. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. TILLANDSIA A. Plant-body slender and hanging: fls. solitary in leaf axils. usneoides, Linn. Spanish, Florida or Long Moss Figs. 251(i, 2517. Whole plant hoirj e'"! hanging from long the stems :ul often several Ivs. scattered, TILLANDSIA 1»11 spikes, long and narro
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. TILLANDSIA A. Plant-body slender and hanging: fls. solitary in leaf axils. usneoides, Linn. Spanish, Florida or Long Moss Figs. 251(i, 2517. Whole plant hoirj e'"! hanging from long the stems :ul often several Ivs. scattered, TILLANDSIA 1»11 spikes, long and narrow, the much exserted but not spreading petals purple Var picta, Hools , has the upper Ivs and bracts scarlet & Fla to Venezuela B M 4288 F S 3 221 row-linear, 1-3 in. long lis 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 Te\as to Fla. and eastern \ ir ginia; extends southward to southern Brazil. 0301 Gn. 37, p. 221. Gt. 45 p 267.—This is one of the most 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 specialh prepared, for upholsterj It is rarely cultivated, although it is not uncommon in green houses, being hung on branches and beams; but it must be renewed fretiuently The plant is named for its resemblance to the lichen. 2517 The Spanish Moss —Tillandsia usneoides haneine from AA. Plant-body stiff and nearly or quite ereel. n. Stamens shorter than the petals. c. Fls. few in the cluster. recurvata, Linn. {T. Bdrtrami, Ell., at least in part). A few inches high, tufted, with scurfy terete or fili- form recurved 2-ranked Ivs. r fls. 1-5 on a spike that is sheathed at the base but naked above, the corolla blue exceeding the calyx. Florida to Argentina and cc. stem not prominently swollen. D. Lrs. linear or filiform from the base or abruptly from a dilated base. polystachya, Linn.
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