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BEOMELIACEAE : BEOMELIA. 



196 



apice acutJiisculis, + 13 mm. loiigis; petalis glabris; ovario 

 densiiiscule allutaceo-tomentello. 



Tabula nostra LIU (hahitus et analysis). 



Terurf^tris (ex cL Rkuneli. !), caulesccDS, habitn sine uUo dulno 

 B. fastnosae peraffinis, fotjks pernmltis dense rosulatis, hasi in vaginam 

 latissimara sed brevem, snbtiiangnlo-ovatnni^ baud ainplexicaulem, interiore 

 latere tomento paleaceo densis&imo, perlongo , ferrogineoj seii<:auti prae- 

 dilam, piaesertim apicem versus dentibus pliiribns primnm laciniose licr- 

 baceis, turn in aculeos transeiintiluia obsitani subito dilatatis, rigide erectis 

 V. subpatentibus, apice minute solum refloxis, solemnitev concavo-canali' 

 cnlatis, margine aculeis basi retro, tum al) ^/s folii altitudiue gubito sursum 

 versis^ quam maxime curvatis, validissimis , flavescenti-bruuueis, apice 

 teretibus perdense armatis sxibsiuuatis, super vaginam imllo modo cou- 

 strictis nee petiolatis, apicem versus peilouge sensimque acutis demum- 

 que iu aculeuui longiusculuni, teretem, brunueum, pervalidum tiauseuutil}uSj 

 saepissime ultra 1^5 m. longis medioque + 25 mm. latis, anguste liueari- 

 bos, supra peniitidis viridibus^ glabris, subtus opacis , subglaucescciiti- 

 lepidotis, vittis v. liueis nullis, Inflorkscextia axibus semper fere fluie 

 spuiie definitis foliis permulto brevier, e tratero centralis in caulis per- 

 crassi^ deusiuseule ferrugiiieo-tomenlelli^ loliis inferioribus iis normalilms 

 quae supra deseripla baud dissimili)>us sed vagina uiajore, intus minute 

 solum subtomentella, margine soleniuiter laciuiosa; superioribus vaginis 

 magis magisqae auctis amplexicaulihus, subiuflatis, paullo transverse un- 

 dulatis , (albidis), lamiuis magis nmgisque miuutis, rubris, glabris den- 

 sissime induti apice ereeta, oo - flora ^ e ramulis usque ad 17-floris, per 

 antbesin quoque solcmnilor ablnevialis (nee laxe racemosis) apicem usque 

 composita, paunienlata, perdense elongate subcapitata, iu spec, nostr. 0,17 m. 

 longa, 0,11 m. diam,, apiee late obtusa; axibus + ferrugineo-tomentellis, 

 bracteis primariis vaginis foliornm in caule sitorura isomorphis lamina 

 sursum magis magisque minuta , subjilabris; bracteolis II. ord, sepalis 

 similibus quidem sed elongatiorilms, anguste ovato-lanceolatis, acutiuscnlis, 

 subglabris, albidis, paullo solum concavis^ ad 16 mm, longis, Fi-UitKS 

 + 60 mm, longi, pedicellis subnullis omnino fere sessiles^ sepalis ajnce 

 saltern albidis il)ique glabris basi paullo lepidoto-tomentellis ibique saltern 

 manifesto eutopics imbrieatis v, s.-convolutis, usque ad basin + 13 mm. 

 longis, sub anthesin erectis petalisque adpressis nee recurvis, baud exiniie 

 concavis, subellipticis'^ margine manifeste hyalino scariosis , apice acutius- 

 onlis, symmetricis v, minutissime solum ivsyunnetricis, Pktai.a sub an- 

 thesin paullo apeita geiiitaliaque includentia, glaberiinia, + 34 mni, longa, 

 7 mm, lata, percrasse (ouncca, nmrginibus soleniniter lateque basin usque 

 libera d.-convolnfa sed filamentorum indole generis ritn basi in tubum 

 6 mm, longum eoalita, subovatolancfolatu ita ut latitudo maxima infra 

 medium posita sit, filamentorum basi nianileste pro nectariis fungentiims 

 lignlis nullis. Stamina petalis permulto (12 mm.) breviora filament is 

 ultra petalorum tubnm band inter sese coalitis, valdc dilatatis; antheris 

 9 mm, longis, sublinearibus, apicem versus louge acutis, tortis, basi ad 



1 mm. incisis ibique equitanter affixis; poUiois gnuiulis generis omnino 

 normalibus. Ovarium densinscule allutaceo-tomentellum, anguste ellipsoideo- 

 cylindricum, uLrinque sensim atlenuatum ija*^i in pedicelkim brevissimum, 

 teretem productum, solumniter angulosum , + 25 mm. longum. 6 mm. 

 diam.; stylo autberas hand atlingente, crasso, trigono ; stigmatis lobis ad 



2 mm. partitis, baud v, vix coutorti^, apice aeatiusculis; plaeentis intemo 

 locnlorum angulo a basi apicem versus longe affixis; ovulis subpaucis, 

 valde remote disseminatis/ piano conipressis, suborbieularibus, exappentli- 

 cnlatis- Bacca lutea (ex cL Rkgxell!) acidulo-dulcis ednlisque in pedi- 

 celli valde aucti, glabrati apice cllipsoidea, glaberrima la^^visqne, + 40 mm, 

 longa, 20 mm. diam., apice perianthii decidni basi umbonata, seminibus 

 paucis, ciuereis, eomplanatis, ad 6 mm. longis, 4 mm, latis, sublaevibus. 



Habitat in BrasiUae australis prov. Minas 

 silvarum solum siccum coUns : Rcgitell 11^ n, 2S5. 

 Odohi. (V. 8, in herh. Berol) 



Gerats propc Caldas, 

 Floret et fruetificat 



It BROMELIA LACINIOSA Mart, foliis super va- 

 ginam petiolum baud formantibus; infloresceutia elongata, 

 solemiiiter panniculata; bracteis IL ord. minutis, peranguste 

 Hnearibus, densissime tonientosis; sepalis liberis, ad 10 mm. 

 longis, erectis, concavis, laiiceolatis, breviter peracutis ; petalis 

 glabris j ovario perdense albo-tomeutoso. 



Bromelia Jaciniosa Mart, op. 72, et S, Syst. VII. p. 1278. 

 n. 6; Bale. Brom. p, 26, n. 3 (excL cit, syn. Karatas Gmja- 

 nensis Hort. el Bromelia lanigora C. Koch). 



Agallostachys laciniosa C. Koch ap. Bale. I. c. 



Bromelia antlacantha Ant. (nee. Bertol.) Phyto-Iconogr. 

 t. XX. 



Tehrkstris videtur (an potius epipbyta?) , acavilcacens , quoad 

 babitum sine ullo dnbio B. Pinguin simillima, folus ex cl, Mautio nunie- 

 rosis, exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis, basi ditaiata, subovata, Hrmis, striatis 

 et supra lineis elevatis orDHtis, supra basin pulchre roseis, ceterum viridi- 

 bus cum lineis roseis ^ subtus prninosis, + 1,5 m. longis, 20 mm. latis, 

 margine aculeis maximis, validissimis, inferioribus basin folii versus, supe- 

 rioribus sursum valde bamatis , validissimis, subviridibus v, flaveseonti- 

 fnscescentilais , usque ad 8 mm, longis. Folia interiora dnplo minora, 

 arcuata, ima basi late linearia et integerrinia, apicem baseos vero versus 

 paullo dilatata et laciniuto-serrata , spinis berbaceis; supra banc basin 

 + 80 mm. longam lamina anguste lanceolata, acuminata, subtus albide 

 farinosa, intus glabra et rosea, margine spinis minoribus, adpressis arniata, 

 InfIiORESCkntia axibus semper fere spurie definitis foliis permulto brevier, 

 e cratero centralis ereeta, go -flora, e ramulis junioribus certe manifeste 

 abbreviatis , adultioribus ignotis , usque ad 12 - fioris , densinscule sub- 

 distiche racemosis composita basi interrupte , apicem versus densius sub- 

 thyrsoideO'panuieulata ibique manifeste attenuata subacuta, in specimine 

 uostro Martiano t*,16 m. longa; axibus densissime albo-toraentoais; brac- 

 teis primariis foliolis caulem occupantibus supra descriptis similibus, inferio- 

 ribus flores iu axillis positos longe superantibus, supremis flores aequanli- 

 bus, reflexis v. laxe erecto-pateutibus, superioribus sensim decreseentibus 

 erectis, spathulato-oblongis cum acnmiue brevi , apicem versus dentibus 

 lierbaceis praeditis, summis olilougis, acutis, integerrimis ; bracteolis se- 

 cundariis minutis, peranguste lincaribus, densissime tomentosis. Flokes 

 nou ni.'^i baud satis evoluti coguiti verisimiliter sub antliesin iis £. Pm^ufn 

 baud minores, nunc in specimine nobis suppelcnte baud ultra 30 mm, 

 longi, pedicello brevi, tereti slipitati, petams perdense tomentosis omnino 

 apertis, basin usque libeiis, ad 10 mm. longis, sub antbesiu ut videtur 

 striete erectis, satis concavis, lata basi alfixis lanceolatis, breviter peracntis, 

 saepius minutissime asytnmetricis, Fetala ob statum ioevolntuni baud 

 suppetenter nota violacea (ex cl. Schultks), rigide ereeta, glabra, in spec, 

 nostro 18 mm, longa, 4,5 — 5 mm. lata, carnosula, obtusa v. rotundata, 

 elliptica ita ut latitudo maxima medio posita thiceat, filamentorum con- 

 natornm basi pro nectariis fuugentibus ligulis nuUis, Stamina petalis 

 permulto breviora filamentis more generis 4 mm, alte connatis; antberis 

 + 7 mm, longis, fusiformi-liueaiibus, apicem versus peracutis, basi non 

 nisi paullo iueisis ibique dorsifixis. Ovarium perdense albo-tomentosum, 

 anguste subcylindricum v, paullo trigonum, apicem versus baud attenuatum, 

 basi in pcdieellum duplo saltern n-inorem sensim transiens, + 15 mm. 

 longnm, 4,5 mm, diam,, stylo aulberas attiugenle, crasso, trigouo; stig- 

 matis lobis breviter partitis transverse aequaliler truucatis; plaeentis 

 ovuliaque generis normalilius. 



Habitat in BrasiUae centralis prov. BaJiiensi, hi sylvis Cafingas 

 prope Queimados: Martins obs. n.2228 (Catal herb. Monac, n, 264)^ nee 

 non in reipuhlicae Argentinae Tirritorio Missiones in campestribus : Nieder- 

 lein n. 1217, Floret Decembri. (V. s. in herb, Mo7mc. et Bieronymi.) 



BROMELIA PINGUIN Linn, foliis super vaginam 

 petiolum hand formantibus; infloresceutia elongata solemniter 

 panniculata; bracteis II. ord angustissime subulatini lineari- 

 bus, + albo-farinosis, glabrescentibus ; sepalis liberis, erectis, 

 planis, angustissime triangulO'Subnlatis, apice peracutis; petalis 

 junioribus saltern apice perconspicuebarbato-tomentosis; ovario 

 perdense albo-tomentoso, 



Bromelia Pinguin L, Spec, plant ed 1, L p. 285, n. 2 

 et eel altera L p. 408 et Mant. p. 362 (hie sub noni^ Br. 

 Peguin); Colla, Hort. ripnl App. 11^ p. 342 (fide SchuUes); 

 Willil Spec. IL p. 8; Lam, Encycl L p. 145 ill I 223. 

 /. 2; Lh Enum. p, 307, n. 2971; Jaca- Amer. p. 91; AuhL 



