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imOMELIACEAE : STREPTOCALTX—TABULAE EXPLICATAE. 



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i 



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Aechnea Jhributuia Mart. a}). R. et S. Syst. VIL p. 1:^71. 

 n. 2 (nee Bah). 



Fironneava ilorlbunda Witlm. in Engl Jahrh. 1891. 

 Beibl 29. p. 14. 



Fironneava platynema Gaud. Voy. BonUe iah. 64. 



Holienhergia platynema Bal: in Saund. Ref. hot. sub 

 tab. 284. 



Aechmea platynema Bah. in Journ. Bot. 1879. p 166 

 ei Brom. p. 35. n, 5. 



Streptocalyx platynema Lindm. Brom^ Begnell p. 37. 



E?IPHYTA (ex cl. GlaziolI), acaulis, gigautea (llorifera saepius ad 

 3 m. alta}, fuliis basi iu vagiuam usyue ad 0,23 m. latam, snbovalem, 

 amplexicaulenij praesertim apicem versus membranaceo maryiuatain, integer- 

 rimam, infima basi albam, lum super lineam diBtinctissiniam subito badiam 

 utrmque perdouse badio-lepidofain sensim diJafatis, rigidissimis, rnargine 

 aeuleis pro folii magnitndine parvis, atris rectisque, basi ad 8 mm. lougis, 

 reversis v. patentibus, supra solemniter patentibus, turn apicem versus 

 sensim adsceudentibns demumque sumnio apice iterum (plerumqne) reversis 

 deuse armatiSj super vagioani nullo modo constrictis, apicem versus sensim 

 atteuiiatis demumque breviter acutis, acumine saepissime putride delupso, 

 + 1,6 m. lougiSj medio 0|16 m, latis , supra sparse immerseque ulbo-lepi- 

 dotis, sublus dc-nsius lepuHbus pallide aMutaceis codspersiA, vittis v. liuei^ 

 nullis, Inploebsoentia axibus solemniter indefmitis e crutero cejitralis 

 alteque exsorta in scapi percrassi, saepius ultra 1,5 in. alti, floccose ullu- 

 taceo-lepidoti, foliis tenaiter membranaceis, flaccide suberectis saepiuj^que 

 reflexis, snbamiJexicaulibns, latissime ovato-ovalibus, apicem versus longe 

 acutis et in aculeum maximum, subatrnm, valide pungentem ilesinentibus, 

 rnargine infra integris, supra (in foliolis inferioribus saltern) densiuscule 

 aeuleolato-serratis, ntrinque sed praesertim dorso densiuat-ule albo-lepidotis, 

 summis inflorescentiam attingentibus laxe induti apice erecta^ oo • flora, 

 amplissime tripiunatim pannicnlata , ramulis primariis peranguste sub- 

 oyUndriceque pyramidatim usque ad apioem fere ramulos seouudarios 7 ad 

 1 floros, quam maxime geniculatos^ laxc (quaquaverse? an potius distiche?) 

 spicatos gerentibus floccose tomeutellis, rectis valdeque angulosis; bracteis 

 primariis submembranaceis, patentibus, e basi late ovata sensim in acumen 

 perloiignm attenuatis deraumqne apice valide filiformi-pungenlibus, ramulos 

 secundarios aubaequantibus v- lis paullo brevioribus, dorso praosertim 

 sparse puuctatim lepidotis ; bracteolis tertiariis latissima basi curvatim 

 axi iusidentibus depresse snbreniformibus , coriaceis marginibusque baud 



t^nnioribns^ symmetricia, late rotundatis, (exeepto aculeo] + 8 mm. longis^ 

 14 mm. latis, rymbnm iijHTtum rircj* ovflrjnm formantibus, medio spina 

 augustisfiima, ad 6 mm, longa mucronalis, glabris. Ftorks + 33 mm. 

 lungi, solemniter sessiles, sepalis g1at>errimi8, cum spina 13 mm. luugis, 

 basi brevii^sime (vix ultra 1 mm.) in tubum coouatis, supra Jiberis strictc- 

 que ereclis per authesin couum acutum circa petala lormantibus, defloralis 

 vix uUerius tortis, coriaceis, rnargine siiiistro rede longiludiualiter truu- 

 catLSf dexfro poraltc in alam maximaiUj rotundalam, inembranaceam pro- 

 ductis, apice spina 3 mm. tongji, recla alatuqne »e<juante mucrouatis, 

 perasymmetricis, Pktala alba (ex el. Glaziou!), +26 ram. longa, per 

 anthesin erecta genitalia subincludentia, basin usqne libera filamentaqae 

 includeutia, ex ungue perlonge a«guste<jue linear! in laminam i>erfecte 

 ovalem apiceque obtusam dilatatis, li>rulis solemniter uuUis. Stamina 

 petaliti manife^te breviora nee per authesin exserta, filamentis apice con- 

 spicuu dilatatis , ser. L omuiiio liberis v, infima basi cougJntinatim cum 

 petalis cohaereulilnis; ser. IL liiii ]>craUe connutis et supra fere usque ad 

 apicem callis binis longilndinalibus lectis; anlberis (luteis?) 6,5 mm. longis, 

 fiublincaribus, baisi obtnsis apiceque prracnliSj medio dursifixis; pollinis 

 grannlis brevissime subglol>oso-ellipsoidpis, i>oiis 4 Ictniedrice dif^positis 

 praeditis retique perdenso cnissmjue ornatis. OvAKiUki glaberrimum, 5;nb- 

 ellipsoidcum, teres v. minute angulatumj + 6 mm. longum, 4 mm, diam., 

 apice minute constrictuai, basi breviter attenuatum; perianthii tniyo jter- 

 conspicuo^ iuluudihulilormi; stylo antheris minute breviore, apice paullo 

 iucrassalu, manifc^te iriungulari, stigmatis lobia breviter divittis^ vix cou- 

 torlis; pLiceutis inteino loculurum augulo a V* alt ad apicem liueatim 

 affixis; oMilis quoqiu- in loculo •ubmullis, singulis podio breviter conicu 

 insidoulibus, pcrl^iuge caudalis. Kructus uubi iguotua. 



Habitat in BrasUiae amtralis prov. Rio dc Janeiro prope ttrbcm ; 

 Marlius, Riedd, Gnudickaud n, 371, Peters, Binot, Burchell n. 764, 

 JaukI^ Schcnck a. 1677 ; ad S, Chridovdoi Qlaziou n. 04=60; ad T\jucam: 

 Llxofzhj , Glaziou n. ii027 , Moscn n. 4062; propc Capocahana: Lu^ch 

 vafh. Floret Aprili, Augmto. (V, s. in herk Dcrol, Brux., CandolL, 

 ffaun., Zeod.f Monac.^ Pctrop-^ 7*rag., Warmi?;gJ 



Objs. Proxinje ci'rte cum Streptocalycc , quo sub genere subjungi- 

 mus^ couvcuit, nonne tamen generis proprii? Intermedia nobis videtur 

 inter Jluhtnhcrguim et Strcptocalyccm^ neutru tamen omnino euugrum, 

 Planta sumnta diligentia digna uKcrius iuquircuda, 



SPECIES E GENEUE EXCLUOENDAE. 



StrepUxxdyx BUtnchetii Bak, = Aecbmea Blancbetii Mez (nee Bak.), 

 Streptocalyx laxiflora Rak. = Aechmea elongafa Met, 

 Streptocalyx podantJia Bak. =r Portea Petropolitana Mez. 



Tab. 



LII. 

 LTII. 

 LIV. 



Lvr 



TABULAE EXPLICATAE. 



Rhodostacbys Urbaniana, p, 182. 

 Bromelia scarlatina, p. 187. 



,j Regnelli, p. 194. 

 Fig. I, Cryptaiitbus acaulis, p. 204. 

 II. „ zonatus, p. 205. 



Nidularium Scheremetiewii, p- 223. 

 Fig. L Nidularium ampullaceuni, p. 266. 



II. „ denticulatum var. simplex 



p. 230. 



n 



Tab. 



IjVIL Caiiistrum cyathiforme, p. 262. 

 LVin. Fig. I, Prautleia glabra, p- 258. 



II. „ leprosa, p. 259. 

 LIX. Fig. 1. Araeococcus uiicrantbus, p. 2G1 



IL „ parviflorus, p. 262. 



LX. Fig- I. Hohenbergia gnetacea, p. 272, 



IL „ Salzmanni, p. 271 



LXI. Wittmackia paten tissima, p. 278. 

 LXII. Streptocalyx augustifolius, p. 283. 



1. lufloreeeentiae pars aucta. 



3. Alaba8trum floris, 

 8. Flos integer. 



4. Flos sepalis v. petalis desectia, 

 6. Sepalum. 



6. Petaliun v. petala v, petali pars. 



7- Pefali squamae lignlaceae sen neclaria. 



8. Stamen v. staminis pars snperior cum anthera, 



9. Pollinis granulum. 

 10. Ovarium. 



10. pi- Placenta cnin ovulis. 



11. Ovnlum. ^ 



S I G L A. 



12. Styli pars superior cum stigmatibus. 



IS. Fructus maturus. 



14- Semen. 



15. Embryo. 



ED. antice vel a ilorso viflnm. 



po, postice V. ab axe v. a facie commiBsnrali 



visunj. 

 la. a latere visum, 

 de. desnper visnuj. 

 jo. in statu juvenili 

 Bu. pars superior v. orgauuni suprcmum. 

 me, pars media. 



4 



in. pars inferior. 

 = horizoutaliter tectum. 

 IJ verticaliter aectum. 

 * arte explanatam. 

 B. bractea floralifi. 

 D. Diagramma floris pou infloresoentiae partis 



minoris projectio. 

 F. Folium, ba. basale, ex. cxterins, ca. cau- 



linum. 

 If. luOorescentia. 

 Lep. Lcpifl. 



