. 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. Gardening. TILLANDSIA Plant-body thndet and h niyin TILLANDSIA 1811 usneoides, Linu Spanish Florida or Lomg Mos slen der and often ".eveial feet long: Ivs. scattered nar row-linear, 1-3 m long fis solitary in the leaf axiN small and not showy, the petals yellow and reflexed at the end. Trop Amer and in the U S from T
. 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. Gardening. TILLANDSIA Plant-body thndet and h niyin TILLANDSIA 1811 usneoides, Linu Spanish Florida or Lomg Mos slen der and often ".eveial feet long: Ivs. scattered nar row-linear, 1-3 m long fis solitary in the leaf axiN 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 V ir ginia; extends southward to southern Brazil B M 6301 Gn. 37, p. 221 &t 4j \ theme t characteristic plants of oin southern regions In moi t regions it gi^ es a most weir 1 aspect to the forests It is used as a packing material and also, when specialh prepared, for upholstery It is rarely cultivittd althougli 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. spikes long and nan v spreadmj; petals purplf upper Ivs and bra ts B M -1288 F S 3 221 serttd but not. 2517. The Spanish Moss — TiUandsia usneoides, haneins from the trees. Gulf AA. Plant-body stiff and nearly oi qtiiti itf t B. Stamens shorter than the petal-. c. Fls. few in the cluster. recurvata, Linn. (T. Biirtrami, 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 to Argentina and Chile. cc. Fls. many, distichous. 4nceps, Lodd. (\'riesia rinceps, Lem.). Erect, the flower-stem 6-12 in. tall and bearing a spike with large distichous green bracts from which small blue fls. emerge: Ivs. stiff, about 1 ft. long, dilated and striped at the "base: fls. 2 in. or less long, blue or purpli
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