew Herbarium on a specîmen of the same plant as collected by Sintenis in Puerto Rico. However, Mr. Baker identifies T compressa and its variety with T anceps Lodd., whïch is veiy remote from ït and belongs rather to section Pbytarrbiza than to Ptatystacbys.

Edited from : Andre 1889. Bromeliaceae Andreanae. Description et Histoire des Bromeliacées, récoltées dans la Colombie, l\'Ecuador et la Venezuela .