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BEOMELIACEAE : nOHENBERGIA. 



sessUes in hradeanim squamtformhm saephisque asym- 

 metricarum axUUs fere omnhio demersi petala sohm v. 

 sepalomm apicem proferenies, quam maxime compressi 

 fere anclpites, albidi v. cijanei v. coeruJescentes (v. pur- 

 pur ascentes?). 



Species incliulit Erasilieiises hie enumeratas 10, uon- 

 luillis Antillanis, Guyaiieiisibns et Venezuelaiiis accedeutibus. 

 Plaiitae sylvarum humidarum calidarnnique iiicolae et arbori- 

 bus et solo innascentes mare sequi videiitur. 



Obs. Genus iterum bic rcconstructum et u speciebns uouuuUis 

 alieuis, ah autoribus prioribiis nee non recentissimis admixtis pnrgatum 

 qnain maxiaie homo^ennm naturaleque. Jam babitu o]itime (kfiuituui 

 et gencri nnlli alii confundeudum ab Aechnds imprimis ligiibirum nectari- 

 ferarum defectn discrepat. 



2GG 



CLAVIS SPECIERUM MIIII VISARUM BRASILIE^SIUM. 



Bracteae florigerae perdense aggregafcae apice solemniter et longiuscule 

 acutae. 



I. Infloiescentia tripiunatim ramosa ; flores ad 27 mm. 



lOUgi 1. H. STELl.ATA St'bult. fil. 



n, Iiifloresceutia bipiunata ; flores ad 17 mm. longi 



4. H. FERIIUCINKA Cakb. 



B. Bracteae florigerae apice rotundatae v. obtnsae. 



I. Spicae strobiliformes laxae subeJongafacque; bractoae 



florigerae apice late obtnsae . . 6. H. WK.MUKAKOSTiioTui.rs Mez. 



IT. Spicae strobilaceae perdensae brevesqne + snbglobosae; bracteae 



florigerae apice rotundatae et saepius spiimla imposita nui<roniilatae. 



a. Strobili cnm axibus perdense lanatini tomentosi 



7. H. AUGUSTA Mez. 



b. Strobilorura foliola apice saltern semper glabrata. 



1. lufloresceutia tripinuatim composita 



8. H. Salzmanni E. Morr. 



2. Inflorescentia bipinnata. 



a. Strobili rhacbi communi subreiuote affixi 



9. H. GNETACEA MeZ. 



p. Strobili percouferti . . 10. H. pycnantiia Mez. 



1. HOHENBERGIA STELLATA Sciiult. fil. foliis 

 iiiargiue aculeis SHperioribus retro Iianiatis arniatis; infloi-es- 

 centia tripinuatim paniiiculata spicia horride confertissiraeque 

 strobiliforiwibus plerumque teniis in ramulo brevissimo fas- 

 ciculatim dispositis ; bracteis florigeris apicem versus perlonge 

 solemniterque acuminatis, glabris; tloribus ad 27 mm. lungis. 



Hohenhergia stellata SchuU. fil. in B. et S. S^st. VII. 



p. 1251. n. 1. 



Hohenhergia erythrostachys Brongn. in Journ. Imp. Soc. 

 Hort., Jidio 1864, c. fig. et in Vidl Soc ho/. France 1865, 

 p. 16; Lem. in III. Hort. 1864, Misc. p. 51. 



Pironneava roseo-coerulea C. Koch fide Bah. Brom. p. 48. 



Firotmeava Morremana Megel, Gartenfl. 1874. p. 2o7. 



tab. 805. 



Aechmea glomerata Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5668; BaJ:. 



Brom. p. 48. n. 51. 



Aechmea longisepala Bah I. c. n. 54. 



Epiphyta (ex cl. MARTfol), acaulescens, florifera 0,5—1,6 m. alfa, 

 FOLiia 12—20 utricnlatim rcsnlatis, basi coniplicato-carinatis (ex ScnrLTRS 

 1. c.), in vaginam manifestam, ovatam, apice certe paullo membranaceo- 

 marginatam, utrinque lepidibus badiis densiuscule consper^m, integer- 



BromeL 



nmam son.in, dilalatip. erec-fo-paioniibus, crasse coriacei*, apicem vewuB 

 subplanis, margine aculeis fohi -picem ^enw. jHTscusim miuutU, subatri*, 

 mfenonbus majoribus nsqnc ad 8,6 mm. longis stricli^ue paUsoUbua, 

 superionbus retro uncinatis annatis, s,.per vugiuam uullo modo oon- 

 strictis, apice breviter acutis et in aenVam pnngentom productis t. »cu- 

 mine saepius abortive subrotundalis, supra i»tar«tiu(«, subfn^ ^illidloi 

 laet* viridibus et utriuque lepidibus albidis penlense pon<=pento, vittis t. 

 liucis omuiuo uullis, ± 1 m. longis, 76 mm. laUs. Ikfi.ormcektia axl- 

 bus solemniter iudefiaitifl, folia subaequaag x. paullo alUor, in scapi cen- 

 tralis, ad 1 m, alti, crecti glabratique v. praeserUm ad folJoU Taginiformfa 

 tomento lami-luoso-floLToso obtocti , foliolifi stramiueis sicceque membra- 

 naceis, aniplexicaulibas, laliuscule ovalis Iou«cque aubacumiuatia, apice 

 hand pungentibu*', integerriniis snbglabrisque, stricte crcctia matfinibunque 

 involutis scapnm amplcrlentibus, supn-mifi inflorcsocntiam baud aiiingt-uU- 

 bus laxinscule induli apice tripinnatim o Rpicis borria* ttiobUiftmuibuit 

 subovoideiwine, apice acutis, + 40 mm. longis (v. mrissinK* longioribus), 

 sessilibus, plerunuiue ieruis in raniulo brevissimo t. nubiiullo ftadrulatim 

 dispositis composit*, iuU-rrupti- ].aniiicubtta. rbachf vfridi t. p.mllo solum 

 rubcnti-afllata, ad strobilorum basin pauHo flocctwtn, rc<^ta v. minute aolum 

 geniculata, satis augulosa; bracteis primariis reflexia, €«l<Tum loliolfa 

 scapalibus .snbiaomorphis nisi coufipicue lalionbua, bracloolif aecuudariia 

 tertiariisque oinuiuo isoiuorphis, pulthtirimc purpurcis, Uiiwiima baai &xi 

 affixis valdoque concavis ovarium rccijdentibus, pcrJatc ovftti* «t nuu^na 

 conspiotip niPinbran.icciK crj^^nini sulicoriaccis, npiccin ventus longc syji'iii- 

 niteique acujiiiiinfis ct in niucrojicni filirnrnictn, vix pniig(iil<ui ^:^(■l^uf«^ue 

 panllo bniiine.sceniem trauscunJibiis , infrgprHmln gl.-ibriwjue, ad 17 mm. 

 longis. Fi.oKEs + 27 mm. longi, sejsilea, fiRrAi.is ad V* bmgll. snWfm e 

 bnicteis proiuineiitibus pulcbcrrime purjmreid , glabris , rigid* mriapria, 

 stride erectis aptccque attcituatis tubum niatini trigonum pyramidatnm 

 circa petala forniautilius, valde s.-couvolutis, aultreclangularibus apiceiiue 

 longiasuule acutis et in iiculculum vix pungcuteui dcsinenUbuH, niargiue 

 dextro tecto in alani lataui, rotuud^itam, raembruuaceam dilatutis coo* 

 spicue asymuiilricis, dono luauifcste alato cariiiatiN , ad 13 ram. longia, 



Pktai.a piilcbciriuie cyain;!. + 17 nm. long*, Ui^UHtc lincana apiDt^uo 



2>au1Io clliptico-dilatala et dciuum conspieoe breriterque flubacinuiiintim 

 acuta, per antfaetin apfcc solnni paullo exjibuiafo pntmlia gmilalin solem- 

 niter inchidentia , tiasin nwitic prrm-inircste libera filampntnque aer. I. 

 solemniter includentfa d.-convoluta, per anibesin baud rygnmorpbc dia- 

 posita, deflorula jiracjieriini a]>icp wolpniniter contorta vnM«iiir conglutinHU, 

 ligulis iiullis sed callis binis ulte atUccndentibns deniumqiie subito Irnu- 

 catia ita ut piinto intuitu pro liguliN spi'clarcs praedllA. Stamika pcUlis 

 manirestc breviora, per autbesiu baud proniiDentia, filanuutis sLipitifurmi- 

 bus et vix dilatatis, scr. J. ouiniuo liberis, scr. 11. pcl^lis peraJle (ultra 

 74 longitud.) conuatis; autberis (jdbidia?) vix uHra 3 mm. bpiij^iw, lineari- 

 bus, utrinque obtuhiustulis, cxacte in */• altit. dorsifixif; p<tlh'nii< grannlis 

 niibinotis ncuidum satis erolutis. Ovarum faIbi<Jnm?) /rlaVrrimnm, latere 

 t«rtio concavo niinutnqur, binis valde evotuti' piano- com pressnm trialatom, 

 seniiorbiculare, apice b:iud conBtrictum in wpala fwnsim trausienff, basf 

 breviter acutnm , + 6 mm. loogum; Stylo antheraa solemniter »Hi»er«nt« 

 petalaque acepiante, subtereti v. pauUo aobim trigone, cylindrio/iiliformi, 

 basi baud incrassalo; stigmatis lobis pcilouge divisia, Uueari-foliaccis, in 

 capitulutn longe ellipsoideum apiceque vix acutuui laxeoentorlisj plarciitfa 

 interuo loculorum angulo summo apice longiusciito peliatim affixiw; oviills 

 late longcque appendiculatis. Bacca ciily**- corouiifa et indp snpeme qWil 

 trialata, magnitudinc Pm minoris, loruHs 20-2G-Hprrmi«. scminibus ob- 

 tusis, levissime falcatis, 1,5 mm. longU, fascia et ad inaertionrm ftiniculi 

 mfis, basi appendice filiformi (ratula ovnii) quae demum evanescit 



JIalitaf in BrasUhr. rcnfrnUfi pror. Bahux in nylvin prinMcns ad 

 Sincord: Marfim, obs. n. 3211, Blandift %. 2il ; Hem r Bakia a Porteo 

 in caMaria Europar introdttda. Floret Octobri, frucL Sovanbri. (T. #. 

 in hn-b. Lcod., Monac.) 



Oaa. Specimen berbarii Mnsei Britannic!, a cl. Bakkb aob Aeck- 

 meac lonyisepalac nomine specifice distinctnm « photograpbia infloiw- 

 centiaeque parlibus benigne a cl. CAaRiTHKBa mihi commumcatis duIIo 

 modo a typo Martiano Monacensi, sp«:imine *ibuc uiiioo in pMna Iccto 



2. HOHENBERGIA UIDLEYI Mez: 

 aculeis teniiibiis, nigris, patenlibus annfttig; 



foVm margine 

 iiiflurescentia e 



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