378 ^ — 



aplftosura longora nigricans lermiuaUie 8 — 10 mm, longdp. 

 Flog pedicel lo iongior cum ea 1 coot, panimper snperaos. 

 Perigonii laciniae ejcteriores coriareae dorso coiiTcxa^ 

 Ulo-eliipticfte apice 3uljemaigina(a oh\i(\\\^. dilatataej slrratae 

 3ut>pub€ruiat*, marginibus cxlcnuatao conico-convolotac, apice 

 ilk spinara uigricanlcm divaricato - panilam piingenlem tcrmi- 

 natae, Interiores pauHo longiores ungrryliores in alabastro 

 couvolutae. Squamae nullae, Filamenta breria sobulala ; 

 anikerae lineares. Ovarii irilociflaris locnii pliiriovulati 

 OTutifi Bubtriserlatihus. Bacca oliovato- obloaga trigona pe- 

 rigouio ftuperata polrspeiina , scminibus trigono-comprcssis 

 stihclaralis apice obtiisis, uuilulico quantum ridro^ baud ap- 

 pi^ndiculatis. 



BROMEUA Linn. 



I, Broineiia surinavieiisis. Racemo coarctato - pafticM- 

 laio ilofcoso , rainis brevilm^i erassis compressis apic« fasci- 

 Cftlftto - Soriferis , fascicniis fjracteatis: bracteoiis lato- triaii- 

 gutlftrtbaa spinoao -aculia (loribusquc imbricalis, pfrigoHio 

 obloBgo -eloiigalo J laciniis c:xttTionlni3 eonrohjtts Janceolatis 

 ftcutU m^crottaiis dorso aru(issini€ carinafis , siylo perrgo- 

 Ditim aeqiianU, tjligmatibus 3 brevibiis liucaribfls palali*». 



Crcscie supra arborcs velustas in via ad plant. To«r- 

 tonne i ^ybracteae rnbrae; flores (perigoniiwn exteroum deflo- 

 raliitn?) viridesccnli. albidi'*; id. Novcmb. Foha radicalia 

 rfesunt; Jloralta in pcd«Bcu]o conirouui iadoresceutiae Ian- 

 ceolaia intogerrima iurftiraceo-Icpidola^ mutica, 20— 25 ceo t- 

 loiiga, supennra scusim breviora apice epinosa ; j^oro^^a seu 

 hracteac sub singulo iotiorescCBtiae ramo coiisimil^^* ■'*' 

 Jimesccntia 25—30 cent, iongaj rami inlimi ft cent-, swpe- 

 rioros brevissinii, Sraeteae fiorum fascicnios obvallant*^* 

 hracieolaeque singnium florcai slipaivt^'S tariiiato- fowcarft^! 

 piingf'nti ^ aciuatae lij^idac 3 — 1"/^ cent. loiigac- Fiores in 



