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apice coDstrictum, basi oplime rotuutlatum ; placeutis iuterno loculorum 

 angiilo hand louge ab apice scutatim affixis; ovulis liUdiue iu loi:ulo oo 

 coDferlisiiiie, oiunino e.vappeudiculatis. Semiuu iguuta. 



Habitat verisimilifer in Brasiliae prov. Bahia ; ncc loco ncc coUcdorc 

 indicato in herb. Candollcano repcri. 



10. HOHENBERGIAPYCI^ANTnA Jfc: foliis mar- 

 ine aculeolis minutis summisque subnuUis, recte pateniibus 

 V. minute sursum hamulosis praeditis; iiiflorescentia bipiu- 

 natim pamiiculata compacteque e spicis optime strobiliformibus, 

 ovali ovoideis apiceque breviter acntis, sessilibns, perapproxi- 

 luatis coniposita ; bracteis florigeris apice glabris , perlate 

 ovatis apiceque rotundatis; floribus ad 15 mm. longis. 



Aechmea pycnantlia Bah Brom, p. 44. n, 39. 

 Pothiava xtycnaniha Horf. fide Morren ap. Baker I. c. 



EiMPHYTA videtur, ncuulisj florifora + 1 ni. aUa, FOUis a<l 12 ulri- 

 culatim rosnlutis^basi in vaginam obscuramaiignstam(ino,sul>anii>loxieauI(Tn^ 

 margine hand v. vix membranaceam, iiitrgorrimam, intus perdeoee lepidi- 

 bus immersis obsitam, exteriore latere glabram basique certe nitontem 

 subdilatatis, coriaceo-rigidis valdeque caimlicnlato-concavis, margine aculeo- 

 lis pro folii m:»gnitudiiie niiuntissimis et 1 mm. baud excedentibiifi, apice 

 folii in denies subobscuios reductis, brunneseentibus, recte patentibus v, 

 minute solum sursuiu bamulosis deusiuscule serrulatis, super vagiuum 

 hand cocstrictis, apice acumine semper abortive late rotundatis, Bupra 

 saturate viridibus glabrisque v, apiceni versus paullo lepidotis^ nubtus 

 nianifeste palJidiorihus lepidibusque albidis deu.siuscule ob.silis nee non 

 obscure transverse vittatis , saepissime ultra 1 m, longis, 75 mm. Utis. 

 Inpt,ouksckntia axibus si accuratius inspici.s munifeste indefinitis, folia 

 suhacquans v, conspicue brevior, in scapi centralis, usqae ad 1 m. alti 

 sed saepissime brevioris , validispimi, (apicem versus minute incr^ssati?), 

 fusco-brnnnei, fere omnino glabrati sed ad vagidas rudimentis tomenti 

 floccosi, flavescentis praediti, teretis, foliolis semiamplexicaulibus^ omnilms 

 stramineis, membruuaceis, subovatis apicemque versus anguste subacumi- 

 natim acutis demumque iu aculeum validum, brunneum, pungentem dcsi- 

 nentibus, margine solemciter sed remote dentato-crenatis, stricte ereclis 

 scapoque adpressis, dorso praesertim superioribus conspicuc albidu-Icpidotis, 

 summis inilorescentiam attiugentibus dense imbricatimquc induti apice 

 bipinnatim compacteque e spicis divergentiam Ve praebentibus oplinie 

 strobiliformibus, ovali-ovoideis apiceque breviter aeutisj + 30 mm, longis, 

 fiessilibus, perapproximatis composita piinniculataj pordensa elli]isoideaj 

 apice acutinscula, rbaclii + floceose tomentosa, recta, satis angulosa; 

 l^racteis primariis foliis scapalibua isomorphis sed niuUo latioribus reflexis- 

 qne nee margine serratis, seciindariis lain basi axi afSxis valdeque con- 

 cavis florem omnino recipientibus, basi manifestissime carinatis, perlate 

 ovatis margiueque sinistro praesertim latiuscule membranacee insuper 

 dilatatis indeque conspicue asymmetricis , apice soleniniter rotundatis 

 mucronuloque breviter puugeute imposito armalis, integerrimis, basi prae- 

 sertim paujlo ferrugineo-tomeutellis supra scjiipcr optime glabratis, + 12 mm, 

 longis. Fi.OKES + 15 mm, Iongi» sessiles, omnino fere bracteis obtecti, 

 BKPAIJS apice miuutissime adprcsseque toinentellis v. omnino glabratis 

 rigide coriaceis, stricte erectis apiceque atfenuatis pyramidaliter altero 

 latere concave, altero convexe angnstatis, eutopice imbricatis/ altero mar- 

 gine in alam parvam rotnndatam productis, apice acutis et mucrone 

 manifesto, pnngente, erecto aristatis, paullo asymmetricis, quara maxime 

 carinato-concavis doreoque conspicue alati?, ad 7 mm. longis. Petala 

 alba, perimperfecte solum mibi coguita, (± 10 mm. longa), peranguste 

 linearia apiceque acuta, basin usque libera ibique filamenta ser. I. solem- 

 niter includeutia, subtus arete couniventia inter sese conglutiuata, ligulis 

 callisve nullis. Stamina perfecta mihi iguota filamentis ser. I. liberis, 

 ser. II, petalis peralte couuatis; antJicris mihi ignotis. Ov.uiirM densius- 

 cule praesertim apicem versus lepidoto-tomentellum, exteriore latere con- 

 vexura interiore concavum valdeque complanatnm bialatnm, semiorbiculare, 

 apice hand constrictum in sepala sen^im transicns, basi optime rotun* 

 datura, ± 3,5 mm. longnm, 6 mm, latum; stylo ignoto; placentis interno 

 loculorum angulo in ^/i altit. elongate filiforrai-affixis; ovulis cauda brevi 

 deciduaque praeditis. Bacca ignota. 



SriiCIES BKASIUANAE E GENERE EXCLUDENDAE. 



Patria adJiuc ignota^ veristmUiter Brasilia centralis, 

 caldario Morreniano vidL (V. s. in herb. Leod.) 



Bromel. 



Cultam 171 



Ilohaihcrgia 

 IloJit'ubcrym 

 Bohinhagia 

 Hohfuhergia 

 Tlohcnhcy<jia 

 Hohrnhcrgia 

 Hohrnhcrgia 

 Jlohmbrrgia 

 Hohcnhcrgia 

 Hohcnhcrgia 

 JSohmbergia 

 Sofiaihtrgia 

 Ilohinhn-gia 



Hohenbtrgia 

 Jlohathfrgia 

 Jlolwnhergia 



Hohcnhcrgia 

 }i<}}tenhcrgia 

 }iQ}i€nhergia 

 SoU'nbcrgia 



angu^tifolux liak, = Aecbme^augustifolia Pg. et Endl, 

 hillbirgwidcs IJak. ^ NiduUrium bracle^tum Me2. 

 hnuicafa Hecr := Nidularium bracteatum Uez, 

 calyculaia Bak. = Aecbmea ijlyculata IJak. 

 capitota II. et S. = Gravisia exjsudans Mez. 

 chry.^ocovm E, Morr. = Gravisia cbrysocoma Mez. 

 codcsfis Hak. == Aecbmea coelestis E, Morr, 

 cyathiformis Beer ^ Canistrum cyalbiforrae Mez. 

 di^fich/jntha Bak. = Aechmea disticbautha Lem. 

 exsudiins £. Morr. ^ Gravii^ia exsudans Mez. 

 fascuita K, et S. =r Aechmea fasciata Bak. 

 Lcgrtlliana Bak, = Aechmeii Ltgrelliaua Bak. 

 Mariii Bak. = Aechmea ^picata Mart. 

 fitucronifiora Bak. = Aecbmea mucroniflora Hook- 

 nudkauUs Bak, = Aedimeft nudicaulis Gris, 

 odora Bak. = Wiltm«kia odon Mez. 

 plafgnrm/i Bak. = Sireplocalyx floribunda M^z. 

 pyramidalis Bak, — Acchatea jiyramidalia Bak. 

 strohilacra U. et S. = Acanlhowtacbys «lrobilac«a KL 

 ttrminalui Beer = Nidularium braclealum Mez, 



IX. WITTMACKIA Mnz (nov. gen.). 



Ohevalliera Grv'. (nee Gaud) FJor. Br, W.-Jnd Li. }>. 591; 

 Eggers, Fl. St. O'oix el Virg. n. !J4S. — IJitoMiaUK sjtec. 

 Linn. Spec, pitanf. oJ. 1. I. p. 385. n. 4 et auci. pertnult. 

 sequent, (quoad cii. spec. Linnaennam). — Hoi'Lui'iiVTi sjyec. 

 Beer, Brom. p. 139. — Akchmkae spec. Bak. in Jounr Bot. 

 1S79 p. 226, 227 et 1880 p. 37 el Brom. p. 37. n. 10, 11 

 et p. 38. n. 14. — Houenueroiak spec Bak. in Bef. Bot. 

 mh I. 2S-1. — BiLiBEiiGiAE spec. Mart. ap. R. d S. Syd. 

 VII. p. 1270. w. 23 ei Miq. in Linnaea XVIII. p. 377. 



Flores licrnuipliroditi. Sepala aut omnino busin 

 usquo libera aut raro minute in tubum coalita, stricte 

 erccta potalisquc adprossa sub anthcsi oonum formantia, 

 quam maxime sinistrorsum convoluta , latere sinistro 

 recte truncata, latere dextro tecto in alam maximam, 

 membranaceo - hyalinam , arcuatim venosam producta 

 apiceque spinulaiu saepissime Lruunescculcm , peiton- 

 spicuam gerentia, sub aiitliesi saltern semper glabra. 

 Petala in aestivationc pcrobscure dextrorsum convoluta, 

 angustissima sub anthcsi aperta , basin usque libera, 

 linearia apiceque longe acuta, patenti-rocurva ; ligidac 

 nectarifcrae nullae; calli bini saepius alte adsccndentes. 

 Stamina 6 sub anthesi solemniter porrecta biscriaflm 

 alternantia; filamenta filiformia et praesertim basin 

 versus plerumque ^f dilatata, scr. I. inter petala iuserta; 

 antherae subellipticae basique obtusiusculac, apice plerum- 

 que mucrone peracuto appendiculatae, medio v. paullo 

 infra dorsifixae; polliuis granuia poris biuis polaribus 

 v.rarius ternis piaedita retique laxiore densioreve ornata. 

 Tubus kpigykus bievis, infundibuliformis. Ovarium 

 solemniter infcnim tunicaque seu cortice percrasso 

 fibrosoque obtectum, glabrum, saepius longitudinaliter 

 striato-angulatum, 3-loculare, sessile, stylus filformis 



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