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BEOMELIACEAE : 13R0M-ELIA. 



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late obfusis nee appendiculatis ; tubo cpigyno brcvi v. 

 brevissimo , rarius subnullo ; stylo antlieris breviore, 

 trigono crassoque; stigmatis lobis foliolaecis, baud v. 

 vix contortis. Bacca plcrumquc succosa, indebiscens 

 apicc periantbii rudiuiGiitis umbouata, seminibus com- 

 prcssis; cmbryone testae adjircsso uec uudique cudo- 

 spermio cincto, radicula brevissima, scutello nullo. 



Herbae liaphhioticae, acaiiles v. saephis manifeste 

 caulescentes. FOLIA radicalia vaJde actileata apiceque 

 acuta, perlonge Unearia v. rarius super vaginam interiore 

 latere dense paleaceo-villosam inpetioluni constrlcta, adulta 

 glabra v. praesertim dorso mlnutissime lepldihus albis 

 conspersa. Inflorescentia ant contrada capitlformis 

 foliis infhnls rahrls hnmersa aid in caulls (foliis item 

 ad laminam grosse aculeatam ptdcherrime ruhescentdjus 

 indutl) opice elata semper panniculata, plerumque dense 

 tomentosa v. rarisslme glabra. Petala rosacea v. vio- 

 Jaceo-nibescentia margmeque semper alhescentia v. alba 

 V. rarissime flava. 



Crescunt per Americam tropicam liiuc indo a Mexico 

 ad Argentinam dispersae, Antillis hand excpptis. 



F 

 F 



Obs. Generis species praesertim ex B. fastuosae affinitate rile or- 

 dinandi opus suuini;ie difficulSafis. Conjnngnntar tuini nt videtur B. 

 Pinguin cum B. fastuosa Ibrjnarum serlo fere coutiuuo, ex quo formas 

 accuratius definieudas quo genus facilius demum a botauicis iudigenis or- 

 dinctur^ speciGce proferre judicabam. 



CLAVIS SUBGENEKUM SPECIERUMQUE TKACTANDARUM. 



A. Folia super vaginam perloiige solemnirerqiie in peliulum 

 attenuata. Ovarium pi^rdiinse brunueo-tomr'nlosnm 



Subgen. DISTIACANTHUS Bak. (Gen.) 



1. Petala praesertim dorso dense fcrrni;inco-foineiilosa 



1. Hii. Mdkkkniana Mcz. 



2. Pt'tiila glaliia 2. Bit. scart.atjxa E. Xlorr. 



B. Folia super vaginam petiolnm liaud formantia. 



1. Inflorescentia capitatim coutracta subsessilis fulionini 

 intimorum infundibulo profunde ininiersa. Ovarium 

 bruniieo- vel ochraceo-tomentosum 



Subgen. KARATAS Adans. (Gen.) 



a, Florum ind amentum paleaeeo-villo-suiu, 



1. Folia i:iarg)uelaxiuscLde(iutervains 16— 20mm,) 

 aculeata 3, Ek- Lagopus E. Moit. 



2. Folia perdense [intirvidtis 5 — 8 mm.) aculoala 



4- Bk. PoKPFion Mez. 



b. Plornrn indnm<^nfuni vnlpressp fomentelluni, 



1, Sepala hainl cariuala, hiue inde minute laci- 

 uiose dcfifata; floris indumentum ferrngineum 



6. Br. Lkorkllak Mez, 



2. Sepala valde carinuta, nunqnjim denlata; floris 

 indumentum ochraceum, , , 6. Bk- Skuka Gii3. 



Inflorescentia elonguta solt^nmiter pannicuIaUt Ovai imn 

 albo- V, flavesceiiti-toineiUellum v. rarissime glabrnm 



Subgen. EUBROMELIA Mez. 



a. Inflorc<Jcentia florosqne solemniter tomentella v, tomento5;a- 

 I, Sepala apice optime lateque rotundatai, 

 a. Bracteae 11. ordinis ultra 30 mm- lougae 



7. Br. Balansae Mez. 



BromeU 



II. 



p. Brarloae Ih ord. infra 10 mm. longM. 



* luflore^tcntia laxft, flquunosis^ima 



8. Br. BiNOTi E. Morr. 

 " InHore^sciMitia conipaciior, r;uuuHs ereclis 



uec squarrosis . . , . 9, Bit. KAfixrosA Lindl. 

 2- SepaJa apice aetitiusenla r, acuta. 



a. Sepala petalis dupio v, ultra breviora. 



* Bracteae IL ortl. sutiglabrae, ovalolanceo^ 



lat4ie, ad 16 mm, lougae 10. Br- Rkckklu iiet. 

 ** Bracteae II. ord. penlense tomentellae, 

 pernnguste liue^ires miuutaeque 



U, Br. I.ACIKIOSA Mart 

 3- Sepala ptlula fere Mquauiia w iis paullo Nolum breviora. 



* Flores 60 muK longi ; petala apiee bar- 

 balo-fomenlella .... Ba. TiKuuis L. 



** Florefi 25-30 mm. longi ; petala glihra 



12, Ba. RKVKRHArANTn.4 Mez, 

 b, luflorese-enliaflore^quoglaWrima 13, Br. IIumionvmi Mei:. 



1. BROMKT.IA MOKRKNIANA Mkz: foliis super va- 

 ginam in petiolnm inanifi^sfum attenuatis; inflorescentia capi- 

 tatim contracU foliis intimis profunde immersa; bracteolis IT, 

 ord. sepalis siniilibus, dense paleareo-toiut-utosis; supaUs basi 

 connatis, rigide erecLis, valde concavis. late linoaribus apice- 

 que truncato-obtusis cuoullatiscpie; petalis dor.su dense tomeu- 

 tosis; ovario brunnee pnleaceo-tonientoso, 



Ciyptanthu^ Morremaims Hegef, Garfcujfora JS88. p. U7. 

 Dktiacanllius Morrenianus Bah, Bfonid. p. 14, 

 Disiegavfhus Momst hort. Mahoy, ap. Regd L c. 



ISromelia Moam^i E. Morr. ap, BaU. L c. 



EriruYTA?, n«anlis, florifera intra 0^4 m, alU, KOUis + 20 ro- 

 sulatis, rccnrvo-p.denlilms, porgamenriw, liasi in vaginam brcviw*jmam 

 aobobsniramque mnr^ino Iderrquc interiore sqtuuniw paleaoeiis subfusio- 

 brunDeU densiusinle tomeutoKam, ue minlme qiiidrm amplrxiranirm di- 

 latatifi, primum ad 16 — 26 cm. in prtiolum solemniter eau:ilirnlat«tn, mar- 

 gine atmleij* retmcurvatis, suhfiavesceufibus v. virilibus, + 3 mm* longis 

 (iensiuseule horridum^ Rubliuearem, ad 10 — 12 mm, latum eontrartifl, turn 

 subito in laniinain anjj(is(e salKivalam, + 0^26 m. long^im^ 45 mm, latami 

 b.isi semper fere as^mntetricam uec uou laciuiin berbaccis aculeiformibus, 

 e retro cuivato in afalum t^ursum curvatum traQsenutibu.s, miuutis deuais- 

 sime scrrulataui, turn muiijinr acnleolis parvia sursum baimilosis pcrdeuwe 

 armulatam, apiiem vi^rsjus subacamiQatam in acumen perloiigum augn- 

 ^tissime aculum ncc noD apice minute ariNtatuiu subrotuDdat^ tranaeun* 

 lihus, supra viridiba^ vcl aeueis lepidibuH pnucts saepissimequf* ohscuris 

 inter nervos p^rdensos disseminatis, subtua riil»entibns Rotnprnmc fere 

 (listiuete allulo-Iopidotis, IxFi.naKSCENTiA foHi« profunde immeraa cratero 

 centrnlis in caiilis perabbreviatij perdeuae ferrugince paIe;*eeO'tomentosi, 

 folinlis; subito minutis, e vii^ina obiivata, leuui, margiue denw berbarorqnc 

 s.eru\ta^ exti^riore laleie lomejito brunneo, lepidoso, perdenwo obtecta ct 

 itcumiue anguste triungulari, glabro, bruuueo*rubro, aculeulis sursum verni^s 

 deu»^ arinatu, Jlurei^ Huperanlc compo^iti^ induti apice npevic .simplex spicaU 

 (ex t-1. UKOki,), revcra certissime et absque ullo dubio compusiUi sed pcr- 

 tuutracta, pamirtora, capitato-subcorymbosa, bracfeolis sepalis ut videtur 

 Bimilibuft, densis^ime paleaceo-bruunei^, tomeotosia. FroRKs fere GO mm. 

 longi, Rubsessilr.s?, SKrAr,i?i lomento paleaceo exferiore latere densissime 

 obleclis, petila ultra '/a longit. tegenfibus, in '/' wrte altitndinem intimc 

 connatis, lum apicem usque Iil>eri9 manifeste ainifttror^um ronvoliitis, + 

 21 mm. lou^ds, 7 mm. latis, rigide erectis, valde conciivis, late linearibus 

 apieeque truncato-obtusis cucullatis<|ue, omuino syuimetricis. Pktai-a fla- 

 vida (ex el. REiiKi,) sub autliesiu uouuisi apice paullo aperta, praesertim 

 dorso dense tomeutcsa, + 42 mm, longa, 5,6 mm. lata, earuosa, margiue 

 aognstissium demumyue propc b:i8in evaucaceute liboro cetcrum fdamen- 

 torum conuidurum indole in tubum ad */4 altit, (20 ceite mm. lungnmj 

 coalitflj dcxtrorsnm convohjla, perangu^te nneari-oblonga, apiee rotnndato- 

 acutiiisculaj elignlati. Stamina petalis pcrmnUo (8 mm. fere) breviora 

 filanientia generia more inter fie.se et eum petalis connatis ita ut fil. ser, II. 

 satis altius tul>o inserta videaulur ac seriei I.; antlieris flavis?, 7 mm. 



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