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V, iineis duIHs. Ikflorescentia e florihns in foliornm foliis normalibns 

 omuiuo isoinorpbormn [nee consiucne abbreviiitoruni) axilla transversaliter 

 pcrpaaciB tvix ultra tenuK) seviatis sessilibus composita sensn stricto termi- 

 nalis perabbreviate paTiniciilatajSnbpaneiflora,bTa(teolisILorfliDis tennissime 



membrauaceis pellocidis, nsque ad apicem parce florcose tomentellis, e basi 

 ovata perlonge acnminatiui aciitLs, integris, + 14 mm. longis, striatim 

 longitudinaliter paucivenoais , ovarium longe snperantibus sepalaque fere 

 aequaiitibna. Florks permanci solom defloratique cogniti solemniter ses- 

 siles, sepalis + 11,5 ram, longis, omnino eonspicne floccose tomentellisT 

 basi ad 4,5 mm. in tubura obscure infundibuliformem conspicueqne tri- 

 angiilarem connatis, turn supra liberis, suberectiSj per authesin apertis, 

 snblanceolatis J apice longe acutis nee mucronatis, utroque margioe sed 

 dextro paullo latins hyalino-dilatatis minnteque asymmetricis, dorso solem- 

 niter carinatis. Petai.a cum staminibuk styloqac ignota. Ovauium paree 

 floccose tomenteltum, subellipsoideuni conspicueque triangulare, + 6 mm, 

 longnm, 3 — 4 mm, diam,, apiee solemniter eonstrictum basinque versus 

 sensim attennatum ; placentis interuo loeulorum angulo prope medium 

 binis lineatim affixis ; ovulis qiioque in loeulo ad ZQ ^ dense biaeriatim 

 dispositis, ciaase ellipsoid*'is, apice obtusis exeaudatisqur, brevissime stipi- 

 tatis, Bacca ex ovario vix auelo mutatoque, Fepala peisistentia apiee 

 gerente formata; seminibus 1,5 ram, longis, fusco-badiis solenniiter eom- 

 planatis, sulwvalis altero polo late ^otuudatis altcroque subaeutis, con- 

 spicue longitudiualiler suleato-ruguiosis. 



Habitat in Brasilia oricntali , loco ignoio: Glazioii n. 15672 a. 

 (V. 3. in herh. Berol) ' 



2. ORYPTANTHUS SCHWACKEANUS Mez n. sp. 

 foliis super vaginam nullo modo coustilctis, margine baud 

 undulatis , aciileis maxiniis horridis , supra viridibus ; brac- 

 teolis sectmdariis e basi ovata sinuatim acuminatis, integris, 

 ovarium minute superautibus; sepalis minute fioccoso-pube- 

 rulis V. demum glabratis, latiuscule mucronatis, minute asym- 

 metricis; ovulis quoque in loeulo ad 20. 



Terrkstris (ex eK Schwackk!), acanlis, stolonifer, depressa (0,07 m, 

 baud excedens); foijjs 16 — 20 perdt^nse rosulatis, subtus imbrieatira con- 

 vergentibua truucnin latum formiintibus^ basi in vaginam latissirae semi- 

 Oibicularitor ovatara, baud nmplexicaulem, margine band v, suramo apiee 

 solum scariuso-uiarginatam, iutegerriinam, exteriore latere paullo lepidotam 

 (siccamque dense rugnlosam) breviter dilatatis, inferioribus curvo-pateuti- 

 bns^ interioribus subereetis demnmque patenti-reflexis, coriaceorigidiuscnlis 

 valdeque concavo-canaliculatis, margine aculcia maximis, procul ab apice 

 desinentibns, usque ad 4 mm. longis, tenuis^ime acicularibuS; viridi-flaves- 

 eentibus, subpatentibus v. minute snrsum curvatis dense rigidis, super 

 vaginam nullo raodo constrictis, apicera versos perlonge acutis demuraque 

 aculeolatts angustissimis validis>injeque pungeutibus , a basi usque ad 

 apicem sensira att^nuatis, + 70 mm. longia, 8 mm. latia, supra (ex sicco) 

 laete viridibus glabrisque, nitidis, subtus densiuscule albo-lepidotis, vittis 

 V, lineis omniuo uullis. Inflorkscentia generis more e floribos in foliovum 

 Dormalium supreoiorura axillis traosversaliler seriatim biuis v, ternis ses- 

 silibus rumnlosque perabbreviatos repraesentautibus (demnmque e spica 

 termiuali media?) composita, subpancitlora, axibus (subnnllis) inter flores 

 foliola minutiasima perpauca praeferemibus indeque indefinitis; bracteolis 

 liyaliao-ioembraDaceis, dorso apiceque prueaertim paullo floccose tomen- 

 tellis solemniter longitudiualiter venoso-striatis, e basi ovata sinuatim 

 acumin:itis, integerximis, + 8 mm, longis, ovarium minute superantibus. 

 FT.0RE8 + 26 mm, longi, per antbesin e folioruiu axillis paullo prominentes, 

 solemniter sensiles, sepalis virenti-albis, + U mm, longis, ad V^ altitude 

 in tubum obtuse tiiangularem connatis, ceterum apertis v. subapertis, 

 per anthesin subereetis nee coalilis, minute floceose puberulis v. aeraum 

 glabratis, dorso tenuiter chartaeeis, margine latissime hyalino-membranaeeis, 

 apice conspicue eraargiuatis inaui)erque latinacule mncronulatis, valde con- 

 cavis dorsoque solemniter carinatis, Pktala alba (ex cl. SchwackeI), 

 ± 20 mm. longa, altissime in tnbum anguste clavatum connata, apice 

 subrotundata, tcDuissima, ligulia callisque nullis. Stamina petalis multo 

 broviora nee per antliesiu exserta, filamentis alte eura petalis connatis 

 teoDissime linearibus; antlieris flavis, 3 mm, longis, anguste subovatis' 

 bnsi obtusis, apice brevissime mucronatim acutis, in '/c altitudinis dorsi- 

 fixis; pollinis grannlis eporatis, ceterum quae descril^aiitur noudura satis 

 evolutis. Ovarium glabrum v, subglabrum, ellipsoideum, apiee raanifeste 



eonstrictum basique brevissime contractum, + 4,5 mm, longum, 3 mm. 

 diam.; stylo debilissimo ped crassiusculo , antboris paullo breviore et per 

 antbeRin iis oincto, stigmiitis lobis ad 3 mm. divisis, linearibus, snb- 

 patenfibnft nee contortis; placentis iuterno loeulorum augnlo a medio 

 usque ad apicem affixis; ovulis biseriatim quoque iu locnlo subpaucis 

 (ad 20) globosis v. percrasse obovoideis , apice late obtusis exappendieu- 

 lalisque, brevissime stipitatis, Fruclus iguotus. 



Hah'daf in Bra>>iliac auHtyalis 2^ro\\ Minas Geraesw Pirq d'ltahira 

 (Jo Campo (loGOni): Glaziou n. 17823 et Schwacke herh. n. 6410. Floret 

 Decanhri, Jauuario. (V. s.inJurh. Berol, et hcrbario meo a cl. ScJmucke 

 communicatam.) 



3. CRYPTANTHUS ACAULIS Beer: foliis exterio- 

 ribus super vaginam + manifeste constrictis seel petiohim 

 (listinctum non formantibus, margine umlulatis, densissime 

 serratim acnleolatis, supra concoloribus, viridibus; bracteolis 

 secundariis late subovalis, peracutis , glabris; floribus ad 

 40 mm. longis; sepalis minute tomentellis v. subglabris, sym- 

 metricis, acuminatim peracutis; ovulis quoque in loeulo 5 — 7. 



Tabula nostra LIV. Fig. J (habitus d analysis). 



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Oryptanthus acaiilis Beer, Brom. p. 75. 



Cryptnntlms acaidis var. argenieus Beer I. c 



Cryptanthus acaulis var. longifoVms Hort. fide Baker, 

 Brom. p. 15. 



Cryptanthus acaulis var. ruber Hort. ap. Beer I. e. p. 76. 



Tillandsia acaidis LindJ. hot. Beg. t. 1157 {nee 1197, 

 ut sphahnate Baher) ; SchuU. in R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1229, n. 62. 



Bromelia pumila Schott ap. Beer I. c. 



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Oryptanthus undidatus Otto et Dietr. in Allg. Gartens. 



1S36. p. 299; Wawra, BeiseMax.p. 163. L 87; Baker, Brom. 

 p. 15. n. 1. 



Oryptanthus undidatus var. purpureus Bah. in Saund. Bef. 

 Bof. ad t. 287. 



Cryptanthus undulatus var. ruber Bah. {nee Beer) in 

 Saund. Bef. Bof. ad t. 287. 



Cryptanthus diver sifolius Beer, Brom. p. 76. 



Cryptanthus bromelioides Otto et Dietr. I. c. p. 298; Baher, 

 Brom. p. 15. n. 2. 



Cryptanthus discolor Otto et Dietr. I. c. p, 299 ; Baher, 

 Brom. 2). 15 n. 3. 



Cryptanthus suaveolens E. Morr. ap. Bah. Brom. p. 15. n. 4. 



Cryptanthus testaceiis E. Morr. ap. Bah., Brom. p. 15. 



Madvigia densiflora Liehm. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. IV. 

 IL p. 373. 



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Herba perennans, valde quasi caespitose ramosa^ prostrata, florifera 

 usque ad 0,2 m, alta sed quoad magnitudinem valde variabilis sacpissime 

 quoque conspicue minor, acaulis v. saepius canlescens. Folia 16—20 

 dense rosulata, patenti- depressa acnmine subreflexo, basi in vaginam sub- 

 triangularera , breviaaimam, margine rainntissime serrato-flrabriatam dila- 

 tata, aculeoUs viridibus, minute curvatis, + 0,5 — 1 mm, longis, praesertim 

 basi perlatis, sursum versis dense aerrulata, subelliptica v, lanceolata v. 

 magis quoque elongata sublinearia, snper vaginam paullo eonstrieta, apicem 

 versus longe acuta et demum subfiliformi-aristata, non nisi paullo eoa- 

 cavocanalicuLita, supra saturate viridia sed praesertim jauiora punctulis 

 v, laciuiolis lepidotis albis obsita , subtus dense subcinereo- v. argenteo- 

 lepidota, rarius paullo glabriora. Ixflohesckntia omnino plantae apicem 



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occnpnus sive infloresceutiae plnres in foliorum intimorum vagiuis uhseon- 

 <litae plantae centre iiumeisa, ramosa ita ut ramuli siuguli 3— 2 - flori 

 foliis niaxiiius, niiUo modo a radicalilms supra dtscriptis distingiiendis 

 (sive bracteis priiuariis) ab apice .sepiirentur, cum folia radicalia 2 v. plures 



