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BEOMELIACEAE : CRYFTANTnUS. 



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VAUIUM 



Flores hcrmaphroditi. Sepala peralte in tubnni 

 plcrumque cylindricum v. obtuse tiiaugularcm connataj 

 supra libera semper fere cariuata , eutopice iinbricata 

 V. froquentius siiiistrorsuiu convoluta, paullo tomeutoUa 

 V. puiictulis lepidotis immcrsis pracdita. Petala mar- 

 ginibus arete alteque cohaercntia iutiuie congliitiuata 

 V. strictissimc coniiata, dextrorsum convoluta, per an- 

 thesin latissime patentia v. reflcxa genitaliaque longe 

 praenionstrantia vel rare erecta caque occultantia, 

 Laud zygomorplie disposita, angiiste sublinoaria apice- 

 que acutiuscula , ligulis ncctariferis callisve omnino 

 nullis. Stamina 6 biseriata, filameutis peralte coroUac 

 tubo seu petalis connatis v. raro ser. I. fi-re basin 

 usque libcris; antlieris iutrorsum birimose dehisccnti- 

 bus, inter basin mcdiunique dorsifixis ; pollinis grnnulis 

 globosis, nee poras nee sulcas gorcntibus. ( 

 inferum, solemniter sessile, glabrum v. raro lluccose 

 tomentellum , triloculare ; ovulis paucis (in subgenerc 

 Eucryptanthus) v. subniultis (in Hoplocrypfanilio) \\\- 

 tcrno loculorum angulo ant medium inter apicemqnc 

 aut prope medium laxe biseriatim affixis, podio speciali 

 band insidentibus, brevitir funiculatis, subglobosis apicc- 

 que late obtusis nee caudatis ; tube epigyno nullo y. 

 brevissimo perobscuroque ; stylo antlieris minute breviorc, 

 filiformi; stigmatis ramis percrassis, subtcretibus, sub 

 antbcsi arcuatim recurvis nee contortis. Bacca ex ovario 

 vix aucto mutatoque, sepala persistentia ai)ice gerente 

 formata siceiuscula, indebiscens, seminibus minutis, 

 solemniter complanatis. 



Herbae acaules maxhneque depressae, plenimque 

 innovationibus vegetativis confertissimae quasi caespifosae. 

 Folia densissime rosuJata , aut aculeis pro plantanim 

 habitu maximis horrida margineque plana aut maryhie 



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conspicue undulata serrulatimque densissime acuholata, 

 plerumque super vaginam hand viUosam constrictaj raris- 

 sime petiolum manifestum formantia, adnlta dorso semper 

 densissinieque memhrana alba v. argenteo-micantij e Jepidi- 

 bus coaUtis composita et nonnunquam subfloccose soluta 

 obtectUj supra subglahra v. nonnumquam lepidlbus con- 

 fertissimis aJbis optime zonata, concoJoria viridia v. zonis 

 saturate brunncis transversalibus v. vittis pallidls v. albis, 

 longitudinal ibus v. marmoratim, maculis pallidis et triste 

 viridibus ornafa, interlora quoad colorem ab exterioribus 

 hand discrepantia. Inflorescentia axibus indefinitis, 

 foliis rosulatis centralis immersa , quam maxime con- 

 tracta ahbreviataque, sensu stricto pannicuJata, e ramulis 

 in flores fasciculatim horizontaliter in bracteae primariae 

 axilla seriatos reductis spicaque terminaU composita corym- 

 bose perabbreviata saepeque pcrpauciflora , axibus brae- 



feolisque snbglabrls v. puree lepidotis v. rarlus subtomm- 

 tell is. Petala optime nivea. 



Species hie eimnieraUe omnes Brasilienses regionuni 

 orientjilium incolae^ neglecta unica a me non viaa, e Guyana 



allaU. 



A, 



B. 



CLAVIS SUBGEXKRUM SPECIERUMQUE BRARILIENSIUM. 



Folia super vaj^inam nullo modo ponstricta, anileis pro 

 plantanim hubitu iiiaxiiiiis liuniila; uvula niulta 



Subgen, HOPLOCRVPTAKTHUS Mkz, 



1, Sepala ail 12 mm. lon;::i^ npire baiul mucioQito 



1. Gft. QLA£tom U«s. 



2. Sepain ad G mm, Ioii;;n, api<-c lalo mucTonatt 



2* Cn. SmwACitBAKnp Mm- 



Folia supor vaijiiiam plciuiiique + cousldcLa, m^m un- 

 dulata deusissimeqm; minute st*rralo-aonlcolafji; ovula 

 iKUiciora Subgen. EUCUVPXANTUrS Un. 



I. Folia extorioru super vaginam |K?liolum banc] foimanUu. 



a. Folia supra touculoria, viridia . 3- Cn, A^ixUMS Wcer. 



b. FolU supra vlltii lepidutitf truuttversoiibui uruaU 



4. Cb. zonatuk Ik'cr* 



c. Folia ftupra TltCis gUbris, brunuc^o roloraii^, trau«- 

 vcrHalibuB praedita 6, Cu. cikhukatOS E, Morr. 



d. Folia Rtipm vUtis biDi»1ongi(ndiaaliTHiA pallidi^^ v. viUa tlngnU 

 ornata, 



1, Vitta pallida singula ^ omtralis 



«. Cr. FRAETKXTrs E. Morr. 



2. VitUc 2 rona saturatiuB colorata inter mm remoUM. 



a, Flores od 40 mm. longi . 7. Cr, Marotaxuk l^k. 

 f3. Flores cuutipicuo miaores, 30 mm. baud cxcedeiiles. 

 * Bracteuc sccuudariac ttcpaloi^nc margiue 



fieriulaU 8. Ck. liiviTiAics Bcgcl. 



•* Bracteue secuudariaij M'p;jla<|ut irit*gt-nima 



0, Cr. LuiinKnpiANnsE.MwT- 

 IL Folia rxtcriora super vaginam longo in pcliolnm niflni- 



festissimum ronstrlrta 10. Cr, Bkckkri E. Moor. 





Bromel. 



1. CRYPTANTHUS (iLAZIOVll Mkz n, spec, foliis 

 super vaginam nullo modo constiictis, margine baud uudu- 

 latis aculeis maximis horridis, supra viridibus ; bracUudis 

 secundariis e basi ovala perlouge acumiuaiim acuUs, integris, 

 sepala ieio aeqnantibus; sepalis tomentellis minut^qne asym- 

 metricis, baud mucrouatis; ovuli:^ quuiiue iu loculo ad 30. 



TKKKKSTaiB videLur, aut ac^ulib et f^mniuo cgutMlcn) funnae ac se- 

 quens aut (iu spec, uuico optime evulnlu; caule maximo, emte, omnino 

 foliorum vaginis fenuijiuciH, solemniler longiludinalitcr sfrialiR fnlii^qiie 

 vigeutibus deoaissiiue fndato inflorescrnlia tcmiinalo dennimque sym- 

 podialitcr eodeni modo elongalo; KOMia hoc in speclmlnc » canlinif* 

 solrninitrr reflrxis, in Ppec, formic iiormajis 20—26 perd^kse ro?mlati«- 

 basi in vagiuam latam, suhmembranaream, Mmiamplexicaalcm , intus 

 glabram, exteriore latere parce albo-Iepidolani^ toto marline in fol. cau* 

 Hois grosse aculeatam, in rosnlatis minute sed deu&isbime serrulatam 

 dilatatis, margine baud undulatin, exteriorilms arcuatim recurvis, intimis 

 tlaccide suberectis v. subpatentibus, coriacris, margiuc arulei^ i)orcon- 

 spicuis, teuuiter subulati-s, iufnnis ptanrnqnc paullo ^urH^m si>ortan(iI)n«, 

 mediis reutis !^oIcmnite^que patenlibua, ad 2,5 mm, longis brunnr<^rrnlibm(^ 

 summis demum iterum 8oI*^ninilor ad^rrndontihuft liorrMfft, + 0,16 n. 

 lougis et ad vaginae aplc rm 12 mm. latis, Ropor v;iginnm nullo modo 

 coDstriclis sed vero a bawi nscjnc ad apirem perflen"iim attennalis demum- 

 que acnleift marginatiboft desinentibuH longe filiformi Ims, in spinulam 

 niinntam brnnnej^cenlera de?iinenlibn», junioribus utrii\qne sulaUutaceo- 

 lomentelliH, adultis supra omuino glabratis, nitidis, (ex sicco laelc viridi- 

 bus), flubtus dense adsperecque membraua alba lepidota obloflis, vittiS 



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