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minntissimis dissite sernilatis , solemniter vittatis; inflores- 

 centia permultiflora, simplici, ))]'acteis subellipticis , apicem 

 versus longe aciitis, sepalis paullo brevioribus; floribus pedi- 

 cellatis, ad 40 mm, longis; sepalis ad 2 mm. in tubum con- 

 natis, praesertim apice floccose ferriigineo-lepidotis , perlonge 

 subfiliformi-acutisj petalis pallide coeruleis, apice subacumi- 

 nato-acutis plaiiisque. 



Nidularmm speddbiJe Moore in Gard. Chron. 1S73. p. 8 ; 

 Eooh. fit. in Bat. Mag. t GOU. 



Karatas spedahilis Ant. Brom. t. 33; Bah. Broni. 

 p. 11. n. 33. 



Begelia specfalUis Lindm. in Ofersigt Acad. Holm. 1890. 

 p. 543. 



Nidularmm eximhim Hort. aj). Bale. I. c. 



Epiphyta videtiir, acaulis, foi.us 20—30 pertleiise rosulatis, siiblus 



in ntriculura subrotuudate solo iusideutem coalitis, basi in vagiuam per- 



conspicuam, latissinie ovato-ovalem, ainploxicauleiii , margine latiuscule 



bruuneo-byaliuani, integerriniam, supra subglabraiu, subtus perdeuse ciuereo- 



lepiUotaiu et apice saltern di«tiiicte augusteque transverse lineatain, apice 



sensini attemiatuin dilatatis, coriaceo-rigidis, plant ae nouduni floriferae 



striete aubeiectis upice solum nonnuiKiiiam defiexis, per anthe^in nptinie 



Btibpatentibns oninibnstiiie apice dellexis, margine exterioribns praesertim 



aculeolis minntissimis, viridibns v. paullo brnnnescentibus, rectis snrsnni 



versis v. paullulum hamulosis, vix 0,3 mm. longis dissite serrnlatis , in- 



terioribns fere omuino inermibus, super vaginam nnllo modo constrictis, 



apice brevissime rotnndato-acntis v. crebrius manifeste rotundatis, acnnii- 



nulo plernmque reflexo vix pnngenle imposito, + 0,4 m. longis, 37 mm. 



latis, perlate linearibns, paullo concavo-canaliculatis, exterioribns qnoque 



apice paullo, interioribus latins sangnineo-maculosis, ceteinra supra snlt- 



glabris profiinde viridibns, subtus pallidioribus dense cinereo-lepidotis 



vittisque Tel potius lineis albidis lepidotis, transversalibus deusissime or- 



natia. Isfi.orkscenti.k axi si accnratissime inspicis indefinito , apice in 



stipitem sterilem transeuute foliorum cratero profnude immersa, in cautis 



brevissimi, foliolis lutissime subtriaugulo-ovatis, apice maniloste acuminato- 



acntis, margine snbintegris, omnino pnlclire riibris v. basin versus albes- 



centibus, iuflorescentia brevioribus perdense iud)ricatim iuduti, densiuscule 



ferrugineo- lepidoti apice subnuiltiflora , solemniter simplex , densissime 



abbreviateque coryniboso-racemo.«a , apice rotuudata v. obtiisa, bracteis 



apice pnlchre rubris, membrauaceo-byalinis, valde concavis , subellipticis, 



apicem versus longe acotis, sepalis paullo brevioribus, praesertim dorso 



apice perdense laciniis brnnneis lepidotis obsitis, + 38 mm. longis, 7 mm. 



latis. Fi.oitES + 40 mm. longi, pedicellis permanifestis, ad inflorescentiae 



apicem quoque 4 mm. lougis, teretilms subglab risque stipitati, sepat^s 



sangnineis, praesertim apice fioccose ferrngineo-lepidotis , basi iu tubum 



brevissimum (+ 2 mm. longnm) couuatis, tunc supra ad 18 mm. liberis 



stricteqoe erectis valde a.-convolutis, medio latissimis latere dextro tecto 



Id alam maximam membranateo-byaliuam productis^ latere sinistro vix 



cHlatatis, apicem versus perlonge subfiliforrui-acutis demum si accnratissime 



inspicis minute unciuatis, perasyminetricis. Pktala basi lactea , apicem 



versus pallide coerulea , iutus paullo riibeutia, glabra, + 28 mm. longa, 



allissime (ultra 'A longit.) in tubum conuata, tnm libera satis d.-convo- 



luta, per antheein optime reflexa, deflorata couglunicrata , apice pereon- 



spicue snbacnminato-acufa demum iu deutem subfiliformem producta, 



lignlis callisve omnino nnllis. Stamina petalis permulto (10 mm, cevte 



in spec, nostr.) breviora per antbesin vix prominnla, filnmentis tubo peta- 



lornm insertis brevissimis; antheris sulphureis, subovatis, + 6 mm. longis 



bnsi longe incisis perlateque rotnndaiia, apice breviter acntis et in dentem 



parvum mucronitbrmem prodactis, vix in ^a long, dorsifixis; pollinia 



grannlis perfecte ellipsoideis , utroque polo poro minuto praeditis, reti 



miuutissimo denso ornatia. Ovarium album , sabellipsoideo - trigonum, 



+ 13 ram. longnm, 4 mm. diam., apice minute coastrictnm, sepalorum 



basi paullo augu.stius, basin versus longiuscnle attenuatnm demumqae 



in pedicellura trausieus , periautliii tnjjo brevi quidem sed manifesto, in- 



fundibuliformi; stylo antberis breviore, filiformi, vix trigono, apice paullo 



incrassato; stigmatis lobis quam maxime coutortis. »Semiua mihi ignota. 



Habitat in BranlUa centrali, loco acciiratius hand cognito; tnva in 

 caUaria Ewopae Introihicta cognUa solum e apeciminihus vims. (V. s. 

 in heth. Leod.}. 



29. NIDULAIUUM COKIACEUM Linden: foliis iitri- 

 ciihim apice constrictiim hand formaiitibus, margine dentibus 

 minntissimis obscnris aciileolatis, vitlis transveisalibns teniiis- 

 sime coloratis praeditis; iuflorescentia multiflora, simplici, 

 bracteis aiignstis, paullo acutis; floribus pedicellatis; petalis 

 violaceis, apice perlonge acuminatis planisque. 



Nkhdarium coriacetim Linden ap. Bale. Brom. p. 8. 

 Karaias coriacea Ant. Brom. t. 30. fig. 1 ; Bale. I. c. 

 Fiegelia coriacea Lindm. in Ofersigt Acad. Holm, 1890. 

 p, 543. 



FouA paiica (ad 7) perdeuse (diametro ad 0»3 m,, altitndine 0,2 ra.) 

 rosulatu, subtus arete infundibuliibrmi-conniventia, basi in vaginam niani- 

 featam dilatata, snbereeta demumq^ie apicem versus patentia, nonunnquam 

 ad 0,4 ni* loDga sed saepissime multo breviora, lorato-lauceolata apiceque 

 in acumen minutura, + rigidum , rectum vel recnrvum , immaculatum 

 desinentiaj fere oinniuo plaua v. rarius paullo concavo-caualicnlata, molliter 

 coriacea, saturate viridia, paullo nitidaj maculis paucis , triste purpureis 

 obsitji, dorso tenuissiiue striata pallidiorUj opaca, saepius minatc violaceo- 

 affiata vittisque Irausveisalibus tcnuissijue coloratis praedita, margine 

 purpureo-violacea dentibu^quc minuti^^siniiSj ol)S(:uris aculrolata; folia in- 

 tima iuflorescentiam cingenlia 1 v. 2 tota facie optime purpuieo- v. cupreo- 

 colorata. Infi.orkscentja capituliformis parva prof'undeque immersa, 

 sepalis promiueutibus viridem colorem praebeus, floribus vigentibus raro 

 nltrii 1 — 2 epbemeris , die seqnente inter sepala oontractis. CoROijyA 

 basi alba tubulutirnqtie counata, supra tripartita lobos late lanceolatos per- 

 longcque acuminatos, intns violaceos alboque marginatos, patentes v. de- 

 curvos formans. Stamina iibi potala dividnntur inserta. Sepai-a usque 

 ad basin libera, lanceolata, perlonge angnsteqvie acuta, al bo-margin at a, 

 petalornm laminam attingeulia. Ovarium album, paullo sulcatum, obtuse 

 triangnlare. PediceUns paullo curvns, all)ns, Bracteolae virides , albo- 

 marginatae, angnslae, concavae, paullo acutae, florum dimidium superantes. 



Habitat verisimiliter in Brasilia; mihi e descriptions iconcque An- 

 tolneano citato solutn nota. 



30. NIDULARIUM PINELIANUM Lem. foliis aciileis 

 brevissimis uncinatis, distantibus praeditis, evittatis; inflores- 

 centia permultiflora, confertissima nidulante, foliis fulgide 

 rubris ciucta; floribus coerulescentibus ; ceterum ignota. 



NiduJarium Pineliannm Lem. in Bev. Hort. VII. (1S60). 

 Misc. p. 71. 



Caraguata coerulea Pinel ap. Lem. I. c. 



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Rhizoma longe et multiramosum^ ramis elougatis foliorum lapsovum 

 vcstigiis involventibus nndique apertis. Folia congesta, lineari-ligulataj 

 elongata, canaliculata, vix recarva, apice breviter acuminata, plieato-mucro* 

 nata, basi latissime dilatato-amplexicaulia subtus albitlo-furfuracefi sub 

 lente squamnlis iilbis rotundatis medio impressis obsolete undique (Ton- 

 tiguis secus venas maxime regulariter lineatis, supra iisdem sed distantio* 

 ribus minusque impressis operta, viridiora; floralia duplo breviora sed 

 latiora, exteriore latere furfuraceo-albo-rosella, (squamnlosa), intus viridis- 

 sime (sic!) miniato-chermesina, apice virentia, omnibus aeuleis brevissimis, 

 nncinatis, apicem versus spectantibus, distautibus. Florgs oo confertis- 

 simiqne nidulantes, coerulescentes^ ceternm ignoti. 



Siihitat in Brasilia, loco non indicato: Pinel, 

 Obs. Plaulam non vidi; descript, ex Lemaire, 1, c. 



31. KIDULARIUM MAKOYANUM Kegel : foliis utrin- 

 que viridibns subtus obsolete transverse fasciatis; inflores- 

 centia simplici; petalis leviter violascentibus, acuminatis. 



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