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filameutis haai generis more in tubiim 3 mm. altiim cnni peialis connatis; 

 autheris 5 uini. lougis, angnste liuearilms, apice breviter aciitis, basi iioii 

 nisi paullo iucisis ibiqiie dorsifixis; pollinis giannlis globosis, laevibus, 

 pons uullis, menibrana percrassa. OvarU'M peraugiiste cylindricnm, + 

 mauifeste trigomim, perdense albo tomentosnm , apice band v. vix con- 

 stiictum, basi in pedicellum fere snbnullura v. brevissimnm transiens; 

 stylo antberas dimidio aequante, erassinsculo, trigouo, apicem versus minute 

 attennato; stigmatis lobis ad 1 mm. divisis, vix eontortis, apice baud 

 truncatis; placeutis'ovulisque generis uormalibns. Fructus iguotus. 



Habitat in Brasilia ad Rio Bayayem (mihi ignot.): PoM n. 2205. 

 (Y. s. in herb. Vindoh.) 



Obs. Praesertim bractearnm II. ord. sepalommqne forma, ne flores 

 parvos et folia reverse aculeata proferani, a reliquis generis speciebus satis 

 abhorret. 



13. BROMELIA HIERONYMI Mez n. sp. foliis super 

 vaginam petiolum baud formanlibus; inflorescentia elongata 

 laxeque panniculata; bracteoli.s secundariis niinutis, sqna- 

 mato-ovatis, apice brevissime acuniinatis, baud ultra 3 mm. 

 longis, glaberrimis; sepalis liberis, ad 5 mm. longis, late sub- 

 linearibus apiceque solemniter rotundatis ; petalis glabris ; 

 ovario glaberrimo. 



Terrrstris (ex cl. Hikroxymus), acaulis, florifera 0,6 m. band ex- 

 cedens, 8tok)nilms snbterraneis percrnssis lateque repentibus, brunneis, 

 kataphyllorum delapsornm eicatricibus obliquis , amploxieanlibus lineatis; 

 FOi.iis ad 10 (anne plnribns?) perdense rosnlatis, basi bnlbum snbglobosnm 

 formantibus in vaginam perangnsfam brevissininmqne, crassani, equitantem, 

 Yitrinque atram et insnper membrana lepidosa praesertim apice obtectani, 

 toto margine minute quidem sed tanien conspicue aculeolato-serrulatam 

 dilatatis, perrigidis, sat eanalicnlato-concavis, margine aculeis badiis vali- 

 dissiraisqne, inferioribus minoribus snrsura curvatis sensimqne axietis, turn 

 subito maximis, 6 mm. saepius attingentibns oranibnsque reliquis retro 

 hamatis dense horridis, super vaginam nnllo modo eonstrictis, apicem 

 versus perlonge tenuissimeque substipitiformi - attenuatis iuerniibusque, 

 + 0,4 m. longis, 20 mm. latis, anguste sublinearibus, supra prope basin 

 + albo-lepidotis, celernni ouiniuo glabratis pernitidis, subtus paUescenti- 

 bns, sparse lepidotis, vittis v. lineis nullis. Inflorescbxtia omnino coeruleo- 

 afflata (ex cl. Hieronymus !), glabeirima, axibus omnibus conspicue inde- 

 finilia, e foboium cnitero centralis in caulis pro generis ritu tenuis (8 nim. 

 diam.), glaberrinii, foliis infimia subnormalibns sed tameu conspicue miuutis, 

 snperioribus (rubentibus?) angustissime biuceolatis, semiamplexicauHbua, 

 perlonge subnlatim acntis, margine iutegerrimis , flaccide depeudeutibus 

 T. suberectis, glabris, snmmis inflorescentiam attingeutibus laxiuscule in- 

 duti apice multiflora v. snbmultiflora, tripinnatim (floribns longe pedi- 

 cellatis) nsqne ad ^4 altit. e ramulis elongatis, pnteutibns, squarrose et 

 qnaqnaverse flores longe pediccllatos gereutibus racemosis composita, de- 

 mum apice simplex racemosa, bracteis primariis foliolis scapalibus suprerais 

 isomorpbis sed conspicue minoribus, secundariis rainutis, squamatoovatis, 

 apice brevissime acumiuatis, band ultra 3 mm. longis, item glaberrimis. 

 Flores permanci solum cogniti, + 36 mm. longi, glaberrirai, bepai.ir 

 eniopice imbiicatis, basin nsqne liberis, + 6 mm. longis, late subliueari- 

 bns apiceque solemuiter rotundatis, utroque margine angustissirae solum 

 membranaceis syrametricis, ceteriim snbcoriaceis , iutegerrimis. Pktala 

 alba (ex cl. ITiKRoxyMra!), baud ultra 15 mm. longa, basi longe fila- 

 mentis in tnbum coalita, lingulato-liuearia apiceqne obtusinscula, crassius- 

 cule cbartacca. Stamina cum stylo ignota. Ovarium maximum, + 20 mm. 

 longum, 9 mm. diam., perfccte sed elongate ellipsoideum, apice nnllo 

 modo constrictnm, ba.si in pediceUnm perlonguui craasumque seusim at- 

 tenuatum, glaberrimum; perianfhii tubo brevissime infundibnliformi; ovulis 

 perpaucis, ex append iculatis. Frnctns ignotus, 



HaUtat in reipuUlcac Argentinac prov. Jujui et Salta, campis sicns 

 media: Lorentz et Eieronijniitit. (V & ^m 7,i.v7. «; h,-^ .• i 



SPECIES BRASILIANAE E GENERE EXCLUDENDAE. 



Bromelia Acanga Scliult, = Aracocotcus micraDthus Brgu, 

 Bromelia albo-rosea Lem, = Aecbmea suaveoleus Kd, et Westc. 



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Brmnelia 



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Brmnelia 



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Bromdia 



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Ananas \j. =: Ananas sativus Lindl. 



angnstifolia C, Koch = Nidularinm denticulatum lle^el 



arvensis VelK =i Qiiesnelia arvensis Mez. 



hlanda Schott = Quesnelia blanda Mez. 



Carolinae Beer ^= Nidularinm Carolinae Leni. 



coniata Beer = Aeehmeae spec, baud satis nota, 



concentriea Beer = Nidularinm concentricum Mez, 



cruenia Grah. ^^ Nidularinm cinentum Kegel, 



deniiculata C. Koch' = Nidulariuni denticuLitum Kegel. 



Fernandae E. Morr. = Aechmea Feruandae liak, 



gigantea liort. vindoh, =z ? Aechmea nudicaulia Oris, 



iridifolia Nees et Mart. = Billbergia iridifolia LiudL 



Itatiaiae Wawra = Fernseea Itatiaiae Bale. 



Karatas Wawra =^ Nidularinm Wawreanum Mez. 



lucida Willd. = Ananas sativus Lindl. 



lutea Mey. =. Aechmea nudicaulis Gris. 



mac7^odonta Hort. =z Anauas macrodontes E. Morr. 



niarmm'ata Brugn. == Nidnlarii spec. iued. 



melanantka Ker z= Aechmea clavata Lindl. 



muricata Arr. = Ananas sativus LindL 



nudieaulis Ker = Aechmea nudieanlis Gris. 



pallida Ker = Billbeigia speciosa Thbg. 



paucijlora C. Koch = Nidularinm denticulatum Kegel, 



pumila Hort. et Schott z=. Cryptanthns acaulis Beer. 



pyramidalis Sims. = Billbergia pyraniidalis LiudL 



= Billbergia pyramidalia LindL 

 = Nidularii spec, ined. 

 z. Billbergia vittata Brngn. 



=■ Ananas sativus Lindl. 



pyramidata Echb. - 



rhodoeincta Brngu, 



Rohaniana Walp. = 



Sagenaria Arr. 



semiserrata "Willd. 



suhspinosa Wendl. 



sylvestris Veil. 



thjrsiflora Willd. = Aechmea ihyrsiflora Mez, 



tinctoria Mart. =:= Aecbmea tinctoria Mez. 



tristis Beer := Nidularinm triste KegeL 



iindulata Hort, == Ananas macrodontes E. Morr, 



vaHegata Arr, =: Neoglaziovia variegata Mez. 



viridis Hort, = Anauas sativus Lindl, 



zebrina Herb, = Billbergia zebriua LiudL 



SPECIES OMNINO OBSCURAE. 



Bromelia laeins hoit, Carlsr. ap, R. et S- Syst. VH, p. 1283 

 Pitoairniae spec, ? 



Bromelia elegans hort. Hamb. I, c. 



III. CEYPTANTHUS Otto et Dietr. 



1 



Cryptanthus otto et Dietr. Gartens. IV. {1836.) n. 38. p. 297 

 Endl Spl. {1841.) I. n. 1303/1. p 1361 et Enck {1841.) p. 106; 

 Lindl. Yeg. KgJ. {1847.) jy. 148; Lem. in Orh. Diet. {1849.) 

 IV. p. 414; RM. Norn. (1841.) p. 45. n. 1634; Meissn. Gen 

 {1843.) p. 395. {298); Spach Vig. phan. {1846.) XII. p. 399; 

 Beer, Brom. {1857.) p. 18 et 75; Benfk, in Benth. et Hook 

 Gen. Ill {1883) p. 661; Wiitm. in Engl et Pranfl, Nat 

 Pftanzenf. IL 4. {1889.) p. 45; Bah. Brom. {1890.) p. U.— 

 Pholidopiiyllum Vis. Ind. hort. Patav. 1847 et Allg. Gartens 

 1850. p. 30 et Linnaea XXIV. {1851.) p. 182; Walp. Ann 

 hot. {1853) III. p. 622. — Madvigia Liebm. in Ann. Sc 

 Nat. IV. ser. II p. 373 et in Mull Ann. lot. VI p. 66 

 (e. p., excl. M. humilis Liebm. et cit Ind. sent. Haun. 1854) 

 ~ TiLLANDSiAE spec. Lindl in Bot. Beg, t. 1157; Sclmltes 

 ap. B. et S. Syst. VIL p. 1229. n. 62; Hortul ap. Kl, Vis., 

 Liehm. II cc. — Billberoiae spec. HooJc in Bot. Mag. t. 

 5270. — Nidularii spec. Lem. fide Bah. Br. p. 10. 



