Tillandsia duratii Vis.

££5nlbia coil
The New York Botanical Garden
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^^^H&may<^^Kjr (902). April. = Balansa 4744.
¿^EpnspicuOTls epiphyte on the trees along the upper Pilcomayo,
^R^/v-es rigid, Coriaceous, 10-20 cm. long, channelled, 2 cm. broad
Khe base, long acuminate and curling up at the end like a pig’s
Hi, striate, „densely white lepidote, about 20 on the short, thick
Bfem. Flowers in lateral spikes on a peduncle nearly 7 dm. in
(length. Petals blue and purple striped, rounded and recurved at
She apex, white in the interior of the tube, 2^ cm. high and 2 cm.
broad when expanded; calyx, if so called, of 3 reddish parts closely^
oppressed to the tube of the corolla.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERBARIUM (RM)
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Tillandsia duratii Visiani
DET. GREGORY K. BROWN
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PLANTS OK SOUTH AMERICA
Collected by Tho& Morong, 1888-1890.
Pilcomayfl^Kiver, Paraguay
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04199657
04199657