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BEOMELIACEAE : AEAEOCOCCUS-nOnENBERGIA. 



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Araeococcus }xirviJIori{s Lindm. Brom. Regmll p. 12- 

 BiUhcvfjia pnrvljJora Mart. ap. It, et S, Si/sL VIL p. 



Aechmca xmrviflora Bah in Jonrn. Bol. 1S79. p. 07 et 



Bronh p, 50, n. CO, 



LamprococciiS chlorocarpusWawraj Beise Max. p, 162. t, 2S. 



EiMi'HYTA (fule ell, Martius et Wawra), aoanliSj florifera 0^5 m. 

 haucl oxeedons, folu^ G— 10 v. raruis plnribus penleiise m^ulatis, snbtns 

 arcfe convergent ibup uiTcohim v, ntriciilum solo conioe insidentem for- 

 nunitilMis, basi in vaginam poroonspicuani , ovaleni, margine latinsoule 

 iuembrauacoau\, utriiKiuo dense lepidibus biunuem obtectam dilatatis, 

 omoino inorniilms, infimis qnoqne snb antbesi erectis , t-burtaceis, linearis 

 bns nee super vaginani anguslalis, nsque ad 300 mm, longis, 18 mm- 

 latis, apiee longe acntis acnleoqne qnamvis hand valido tamen insigni 

 munitis, laete viridibns, vix v, baud lepidotis. Infloresckntia omnibus 

 axibns manifest issime indefinitis gemmnlaqne tenninatis e Ibliis longc. 

 prominens, in scapi erecti, foliolis amplecteutibns ^ adpressis, vaginifornu- 

 bns, lanceobitis, peraontia dense induli apiee erei^ta, perlaxe subeflnseque 

 patuiicnluta, c rumnlis co - floris raeeniosis v, inferioiibus secundarie ramn- 

 losifl, flurc-s angnste eylindriee gerentibna compositu, omnino glabeirinia, 

 virescens , bracleis bracteolij^que florigeris ligulaeeo lanceolatis peraentis, 

 peiUcelUa + 4 mm. longis, patentibus v, subvcftexis. Florks 3 mm, longij 

 flavido-viridcs, SFrAUs siiiistrorsnai convolutis, ad V^ eonnalis, turn ad 

 1 mm. libcris eonko-conniventibuji, sul)semioibii:ularibns apiceque lolundatis 

 JUQcrone valido auetiSj valdc asymmetrieis, TftaI-a ad 2 mm. longa, 

 libera, dextroraum couvoluta, virentia, subulatim eoiiniventiaj defloiala 

 band contorta, obovuta, apiee rotnndata brevisriimeqne aentiuscnbi, eligu- 

 lata. Stamina petalis manifeste brevioia niamentis liberis, brevissimis 

 (Oj3 mm. longiK), infra x>eta1a insertis; antheris arete eouniventibns liuea- 

 rilais pro floris miignit. maximis, 2 mm, longiR, aentiuscnlis, piuillo snper 

 basin dorsifixis nee mnlto incisis , flavis ; puUinis granulis subglobosis, 

 laevibuR. Ovarium ante anthesin nreeobitum apiceqne paiillo eonstrietnm, 

 post nntbeain globoson\, gbd>errimnm, 1 mm, longum ; stylo pelala longe 

 ftuporaiite, stigmatis lobis vix eontortis; placentis snmmo loenlornm angnlo 

 stipitatim alfixis, ovnlis in loeulo qnoqne ad 10 podiis specialibns con- 

 spicuis inaideutibus, lylindrico-ellipsoideis graeillimis, brcviter stipilalis, 

 apiee cunda 3-plo breviore, debillinia appendienlatis, Frnctns ignotns. 



Habitat in BraaiUae jyrov. Bahiam jwnpe Almada: Mariim n. 

 2048 et ad llJuos : Wawra ct Maly (I) ?k 233 ; nee non Rio de Janeiro 

 prope Enpaani^^a: BiedcL Floret Vecemhri, Januario et Jimio , Julio. 

 (T- s, in herb. Monac., Petrop. et Viudob.) 



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YIIT. EOHENBEEGIA Sciiult. fil. 



HOHENBERGTA Sckult. fil Sl/.<^t. VIL (1880) J). LXXl et 1251 



n. 1482 (qiioml siKciein 1, ceL exchts.) ; EnilL Gen. (1837) n. 

 1303. p 182 et Fmch. (1841) p. lOG; Linrfl Veg. Kgd. (1847) 

 p. 148; BM. Norn. (1841) p. 45. n. 1035; A. Bich. in Orh. 

 Did. II. (1842) p. 740; Meism. Gen. (1842) p. 395. (298); 

 Sparh. Veg. phan. XIL (1846) p. 899 (excludend. exclus); 

 Witfm. in Engl, et Prantl, Nat. Vjlanzenf. II. 4. (1888) p. 49. 

 (e. p., excl. H. exstidans E. Man:) — [exclus. Holienbergia 

 Beer (nee Schult. fil), Brom. p. 72 et Hohenbergia BaLBrom. 

 p. 35]. — PiRONNEAVA GcLud. All. BouUe t. 63 (excl. tab. 64); 

 Begel, Gartenfl. tah. 805; E. Morr. Cat. 1873, p. 9 ; Wittm. 

 in Emjl et Pmntl Nat. Pjlanzenf. IL 4. (1888) p.'49 (e. p., 

 excl cit. P. platynenia Gaud.). — Aechmeae spec, Benlh. hi 

 Benth. et IIoolc. Gen. III. (1883) p. 663 (e. p.); Bah. Brom. 

 p. 44 seqq. (e, p., exd n. 37, 38, 40, 44, 45); Gris. Flor. 

 Br. W.Ind. Isl p. 592. ~ Tillandsiae spec. Veil Flor. 

 Fliim. III. tah. 135. — Hoplophyti spec. Beer, Brom.p.l36.~- 

 PoTHUAVAE spec. Hortul np. Bah. Brom. p. 44. — mTyvLAim 

 s^wc. riorf. I c. p. 47. — Guzmanniae spec. Ilorf. I c. 



Florer hermaplivoditi. Sepala basin usque libera, 

 sub antliesi arctc connivontia petalaque ciugontia, valde 

 siuistrosuiu convoluta v. saopius cutopice imbricata, 

 mai'gine tecto in alam porconspicuam , lueinbrauaceain 

 dilatata apiccque sacpissime quainvis ruinuto spiiiulatini 

 mucronata, dorso pracscrtim pvopo Lasin + tomeutella 

 V. Icpidota vol omnino glabra. Petala in acstivatione 

 minute dextrorsum convoluta scd angustissima sub an- 

 tliesi omnino aperta, basin usque libera v. iiifiina basi 

 minntissimc connata v. potius eoliaerentia, apiee recurvo- 

 patentia, acuta, inermia, plana, ligulis nectaiiferis solem- 

 niter nuUis. Stamina 6 sub antliesin poiTecta, biseriatim 

 alternantia ; filamenta liliformia v. saepius manifeste et 

 nonnunquam paullo sul)foliacco-dilatata, ser. I. omnino 

 libera et iiiter petala inserta; ser. If. liis alte connata; 

 antlierae sublineares inter basin mediumque dorsifixae; 

 pollinis granula poris 4 tetraedrice dispositis 2)i"iiedita 

 retique v. verruculis prominentibns ornata. Tubus epi- 

 GYNus nullus V. minutus. OvAiauM solemniter infevum, 

 saepissime tomentellum v. adultum glabratum v. rarius 

 omnino glabrum , quam maxime compressum angulis 



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biuis pleruinqne optiine et saepius subalatim evolutis, 

 tertio postico valde depresso v. subnullo, 3-loculare; 

 stylus crasse filiformisj teres v. paullo triangidaris, basin 

 versus perseusim incrassatus, stamina paullo superans; 

 stigmatis lobi breviter divisi, crassi carnosuli, erecti 

 nee contorti, apiee obtusi; placentae interno loculorum 

 iingulo apiee peltatim affixae; ovula submulta denseque 

 confcrtaj podio speciali conspicuo insidentia, breviter 

 funiculata, apiee manifeste saepiusque perlonge caudata. 

 Bacca exsucca ex ovario fere immutato, sepalis per- 

 sistentibus coronato et inter strobilorum bi-acteas incluso 

 formata. Semina submulta, levissime falcata, fusca, 

 omnino exappendiculata. 



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Herbae hapJohioticae^ saeipkis perconspicuae. Folia 

 perdense rosuhta, hasi in vaginam conspicumn, suham- 



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plexicaulem, intus hand viUosam sed lephUhns saepissime 

 hrunnescentihiis +; ohtectam v. conspersam dilatata, an 



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giistlus latiusve Imearia, super vaginam mtnqtiam con- 

 strida, apiee breviter acuta et in aculeum ptmgentem 

 destnentia v. acumine rarius putride deciduo ohfusaj 

 margine aculeis saepissime validis armata, suhglahra v, 

 praesertim juniora dorsoque + lepidota, vittis v. lineis 

 nidVis. IXFLORESCEXTIA elata scapo v. potius canl'i 

 foUis vaginiformibus, adpressls saepiusque ruleutibus in- 

 sidensj bi- v. tripinnathn panmcuJata e spiels brevissi- 

 mis, indefinitis , strobiUformibus, sessllihus r. ifertim 

 stipitatis composita, axihus plenimqiie (Junioribus saltern) 

 tomenteUis, adtdtis demum glahratis. Flores solemniter 



