Archive image from page 382 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 TILLANDSIA TILLANDSIA 1811 A. Plant-body slender and Jianging: fls. solitary in leaf axils. usneoideSjLiim Spanish, Florida or Long Moss. Figs. 2510, 2.'J17. Whole plant hoary trees; the stems very slen- der a
Archive image from page 382 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 TILLANDSIA TILLANDSIA 1811 A. Plant-body slender and Jianging: fls. solitary in leaf axils. usneoideSjLiim Spanish, Florida or Long Moss. Figs. 2510, 2.'J17. Whole plant hoary trees; the stems very slen- der and often several feet long: Ivs. scattered, nar- row-linear, 1-3 in. long: fls. solitary in the leaf-axils, small and not showy, the petals yellow and reflexed at the end. Trop. Amer. and in the U. S. from Texas to Fla. and eastern Vir- ginia; extends southward to southern Brazil. C309. Gn. 37, p. 221. Gt. 45, p. 2G7. — This is one of the most characteristic plants of our southern regions. In- moist regions it gives a most -weird aspect to the forests. It is used as a packing material, and also, when specially prepared, for upholstery. It is rarely cultivated, although it is not uncommon in green- houses, being hung on branches and beams; but it must be renewed frequently. The plant is named for its resemblance to the lichen Usnea. jray, hanging from spikes, long and narrow, the much exserted but not spreading petals purple. Var. picta, Hook., has the upper Ivs. and bracts scarlet. S. Fla. to Venezuela. 4288. 3:221. 2517. The Spanish Moss—Tillandsia usneoides, hanging from the trees. Gulf coast. AA. Plant-body stiff and nearly or quite erect. B. Stamens shorter than the petals. c. Sls. few in the cluster. recuTvata, Linn. (T. Bdrtrami, Ell., at least in part). A few inches high, tufted, with scurfy terete or fili- form recurved 2-ranked Ivs.; fls. 1-5 on a spike that is sheathed at the base but naked above, the corolla blue and exceeding the calyx. Florida
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