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BROMELIACEAE : CAOTSTRUM. 



randam omnlno ideniicae). Folia perdeyise rosulata 

 hash in vaginam optimani , late ovahm, am2)hxka}(lem 

 intus nunquam vUlosam sed Jejndibus saepissime hrunneis 

 V. hadi'is oUedam dilatata, angustlus latiusve Unearia, 

 rarissime super vaginam constricta, apice hreviter longiime 

 acuta, margine aculeolis conspicuis distantlJ)us v. raris- 

 sime mimUissimis creherrlmisque praedita, praesertim 

 juniora dorso lepidota , vittis transversalibiis Jepidotis 

 nidliSj saturatms viride color atis in unlca specie ohser- 

 vatis. Inflorescentia nidulans caule aid perahlrevlato 

 Eunidularii more floribus e hractearum prlmarlarum 

 longiusctde foliaceo-evohitarum axilUs emergentihus , aut 

 elongatiore floribus compacte compressis coma seu cgatlio 

 foliorum scapaHum summorum hractearumque nonnuUarum 

 exteriorum cinctls semper qaamvis coniracta perahbreviata- 

 que co7nposita pannkidataj coryynhosa apkeque ohtusa. 

 Flores hreviter pedicellati v. suhsessiles^plenimqiie viren- 

 tes, unicis et atirantiacis et coerulescentibus aggredieniibus. 



Species adhuc notae 7, omnes Brasilienses, regiounm 

 calidissimarum humidarumqiie , imprimis mari adjacentium 

 incolae, arboribus epiphytae. 



Obs. Habitu qnidem geiieri praeceilenti peraffiuos, certis tamen 

 characteribus, imprimis ligulis nectariferis optinie distinctae. 



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CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 



I. Inflorescentiae ramuli quam maxime reducti, foliis optime 

 evolutis separati ita ut flores plures seriati e foliojum 

 axillis emergant. — Habitus omiiino Einmhdani 



Subgen. :NIDULARI0PSIS Mez. 



Species unica 1. C. Amazokicum Mez. 



11. Inflorescentiae ramuli + abbreviati capitulum corymbosum 

 compactum, foliorum cyatho cinctum formantes 



Subgen. EUCANISTRUM Mez. 



A, Scapus floriger, bnicteolae sepalaque nnda v. lepidota nee tomen- 

 tosa. 



1. Petala apice in acumen pungens desinentia 



2. C. AURAKTUCOM E. Morr. 



2. Petala omnino inermia. 



a. Foliola inflorescentiameingenfiaquam maxime 

 recurva; petala virentia . . 3. C. Ke*jxklli Mez. 



b. FoIioJa inflorescentiam cingentia recta v. paiillo 

 solnm curvata; petala coerulescentia 



4. C. CtATHlFOBME McZ, 



B. Scapus floriger , bracteolae sepalaque lanugine bruuuea conipacta 

 . , densiasime obtecta. 



1. Bracteolae secundariae apice obtusae. 



a. Foliola inflorescentiam cingentia viridia; flores 



infra 25 mm. longi ... 5. C. viride E. Sforr. 



b. Foliola inflorescentiam cingentia pulchre rosea ; 



flores 30 mm. v. ultra longi 6. C. bosecm E. Morr. 



2. Bracteolae secundariae apice aciitae; foliola in- 

 florescentiam cingentia ebnrnea 7. C. Lixdent Mez. 



1. CANISTRUM AMAZONIOUM Mez: inflorescentiae 

 ramulis glabris perabbreviatis, foliis optime evolutis separatis; 



Broutel, 





bracteolis secundariis subglnbris, sublinearibns, orarium supe- 

 rantibus; floribus + 45 mm. longis, sepalis glabernmis, nsque 

 ad basin liberis; petaiis viridibus, apice obtusis nee mucro 



ad 

 natis. 



NkhdarUm Amazonicum Linden et Morr. in Cat, Lind. 

 1S73. p. 11; Limlm. in 6/crsigt Acod. Holm. 1S90. p. 541. 



Karaias Amazonica Bak. in Gard. Chron. 1886. I. 

 p. 814 et Brom. p. 5. n. 12, 



EriPHYTA videtur, acaulis et stolonifera, rouis 16 — 20 d«m 

 rosulatis, mUuH arete convorgomiljuR oralerum infuudibulifoniieiu formau- 

 tibus, basi in vaginam nianifestam, oplime ovalom, wih«BploxU;iuli-m, 

 margine late hyalino-mcmbranneeam, npire minnlifisime Rerrulatotlentaliim 

 ceteruni integenimani, praesertim basin versnR lepidibuji intoa ferniginein, 

 exteriorc lulere vajcizme npicem \ersas alhiff, vix pimclnUfim imni^rtl*, 

 sur.som pmescrtim interiore Jjitere subev.inesteuliljni* ileD^inw-nle conj^pftr 

 sani el bie viridcm, dorso viohueo rul^ram v, brnnneMcenlem »enwm dila- 

 talis, subinumbranateifl, plaulue (loriferae ^ucxjue suberectin tnmquc a 

 medio piano deflixisj piudlo taualitulalo-toneavift, margiuc aculftuHs a^Hjnfl- 

 libus, minntissiinis, panllu brunno,svonfibuB, nubieclls pateutibu« v. paallo 

 AQtsmn Vfrsis deusissime qnui fimbrialo-terrnlaliK, super vugiuam maai' 

 fesle constrictis, apioom versus longiuscnle allrmialiK rt iu Munirn recliun, 

 denuim filiftinne producti», ;uiguMis>ime Jinrariovalibue, + 0^5 m. longiH, 

 46 mm. latis, exterioribns f^npra gtabrafis bninnoflrcntiriridibn/i, mMio 

 solum manifpsle (in spec, flircis) palH(]ioribtiJi, pnbtnft nrrjnalller ftiwo- 

 brnnneis colore quodam violaceo admixto, lepidibns perpancU, albidii 

 conf^persiSj vitlis v. linris omnino nullift. iNFLORKHrKsriA axibas «nepi«- 

 sime floie Hpurie definiii8 v, rarius filipiliformiter prociuclis indefinitifl folio- 

 rnm cratero profunde immersa, in canliR breviHAimi, fuliolia colore vix 

 mutjitia, ba^i multo laLioribus aubtriangularibua^ celerum reliquia iupra 

 deseriptia igomorpbi^^ inflorescentiam iougc supcranlibus iuduti apice 

 basi eerie e ramulis i>luril>n.s qnam maxiinc abbreviatiii, in florcA 3 vel 

 phucs in folii (braektae prirnarijte) singuli axilla {Ki^itot, tntumtmhu-r 

 fasciciilatos mutatis?, distichia rom|>oaita Hubeurym1>oM pannimlata, a^* 

 rem versus ncnliusenla, bracteolis serumlariifi insigniter hyalino-nHnibra- 

 nnceia, Florks + 46 mn^ long!, pedi<'eIUf omnino nnJlU sf»lemnll«r 

 sesftileB, sKPAMft basi albidovirentlbus, Rnrf*nm dorRo pnrpnreo l>runnri«, 

 glaberrimia, usqne ad basin lilwris, + 20 mm. lonRin, wtricte erecUa, 

 apiee band rocurvisv, nnciuatis, ntroqni^ latere rotundale in atam (dextram 

 longing decurreutem] membraoueeo - hyalinam dilalatis, apiee peraculiJi 

 (nee mueronatis) pcrasymmetricia, Pctaka basi lactea, aupra nmrgiui)'Ul 

 lacteis puicherrime viridia, + 31 mm. louga, biui ad V^ lougitudiui^ in 

 tubum counata, supra d.-convoluta, per itiilhewn vix aperla, deflo rata COO* 

 glomerala, apice rotundala valdeque eucullalo^OOOOTa, in V* ^l''^- ligntii 

 binis perprofundc iu lacinias vermirormei fi^sls UHtAM OOC non calli« binlfl 

 peralte longiludiualiter ad^cendenlibtis praoflila RtaMjNA pclalis mnlto 

 breviora, per antbesin band prominenfia, filametdifl ftcr. I. petaiis ad 

 */& altit., ser. 11. fere usqne ad apicera coonati*, linoaribas; antheria 

 albidis, Rubliuearibufl, apice longe acutis, medio don*ifixi«; polIiniB graou- 

 lia craspe ossiformiiaia, utrotjne latere poro praeditia, medio optime roUUs, 

 OvAKiUM albnm, subglolfosum, nmnifesic trigonum, + 7 mm- luugnm, 

 apice mauiieste coaAtrictnm^ ba^i breviter contractum, glabrnm, iK-iiantbil 

 tubo conftpicuo; stylo antheris brcviore; placcnti?? intemo loculoTom Uk* 

 gulo inter medium apiecmque subscutatim affixis; ovnlis qn<Kjne Id 

 loculo o3, confertis-simis pert'longate ellipw)idpift, apice rolnndatis, brcvia- 

 aime stipitatis, Bacca alba, snbgloboaa^ aepalia perai^tentibaB coronata, 

 + 10 mm. diam., Reminibnft pera«ym met rice fnwformiboa, latere breviora 

 incurvii*, + 2 mm. longi?, ntrinque peracutia, Aieco-brunncia, minutiaftime 

 verrnculosift. 



■ Sabitat in BranUiae srptentriofialis prov. Para, mdc Linden in 

 caldaria Europac vivam introduxit. (V. v. in hart. BerU. H Tratid* 

 et siccam in herb. Leod. et Vratid.J 



2. CANISTRUM AURANTIACUM E. Morr. inflores- 

 centiae ramuh's glabris, r^rabhreviatis foliorum cyatho in- 

 fundibulirormiclavato ciuctis baud remotis; bracleolis secnii- 

 dariis subovato lanceolatis , valde carinafis, peracutis et in 



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