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indohiscons inter stroLili bractcas occulta, ex ovario 

 valde incrassato, sepalis persiritcutiLus coronato fomiata. 

 Semixa perpauca, maxima, ovoidea, exappcndiculata. 



Herbae haplobioticae , stolonihus late repentes. 

 Folia pauca dense rosulafa, hasi in vaginas per- 

 Imgas, cyUndrice scapum florigerum amphctentes dllatata, 

 interiora haud cmtstricta, apicem versus sensim angu- 

 staia demumque aculeata, margine aculeis rede patenti- 

 hus armaUt, mpra subglahra, suhtus + Jepidota, mm- 

 quam vitiata. Inflorescentia scapo manifesto elata 

 erecta , suhmnlfiflora , perdense spicata strohiUformis . 

 Flores sessiles, in hractearum angulis suhplano-compressiy 

 sidfurei. 



Species adhnc nota 1 typica. Brasiliae australi-orieiitalis 

 centiuliiique iucola, arboribus epipliyta v. terrestris. 



Obs. Oeuus jam biibilu pcrimigue uulli nisi Ananas propiiis 



acccdit. 



1. ACAI^THOSTACHYS STROBILACEA Kl. foUis 

 perlonge tubulalim vaginatis, sumnio scapum omiiino cingente 

 et snb inflorescentia horizontaliter v. reflexe prodeunte; in- 

 florescentia perdense spicata strobiliforml, simplicissima; brac- 

 teis flloribnsqne liberis ; sepalis peracutis minuteque mucronatis; 

 petalis liberis, lignlatis; tubo epigyno omnino niillo ovarii 

 apice inter petalorum basin minute prominente. 



Tabula nostra LXlll. Fig. I (habitus et analysis). 



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Aeaiilhostachi/s strolilacea LJc^^ KL et OltOj III pL rar. 

 hort. BeroL p. 21. L 0; LindL in Faxt. tab. Gardn. IIL 

 (1852) p. 46 c. ic. ; Witlm. in Engl, et Pranll, Nat Pflamen- 

 fam. XL 4. p. 46; Bah Brom. p. 24, n, 1, 



Hohenhergia strohilacea ScJiult. in J2. et Sch. Syst. VIL 

 p. 1252. «. 3; Beet, Brom. p. 72. 



Epiphyta (ex cK Glaziou !) v, potiua nonnunquam terrestris? 

 (Martius), florilera usque ad 0,6 m. alta, rhizomate tenuiter repente. 

 Folia bene evoluta perpauca (2—4, rarissime 5 v. plura), subtus in tubum 

 anguste cyliudricnm arete coalita nee noii prope rliizoma in squamas per- 

 late ovatasj breviter acataa, solemnifer uitidag, brunueas trauseuntia, basi 

 in vaginam raanifestam, angnste ovaleni v- potins late sublinearem, am- 

 plexicaulem , margine vix hyalinam, integerrimam, dorso satis lepitlotam 

 intus glabriu8cnlam subito dilatata, paullo dependentia, solemniter carinato^ 

 canaliculata , margine atiuleis apicem versus sensim minutis doraumque 

 omnino desinentibus, subdebilibus , viridibos, recte patentibns, nsqne ad 

 2 mm, longis, latiuscule triaugularibus armata, super vaginam nuUo modo 

 constricta, apicem versus sensim augustata demumque in aculeura validis- 

 simum, perlongum, viridem trauaeuutia, peranguste linearia, usque ad 

 1 m. longa, + 10 mm. lata, dorso certe basin versus manifeste lepidota, 

 triste profundeqne viridia, snbopaca, Infi.obescentia axi solemniter in- 

 definito, bractearnm coma snbobscura definita, foliis mauifestissime superata 

 in scapi centralis, crassinsculi, basi foliis paucis uti supra descriptis radi- 

 calibus induti, apice sub inflorescentia purpnrasoentis, iterum binis 

 ejusdem formae praediti, + lepidoti apice erecta, suhmnltiflora, perdense 

 spicata strobUiformis , foliis summis scapalibus gradatim in bracteas au- 

 rautiacaa, perlate subtriangulo-ovatas, sepala certe aequanfes, margiue 

 solemniter serraUis, apice in mucronem validum productas, manifeste 

 punctatim immerse lepidotaa, usque ad inflorescentiae apicem baid luinutas 

 solemniter striato-venosas trauseuntibus ovoidea v, ellipsoidea, + 50 mm! 



longa, 20 — 26 mm. diam. Flores u?que ad 25 mm. longi, omnino ses- 

 siles, in hractearum angulo subplano-oompressi, -skpalis optime sulCnreis 

 valde triangulo-carinatis, per authesin apicem versus valde couvergentiJ)n3 

 erectis petaiisque a^Ipressisi, basin usque liberis, nou nisi punctato-immerse 

 lepidotis ceterum glabris subuitidis, solemniter s.-couvolutis, + 11 mm, 

 lougis, 4,5 mm, latis , dorso carinatim v. subalatim paullo productis 

 margine late byalinis , subtriangulo-ovatis, apiteni versus sensim angu- 

 statis peracutis demumque in mn-'ronulum minutum subobscurnm pro- 

 ductis, lere omnino symmetricis, Pktala optime sulfurea, per anthesin 

 erecta et minute solum aperta, glabra, + 16 mm. longa, basin usqne 

 libera ibiqne filiamentis ser. I- intercalatis inter sese remota, apicem 

 versus solemniter d,-eonvo!uta et deflorata mngis quoque contorta, ex 

 uDgue basi solemniter dilatato, perlate lineari in laminnm ovalem, acutins- 

 culam, paullo latiorcm producta, callis biuis manifestissiniis lougitudinalibus 

 demumque in ligulas binas foliaceas, byalinas, margine solemniter grosse- 

 que dentiitas in V^ pet. altitudinis positas transeuutibus aucta. Stamina 

 petalis paullo breviora nee per anthesin prominentia, filamentis satis com- 

 presso-dilatatis, ser, L omnino liberis et inter petala insertis; ser. II. 

 petalis altissime (nsqae ad laminae initiuni) conuatis; antheris subtrian- 

 gnlaribus UDgustissime lanceolatiSj e basi latissima, obtusa cordataque, 

 vix incisa sensim apicem acutum versus attenuatis, in ^s — ^(q altit. dorsi- 

 fixis; pollinis granulis subglobosis v. ellipsoideis, poris binis (v, rarius 

 ternis intermixte) praeditis, reti laxiusculo, manifesto ornatis, maximis. 

 OvAiuuM omnino fere inferum sed apice manifeste petalorum basin superans 

 indeque ad Pitcairnearwn sectiouem trausituni praebens valde plano-com- 

 pressum suborbiculare, angulis binis subalatim productis, tertio fere nullo, 

 subglabrum, apice manifeste coustiietum , tubo epigyno nullo; stylo an- 

 theras manifestissime aequante, paullo triuugulari, filiformi, stigmate apice 

 obtuso clavato; placentis interno loculorum angulo prope medium affixis; 

 ovulis quoque in loculo perpaucis (2—3) podio sin^ulo eylindrieo, baud 

 papilloso iusidcutibus, brevissime stipitatis, ellipsoideis, micropyle urn- 

 bilicatim contracts imx>osita, apice in caudam perlongam, imbecillimam 

 indeque perdeciduam, hyalinam productis. Skmina perpauca, maxima (nd 

 4 mm. longa), crasse ovoideaj utrinque obtusa, exappendiculata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Paraiha districtus 

 Cantogallcnsis : Pohl n. 1029, ad Andarahy Grande: Glaziou n, 9327 et 

 loco non indicate: Glaziou n. 13249, pr. Carmo ad fiuv. Paquequer: 

 Neves Annond n. 318; Minas Geraes , ad Barra Jiquitiba: Riedel n> 

 1185, prope Fdo, do Finhal : Sellow n, 300, 5215; ad Caldas: Lindberg 

 n. 565, E proi\ S, Paulo loco accwatiorc uiihi ignoto attulit Burchdl 

 ft, 5003. Acccdunt collectores (fide Baker) Cunningham, Rcgnell n. 1260, 

 Claussen n. 361. Floret Odohri, Novembri. (F, s, m herb. BeroLy Boiss.- 

 Barbey.^ Brux,^ Lcod. ^ Pctrop,^ Vindob. et a cL Armond benigne com- 

 municatam.) 



SPECIES EXCLUDENDA. 



Acanthostachys ananassoidcs Bak. 

 stacbys Liodm. 



Ananas sativus var. e, micro- 



Xn. ANANAS Adans. 



Ananas Adam. Fam. 11. (1763) p. 67; SchuU. in R. et 

 Schult. Syst. VIL (1830) p. 1283; DC. Mem. Genev. VIL 

 (1835); A. Bich. in Orb. Diet 11. (1843) ^y. 740; Benth. et 

 HooJc. Gen. plant. IIL (1883) p. 662; Wittm. in Engl et 

 Prantl, Nat. Ffianzenfam. 11. 4. (1887) p. 45; Bale. Brom. 

 p. 22; Lindm. Brom. Begnell. in Svenslc. Acad. Hand!. XXIV. 

 (1801) 71. 8. p. 38. — Ananassa Lindl in Bot. Beg. XIIL 

 (1827) n. 1068. t 1081; Bchh. Consp. (1828) p. 62. n. 1278; 

 Bartl Ord. (1830) p. 47; Spreng. Gen. L (1830) p. 254; 

 Endl. Gen. (1837) n. 1299. p. 182 et Euch. (1841) p. 106; 

 RcJib. Nom. (1841) p. 45. n. 1640; Lemr. in Orh. Diet, I. 

 (1841) p. 424; Meissn. Gen. (1842) p. 395 (298); Brongn. 

 En. genr. (1843) p. 23; S^yaeh, Veg. phan. XIL (1846) p. 399; 

 Lindl. Veg. Kyd. (1847) x>. 148; Has^h. PL jav. rar, (1848) 



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