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subsagittatim dispositis ; polliuis grauulis geueris omnino normalibus. Ova- 

 rium perdeuse albo-toineutosiim , subcylindricuni v. potius angustissime 

 du V atu ra , snb tonieuto manifeste triangulare, ;.pice solemuiter lateque 

 constrictum , basin versus perlonge seusimque atteuuatum, + 15 mm. 

 longnm, 3 mm. diam., apice in tiibnm perianihii minntissimum pio- 

 duetura; stylo brevissimo antheras hand attingente, crassiuscule tri- 

 angiilari, apice in stigmata 3 hnearia, + 4 mm. longu, baud contoria 

 dissecto; placentis interno loculoium augulo circa meduim lonjip nffixis; 

 ovulis in loculo quoqne paucis (+ 7) serie duplici disposifis, subglobosis 

 V. paullo compressis, obtusis et omnino exappendiculatis. Bacca densius- 

 cule tomentella, carnosa, subfusiformis, utrinque attennata apiceqne p:ri- 

 anthii persistentis rudimentis corouata , minute solum verruculosa , + 

 46 mm. Jonga, 15 mm. diam., semiuibus paucis suborbiculariter v, reni- 

 formi-depressis, brunueis, glabris. 



Habitat in Brasiliae orientalis prot\ Rio de Janeiro^ uhi loco non 

 indicafo legit et in Europae caldaria attulit Binot. (V> s. in herb. Brux. 

 spontaneam nee non cultam in hh, Leod.) 



Obs. a cl. Baker L c. cum B. Pinguin confnsa jam, ne reliqna 

 proferam, sepalorum lougitndiiie forniaque (quibus ipse Bakkr species re- 

 liqnas discernit) perlonge distincta; a peraffiui B. fastuosa inflorescentia 

 sqarrosissima praesertim recedit. 



9. BROMELIA FASTUOSA Lindl. foliis super vagi- 

 iiam in petiolum baud contractis; inflorescentia elongala, 

 soleniniter panniculala ; bracteolis secundariis parvis , sub- 

 ellipticis, rotundalis, non nisi paullo tomentellis v. subglabris; 

 sepalis liberis, recurvis, subplanis, + 7 nnn. longis, subelliptico- 

 linearibus, apice rotundatis ; petalis glabris; ovario penlen^e 



albo-tomentoso. 



Bromelia fastuosa Lindl. Collect, fasc. I. t. 1; Kern. 

 hort. semperv. t. 745; Fortges. Gart. Mag. VIII. l.F.;SchuU. 

 in E. et S. Syst. VII. p. 1279. n. 8; Begel in Garten flora 

 /. 493; Baker, Brom. p. 26. n. 5; Wittm. in Beihl. Engl. 



hot. Jahrh. 1891. n. 29. p. 10. n. 1. 



Bromelia acanga WiUcl Spec. II. p. 10 et Enum. hort. 

 Berol. p. 346; Lk. Enum. p. 308 (nee aliorum!). 



Bromelia antiacantha Bertol. in virid. Bon. 1824. p. 4 

 et Nov. Comment. Ac. sc Bonon. VII. t. 12 (Me Beer) et 

 Misc. IV. p. 6. t. 1; Colla, Hort. Kipul App. II. p. 342 

 (fide Selmltes); SchuUes in R. et S. Sgst. VII. p. 1278. n. 5 

 (nee Ant. Brom. t. 20). 



Bromelia Sceptrnm Fend in Hort. Farad. Vindob. t. 8. 



Bromelia Commeliniana Be Vriese, Descr. et fig. pi. 

 nouvelles et raves t. 4. 



? Bromelia Acarna Thhg. ap. B. et S. Syst. VIL p. 1283. 



AgaUostachys fastuosa Beer, Brom. p. 36. 



Agallostachys antiacantha Beer, Brom, p. 37. 



AgaUostachys Commeliniana Beer, Brom. p. 39. 



Gravata do Mate (ex Warming!). 



Terrrstris, acaiilescens, florifera nsque ad 1,5 m. alta, Foi.iis ad 

 100 V. pluribns diametio nsque ad 2 ra. rosulatis, basi inieiioribus in 

 vaginam latissimam aed brevem, triangnlo-ovatam, hand amplexicanlom, 

 intus tomento paleaceo , denaissimo , perlongo , femigineo prnedifam, anb- 

 pancidentato-Iaciuiosam snbito dihitatis, rigide erectis, apice panllo re- 

 cnrvis, satis canaliculatis medioque panllo nervosis , margine acnleis basi 

 snbtus, tnm snbito suraum hamatis, validissimis, snbviridibns v. non nisi 

 panllo brnnneis, apice teretibns dense arniatis subsinnatis, hasi baud 

 constrictis, apicem verans perlonge sensimque acntis acnleoqiie longiuscnio 

 tereti aristatis, saepissime ultra 1,6 in. longis medioque ± 26 mm. latis 

 anguste lineaiibus, snpra viiidibns, siibdis tcnniter alho-lepidotis nee non 

 albo-lineatis. Inflorkscentia axibus semper fere spurie fiore definitis 



Bromel. 



foliis perlonge superala, e cratero centralis in cfliilis percrassi, dcnsinscule 

 albido-laniiginosi, foliis iis normalibus quae supra descrlpta primum hand 

 dissimililms sed vagina majore, intas glabra, margine solemnius lacinioso- 

 dentata, superioribiis vaginis magis magisqne anctis araplexicaulibns, sub- 

 iufiatis, + uudulatis, optnue v. paullo virenti-albis, laminis magis magis- 

 que sursum minulis iusigniter sanguiueo-rubris, glabris densissime induti 

 apice erecta, »- flora, e ramulis usque ad 7floris non nisi jnvenilibas 

 abbrevialis, per authesin semper perlaxe racemoiis apicem usque com- 

 posita panniculata, confertins v. laxiu!< aiiguste subthyrsoidca, apicem 

 rotundatnm versus patiUo afleuuata, saepissime ultra 0.4 m. longa; axibns 

 dense albido-tomentosis; braeteis primariis demnm e vaginis foliorum iis 

 cauHs similinm albis forniatis, aiiicem versus panllo lonirntosis; brae- 

 teolis II. ord. sepalis siniillimis, pan-Is, sulwllipticis, rotnndaUa, non nisi 

 paullo tonieuteUis v. subglabris, albis, paullo concavis, ad 6 mm. longis, 

 Florks quoad magnitudinem panlhilum variabiles + 40 mm. longi, pedi- 

 cello percouspicuo, tereti, prope ramulnnnii Kosin usque ad 10 mm. longo 

 stipitati, sepalis albis + albido-tonientoRis, omnino fere apertis, usque ad 

 basiu liberie, ad 7 mm. hin^iB, sub antlieKin gaepissime panllo pat«uti* 

 recunis^ baud eximie coucavis, 8ubenipliiO-!iue;iril>us, luargiue mauifcHt^ 

 byalino-acariosi.s, apice solemniter roluudiilis, oinuiuo fiymmetricis. Pktala 

 coeiuleaoeiitl* v. (ex cl. BakkhJ rul>cnti-\i(jlacca| subaulheyin hati^^ apertii, 

 glaberrima, + 21 mm. longa, 7 mm. laLi, caruosu-rueiubranucica, margiui- 

 bns bnsiii usque liberft dextrorsuinqne oonvolnto, sed Ulamrntornm inter 

 sese et turn petalornni medio eounatnrnni indole I>nsi in tubnm ad 3 mm. 

 longum cofllita, minute? obovatoclliptira , itu at latitudo maxima npieem 

 rotundatum integerrimum veiRUs posita elncejit, filanirntonim bnsi ut 

 videtnr pro nectarii^ fungeutibuR ligulis nullis. Stamina petalig pcrmnlto 

 (5 mm. cerU;} bieviora, tilameDtiR sen I. a ])eUiliH qnidem liberU, Ncd 

 margine uBque ad 6 mm. altit. cum iis sen II. cum pelalis bucunque 

 counatis coaliiis; autberis 7 mm, luugis, anguste linearibus, apice brcvitcr, 

 acntis, basi ad 1 mm. inci^is ibique dorbillxi^; polliuiB grajiulis ^loboais 

 V. Ictiiu-lrice compressis, lacvibus, jwris nnllis, mcmbrana ext^Tiore i>er- 

 cras-sa. OvAuruM perdense albo-tomciitofinm, j>ornngnRte ovafosubcylindri- 

 cnm, apicem versus sensim aUennatnm b.isiqnc in pedic^llum panllo con- 

 stricte transiens, + 16 mm. longum, 4 mm. diam., aub tomento longi- 

 tndinaliter nrrvos(wtriatnm, slylo antberas vix attingente, crnwo, trigono; 

 stigmatis lobis ad 4 mm. paititis, ba*<i inlupqne papillosis, baud v. vix 

 contorlis, apice aequalitcr truncal in; pbuenlis interno locnlorum angulo 

 ab V^ altit incipieuliinis usque ad apicem alTixia; ovulis submultis, vatde 

 inter sese remote disseminatis, plano-i^ompreahitt, borizunlulitcr afllxUt &ub- 

 orbieularibus, vix stipitatis, cxcaudatis. iUccA mihi iguota ex cl. BAkivR 

 flava, uvoidea, ad 60 mm. louga, 26 mm. diam. 



Habitat per provincias Bratnliaiiaa late dinperaa , sed praeseftim 

 e regionibm australibm nobis cdlata. Leg. cl. Pocppig in Pcruviac mb- 

 andinae prov. Maynas prope Tocachc arhorihus sylranwi jmmturarum 

 innatam; in Brasilia amfrali contra tertrsfrem ettse dumefaquc colere 

 dicunt. Injtrov. Rio de Janeiro leg. Bttrchrll n. 1520, ad Engenho nova cs. 

 Qlaziou n. 23234; jyrope Capoiahann : Riedel; loro non indieato: Lund 

 (herb. Warming, n. 2177), Sdlow n. 3.344; in prop. St CatJuirina leg. 

 Gandichaud n. 129 et Minns Geraes ad Lagoa Santa: Warming herb. n. 

 21S1; loco non indicafo: Ttreedic n. 793 (fide Baker). Floret Jamuzrio, 

 Febritario, Octobri, Novembri. (V. «. spontaneam in }ierb. Berol., Can- 

 doll, Vttrop., Vindob. et Warming., WUld. n. o:U5; cultam in herb. Lcod.) 



Obs. I. Baccae ex cl. Warming baud edules. 



Oils. II. Planta in berb. Bruxellensi anservata, a cl. Pkckolt loco 

 non indieato (an prov. Kio de Janeiro, proi>e Maudioccam?) lecta u I (eri us- 

 que inquirenda babitu praesertim, vix momentis gravioribus recedit, sed 

 vnginae (num foliorum superiorum?) snbglabratr et flores omuino fere 

 braeteis primariis omnibus in laminam perlonge august<-qiie acutam, 

 crelwrrime aculeatam productis obtecti, nimiilis abbreviatig, ao-floris 

 spurie distiche afttxi. 



10. BROMELIA REGNKLLI Mez nov. spec, foliis 

 super vaginam petiolum hand forrawitibus ; inflorescentia elon- 

 gata soleniniter panniculata; bracteolici secundariis anguste 

 ovato-lanceolalis, acutiusculis, subglabris, paullo solnni con- 

 cavis ; sepalis liberis, erectis, baud eximie concavis, subellipticis, 



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