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ornatig. OrARirM celerrime glaltrafnm cylindru-o-olIippoiMrniii Jnoc clavatura), 

 jniniite solum nngiilosum v. snbteres, apice nifmit(> v. vix coiistricfuui' 

 lata basi axi iusidcus, + 6 mm. loDt'iuii, 3 mm. djaiii.. cortice perrrasso 

 fibroso circunulatum; tuho epijiyiio brevi, Inlnndibulifornii ; sl.vlo niithenw 

 paullo superaute, filiformi basiuque versus breviter incrassato; stjjimatis 

 lobis louge divisis, cias>is, apiee optime spiraliter toitis; placeiitis iiitmio 

 loculornm angulo iuter meiUum apicemque lineariter aflixis, ovulis quoqne 

 in locnlo mnltis, singulis podio brevi, perlougo papillose lanato iusideuti- 

 bus, breviter fuuiculatis apiccqiie obtusis uec caudatis. Uacca exsueca 

 ex ovario vix mutato aiu*tove, sepalis coronato formata, seiiiiuibus umilis, 

 paullo Jineatini subcyliudrieis, utrinqne obfusis, fuscis, exappciidiculatis. 



Habifat in Brasilia vahh duhiosa , fide ch Baker, qui jAantam 

 cum sequenti confud'd, a ell. Ridley ct Bamage prope Pertiamhuco lecta. 

 Mihi ex Antillarum imulis solum cognita , ubi legerunt in St. Thomas: 

 Eggers n. 324; Crahhen- Island : herb. Vakl. ; St Luna: Crudy ; Mar- 

 tinique: Iluhn n.577, 1474; Guadeloupe: L' llcrmimer ; Antigua: IVw/i- 

 schliigel n. 558. Acccdunt loci Jamaica ct Tobago Jide Baker, I. c. 



2. WITTMACKIA ODORA Mi:z: foliis omiiino mihi 

 igiiotis; inflorescentiae lamis suberectis saepiusque paullo 

 sursum arcuatis ; floribus 12 mm. longis; sepaJis Jibeiis; ovario 

 basin versus perlonge attenuate quasi stipitatim axi insidente. 



Billheryia odora Miq. in Linnaea XVIII. p. 377. 

 Aechmea odora Bah. in Journ. Bot. 1879, 226 d Brom. 

 p. 37. n. 10 (e. p.^ quoad cU. synon. Iliquelianum). 



Hohenhergia odora Bqk. in Bef. Bot. suh t. 5^1 (c. p.). 



EnrHYTA (ex cl. Wii,i.Pcin,AKr,Ki.}, acanlis videtur, florifera eerie 

 ultra 1 ni. alta, foi.uh omniiio niihi ignotis. iNFi.onKaoKKTiA amplissima, 

 axibus soleinuissime indeiinitis foliorunique setiforminin geraniam apice 

 gereutibus, in scapi crasaiusculi (ad 10 mm. diam.), praeserlini .ipicem 

 versus + lepidibus allutaceis v. brunuesceutibus tomeatelli , subteretit*, 

 foliolis iufiniis percrasse rigidis apit-eque iu aculeum longuui validissimum- 

 que productis, snperioiibus tenuiter niembranaceis, au^juste elliplico-laucco* 

 latis, sabamplexicaulibua, suberectis v. siimmis reflexo-patoutibus, apicem 

 versus longe acutis et in aculeum nKmifestnm , pungcntem desincniibus, 

 margiiie dentibus rcniotis anguatiSBimisque, paullo recnrvis praeditis, sine 

 uUo dubio rubro-coloratis, non uisi dorso lepidibus paucis conspersis per- 

 remote induti apice nutans? an potius pendula?, usque ad apicera e rarais 

 00 • floris, dense cyiiudriceque qnaqnaverse spicatis, suberectis saepiusque 

 sursum arciialis composita demumque in spicam ejusdem I'ormae trausiens, 

 solemnissime laxegue bipinuaiim panuiculata, axibus praesertim seeundariis 

 optime angulosis, subglabris v. ubi ramuli oriuutuv paullo tomentcllis, 

 primaria omuino recta; bracteis I. ord. perconspicuis foliolisque scapalibua 

 isomorpbisj auguste saepiusque subulatim lauteolatis, in aculeum lougiorem 

 saepius(iue trunnescentem trauseuntibus, integerrimis, subreflexis, bracteolis 

 seeundariis omnibus aequalibns e basi minnta late ovata coucavaque in 

 setam angusfam peraculamqne , brnnnescenfem, ovarium aequantem r. 

 paullo snperaiitem prodnciis, ultra 5 mm. longis, optime patentibus sub- 

 glabrisqne, longitudinalittr prominenti-venosis. Flouks + 12 mm. longi, 

 sessiles sed basin versus perlonge attenuati ita nt facile breviter pedjcel- 

 latos putares, a basi exserti nee bracteolis obtecti, sepaLis glaberrimis, 

 crassiuscule coriaceis strlpte erectis coniceque conuiveutibus quam maxime 

 8.-convolutis, manifeste basin usque liberis, + 4,5 mm. longis (.spina neglecta), 

 3 mm. latis, margiue sinistro, tegente conspicue oblique truncatis, dextro 

 tecto iu alam maximaui, memi)ranaceo-hyaliuani, arcuatim venosam, rotuu- 

 datani, spinulae basi muUo altioiem producfis, apice spinula 1,6—2 mm, 

 loiiga, tereti aiigusfissirnaqiie, brunnea, subrecurvo-p.itenti auctis egregie 

 asymuietricis, subplanis nee carinatis. Petala virenti-flava , + 7 mm. 

 longa, angustissirae linearia et auperne vix ultra 1,6 mm. lata, apice per- 

 acuta (nee splnnlosa), basin usque solemniter libera, basi quamvis minute 

 subrotundate contracta filamentisque ser. I. iutercalatis inter sese remota, 

 supra paullo d.convoluta sub anthesi subpatentia v. quoque paullo arcuatim 

 recurva nee zygomorphe disposita, ligulis cailisve adscendcnlibus niiJlis. 

 Stamina petalis multo breviora, filamentis ser. I. omuino liberis basinqne 

 versus sensim dilatatis spalium inter petala bina exacte occnpantibns ; 

 aer. II. petalis peruUe intimeque connatis; antbcris saturate flavis (v. au- 

 reia?) baud ultra 2 mm. longis, auguste subellipticia, basi rotundatia per- 



alteque iucieis, apiee breviter acutis nee non oonueclivo in dcntem opti- 

 mum, angustum pi-iacu(umque product© breviter ap}tendirulatis, medio v. 

 paullo iiifm medium duiMfixis; polliuis granalis eljipyuideis, ufroque jwlo 

 poro j)racditis relique laxo orualis. Ovakr'm propc basin saepius minute 

 pubcrulum v, omniuo glabratum optime angu.Missimefjue davatum, lougi- 

 tudiiialiter angulosum, apice baud constriclum in sepala trausiens indeqne 

 usque ad basin ]iriinuin valde subsuWtoqne , turn perseusim atteuuatum, 

 ± 5 mm. longum, cortice cr.issiusoulo fibrosoque tircumdatum; tubo epi- 

 gyno breviter infuiidibuliformi; stylo anlberas pitullo suiK?raijte, crassius- 

 cule liliformi, basi brevissime incrassato; sligraatis lobis louge divisis, 

 crassis, demum quam maxime spiraliter tortU; pUcenfis inlemo locu- 

 lorum augulo a 'A aliit. ad apicem linearrt^r affixis; ovnlis quoque in 

 loculo OD siugulisque podio longissjme Jauatim papilloso insidentibus apice 

 solemniter rolundatis nee appendiculatis. Bacca exsueca ex ovario longi- 

 tudine baud aucto sed ellipsoidee incrassato wepalisque persislentibus 

 coronato formata glabenima , ad 8 mm. diam., semiuibus x peranguste 

 ovoideis, minutis, bnnineis; embryone circumcirta albumine incluso!, 

 radicula percrassa, rotundata minutrqne acuminulata, plumula subacqui- 

 longa, acutiuscula. 



Babitat in Guynm hat^vi, ad Paramaribo, in Dyhii> immnrris 

 arhorihuH innasccns: Wullsdilagd n. 1577, ncc non in Costarica: Oersted 

 n. 3-i. Num hujus yuoyitc loci specimina cit. e Surinam > Herb. Vadlant, 

 Focke n. 809; c Guyana gallica: Boitcau , BcrrUtd (fide Baher). (V. 

 8. m Jicrh. Brux. et Iluun.) 



Oas. Species praesertim florihu« miaorlbus babituqnr gnuiliore 

 siue uUo dubio a peraflini jtr;iece<lente disliurta. CI. Bakkr cxim ilia oon- 

 fusam Acchmcam odoram c IJrasilJae prov, I'ernambuco a collect, Rini.Ky et 

 Kamauk allatam esse dicit. lude utramquc iipcciem euumerandam putavi. 



3. WITTMACIvlA PATENTISSIMA Mkz: foliis mar- 

 gine aculeis minutis reclis pateiitibus v. praesertim superio- 

 ribus sursum liamuloMs den.siuscule armatis; inflorescentiae 

 ramis pateutibus refractisve; floribus 12 mm. longis; sepalis 

 basi brevissime conuatis; ovario ab apice usque ail basin 

 persensim attenuate. 



Tabula nostra LXT (habifus ct atialysis). 



Billhergia pafenfimma Mart, 

 p. 1270. n. 23. 



Aechmea patojfissima Bak. in 

 et Brom. p. 3S. n. li. 



ap. II d S. S^sf. VII. 

 Journ. Boi. 1879, p. 227 



BopicoLa (cx cl. MautioI), acanlis, florifera certc 1 m. v. oUm 

 alta, KG), lis cIongato-Huean'-Ioratis , ad I m. longis, 32 mm. talis, margiue 

 acnleolis minutts (vix ultra 0,.'> mm. longis), alerrimis, recti* paJcniibus 

 T. praesertim mporionbus sursnm h^imulosis dcnfiiufinilo nmialifl^ snprr 

 vnginara haud constrirtis, apice acnmine temper abortivo lafo rotundatis, 

 supra 8ul>f*:Iabri»!j subtus teniiissime lepidotifi (vittinque prrobficuris lepidotis 

 tranKversalibuH praeditis?). Ikflokkscicktia axibuK ^leiunissioie indeilnitiii 

 foliorumque in spinuUis luutaUirum genimulam apice porUDtibus, fuliia 

 brevior, e foliorum cratcro iateralitcr depcndtns in scjipi tenuifl, di.'iii!>ius- 

 cule pcradpresst^iiue allutacco tanicnt<^IIi, snbaiigulali, foHoIitf vaginiformi- 

 l*us, Bu?)ampli^xie:nilibu3j angriflfe lanceolafo-ovafiw perarnli^ijue weC *]Hoa 

 aculeatifl, toncribiafl, nMrgloe denlibu? panels Bernilatis, basi praesertim 

 dorsrtquD + toment^llipi, slricte erectis margiDibnsqiic involutis scapum 

 amplectentibns, Aiipremo iDflorescentiam attingente den»«iii8cule indnti apice 

 pendula, usque ad apicem e ramnlis cc- floris, deuRisftime cyliudriccque 

 quaquaversc spicatifl , palentibus refractisve composita demumque in 

 ftpicam ejUMlcm formae tran^^ieus, solemn issime laxeque bipianatim x>au^ 

 DicuJata, axiljus valde angulosis, p<?radpresse allutacco tomeutcIIiSj pri- 

 maria suhrcctii v. ruiuute 8olum geuicuIatA, bract<?i5 primanis percon- 

 spicuis folioli>^q"e scnpniilms subisomorphis, angURtisaime Unoeolatis 

 perncnfisque, integerrimis, reflexis, bractwlis seeundariis omnibus ae- 



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qualibua c basi late ovata satisqne concava in acumeo anRustissime filifoime, 

 Betulosum , brunnescens v. potius badium pro<iuctis , 3— 4 mm, longis, 

 solemnissime reOexis glabrisque, Florka + 12 mm. iongi, sessiles, a basi 

 exserti nee bracteis obtecti, skpalis glaberrimis^ rigide coriaceis, etricte 



