317 



BfiOMELlACEAE : AECHMiA. 



318 



bracteolis florigeris minutis, subulatis, integenimis ; floribus 

 15 mm. longis, solemniter pedicellatis, roseis; sepalis liberis, 

 manifeste spinulosis; petalis apice hand nmcronatis, 1 mm. 

 a basi ligulis binis instructis; filamentis sen II. petalis alte 

 connatis ; polline 2-porato ; placentis interno lociiloruni angulo 

 a Vi alt. ad apicem lineariter affixis; ovulis quuque in loculo 

 subpaucis, breviter caudatis. 



Aechmea coerulescens Bah. in Joitrn. Bot. 1S79, p. 227 

 et Brom. p. 50. n. 61. 



Lamprococcus coerulescens Eegel in Act. Jiort. Pefrop. L 

 p. 93 et in Gartenfl. 1871, t, 694, 



Hoplophytum coeruhscem E, Morr. Cat, 1873. p. 9, 

 Piroiineava Luddemanniana C. Koch Wochemchr, 1866. 

 p, 182; Bey el in Gartenjl. 1867. p. 154. 



Aechmea Luddemanniana Brongn. ap. C. Koch, I, c- 

 Aechmea coerulea E. Morr. Cat. 1871. p. 1. 



Epipiiyta videtur, acaulis, florifera ad 0,4 m. alta, foliis permultis 

 (eaepius ad 20) subtus arete convergentib us imbiieatis uhiculum disHnctum 

 hand formantibus, basi in vaginam manifestam, anguste subovutaiDj 

 praesertim apicem versus paullo membranaceo raargiuatam, intogenimam, 

 amplexicaulem, lepitlibus albidis praesertim intus obsitam seusim di'atatis, 

 exterioribus subdefiexis , interioribus suberectis apicc^iiie relro arcuatis, 

 carDOse chartaceis satisqne canaliculato-concavis, murgine aculeoli;* raio 

 2 mm. longis sacpissime Diinoribns, viridibuSj angustis sursum hamatis, 

 crebriJi armatis, super vagiiiam nuUo modo coustrietis, apice breviter 

 acutinsculeque rotnndatis mucroneqne parvo iinposifo berbaceo praeditis, 

 + 0,3 m, longis J 46 mm, latis, triste v. saturate viridibxis adiiltis snpra 

 glabris nitidigqne, subtus lepidibus albis couspersis, vittis v, liiieis nnllis. 

 Inflorescentia folia subaequans v. minute longiorj e cratero centralis 

 in scapi validiusculi (ad 5 mm. diam.), teretis, + albo-farinosi, Toliolis 

 debillimis sub anthesi semper fere sicce delapsis v, curvis deflexis, anguste 

 linearibus acutisque, margine iiategris, dorso paulJo fariuosiSj aliiidis prae- 

 diti apice erecta , submnltiflora v. multiflora, ultra ^/i longiU e ramulis 

 perabbreviatis subumbellatimque 3 — 6-floris spieatis composita bipinnatim 

 pannieulata , su?)cy]iudrica , apicem versus paullo attenuata Weaiiimque 

 rotundata, axibus teretibus puiictatimque albo-Iepidotis, bracteolis minutis, 

 snbnlatis. Flores + 15 mm, longi, brevius loiigiusve solemniter pedi- 

 cellati, sepalis saturate viridibiis (colore coerulesceule vix sensim adniixto) 

 punctatim parce lepidotis, valde sinistrorsnm coiivolutis, basin usque Hberia, 

 sub anthesi stricte erectis petalisque adpressis sinistrorsnm convolutis, 

 latere tecto in alam perconspicuam, hyalino-inerabranaceam, spinani termi- 

 nalem optiine evolutam, brunnescentem paulloque recurvam v. eiectam 

 aequantem dilatatis valde asyui metritis, crasse cariiosis concavis nee eari- 

 natis, + 3,6 mm. longis. Petala sub nntbesi insigniter rosea colore 

 coerulescente niiuute nonnunquam admixto, deflorata celerrime in miniatuni 

 mutata, basin usque libera filamentisque' ser. I. iuter sfse remota, optima 

 dextrorsum couvoluta, valde strictoque conniveulia tubum cylimlricnm, 

 teretem formantia, apice baud reflexa v. iiperta genitalia cdantia, + 9 mm. 

 longa, anguste subovalia basi iinguem distijichim band formantia, valde 

 concava .apice rotundata soleniniterqne eniarginata, 1 mm. a basi ligulis 

 binis raargine papilloso-fimbriatim iucisis aucta, callis adscendeutibus 

 nullis. Stamina petalis raulto (fere 1,5 mm.) breviora, filamentis crassius- 

 cnle caruosis, subteretibus, ser. I. omnino liberis, ser. II. petalis alte (ad 

 duplam ligularnm altitud.) connatis, apice brevissime contractis; antheris 

 minutis (vix ultra 1 mm. longis) filamentisque hand latioribus, breviter 

 fnaiformibus, utrinque acutis, sulfureis; pollinis granulis crasse ellipsoideia, 

 poris binis polaribns praeditia retiqne perdenso expressoque ornatis. Ova- 

 rium minute obconico-cyliudricum, ± 6 mm. longtim, 3,6 mm. diam., 

 pulcbre viride, teres, lepidibus albis couspersum, apice baud v. raioutissime 

 solum constrictum, basi in pedicellum nonnunquam ad 4 mm. longum 

 contractnm ; tubo epigyao fere nullo; stylo qnam filamenta minute breviore, 

 gracili, filiformi, albo, stigmatibus viridibus, alcicorni-dilatatis, arete conni- 

 ventibua paullo torti.-?; placentis interno locnlornm aogolo a V* altit. usque 

 !id apicem lineatim affixis; ovulis quoque in loculo subpaucis, siugidis 

 podio obtnso, epapilloso insidentibus, brevissime funiculaiis apiceqne in 

 caudam brevem, latisaime complanatam, rotundatam productis, Fructiis 

 maturaseens insigniter coerulescens. 



Patria adJiuc omnino i^nota. In caldaria nostra a tu^dmannio 

 introducta, nunc undiqw cuita. Descripf. ad viv. hort. Vratid. (V. a, 

 in herb. Leod. et Vratisl) 



10. AECHMEA PLATZMANNI Wittm. foliis super 

 vagiDam baud consnictis, aculeis bruimescentibus, infimis ad 

 2 mm. longis praesertim apice dense armatis; inflorescentia 

 pannieulata, e ramulis 6— 4-floris, genuflexis, spicatis com- 

 posita ; bracteolis florigeris ovate -lanceolatis, in spinam desi- 

 nentibus, integerrimis ; floribus 18 mm. longis, sessilibus,lnteis; 

 sepalis basi breviter in tubum connatis, apice longe spinu- 

 losis; petalis apice baud mucrouatis, basi ligulis binis in- 

 structis i filamentis ser. II. petalis brevissime connatis; polline 

 biporato; placentis interno loculorum angulo a medio usque 

 ad apicem affixis; ovulis quoque in loculo oo, obtusis. 



Aechmea PMzmanni Wittm. in Enyl Jahrh. XIII (1891), 

 Beihl n. 29. p. 2 ei 12. 



HopJoplqjfnm Plai:manni E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1875. 

 p. 362 (nomen lanium). 



Hoplophyinm tufeum E. Morr. ap. Bak. Bronx, p. 42. 

 Aechmea jlorihunda Bah. (nee Marl.) Brom. p. 4.2. n. 30 



(e. p., excl. i?yn. Mart, et WawreatioJ. 



EiMruYTA et ftimul lerrestris (fide cl, ScUKKCkl), ocanlis, florifera 

 usque ad 0,0 m, alta sed saepius humiliorj foliis ad 15 perdruse rosu-^ 

 laliSj subtus arete convcrgentibus nlriculura manifestuiu formnntihus, bMi 

 iu vaginam percouHpicuam^ + ovalem, utriuquo donse lepidihiiR bniniieifl, 

 peradpressis v, subimmersiB ob(ectam, marpnc intcgerrimam dilatatift, in- 

 timis suberectis, exterioribus + urcnatim decurvin, chartareo-coriaceia satis- 

 qne canaliculato-concaviSf niargiue aculeis bruiiuesccDtibna folii apicem 

 versus perseusitn decrescealibus, JD^mis ail 2 mm, Jou^is, omnibtu rectis 

 adsceudeutibus praesertim apice piidcuse armatiSi super vagiuum nullo 

 modo constrictis, apiee subrolundati.s acuniiricqiie breviter (riaiigulari, in 

 aculeum validnm desincnfe prarditis, laic linearibus, + 0,6 m. longis, 

 G0_65 mm, latis, utrinque subglabris viridibus v, RiiMns perobRcure 

 niinuloque lepidotis, vittis v. liueis nuUis. Inpkorkscektia axibns omni- 

 bus soleinnissime indefiaitis, folia subaequans v- iis paulio superata, in 

 scapi elegaiitis, erecti, glabriusculi v. i albofarinosi, foliolis vaginiformi- 

 bus, elliptico-lanceolatiK, apice acutis, margine integerrimis, subamplexi* 

 caulibus, strict* erectis scapumque + manilcste amplectentibus, supremis 

 flores altiugentibas rubeiitibus deii.*^iuscule indnti apice xf- flora, dense 

 squarroseque bipinnatim pannieulata, ad 0,17 m, longa, 80 mm. diam.| 

 usque ad medium v. ultra quoque e ramulis 6— 4-floris, qnnni maxime 

 acuteque genuflexis, flubelongatis composita tumque sapra in spicam sim- 

 pliceni densnmque, cylindricam desinens; axibus rubentibua + farinosis 

 V, rarius subglabratis; bracteis primnriis foliolis scapalibus isomorphis, 

 sed manifeste aogustioribus apiceqne (piaesertim superioribus) in spinulam 

 brunnescentem persensira dfHineulibus, pateulibus v. crebrius solemniter 

 reflexis, l)riicteolis secuudariis ovato-lanceolatiw, valde concavifl, in spinam 

 permauifefitam, brunneam transenntibus, ovarium ad ■/* saltern aeqnantibus- 

 FhonnQ ± iB mm, lon^i, solomuitcr sespilcs, skpai.is basi breviter in 

 tubum cyathiformpm connatis, tiim supra liberis suberectis, s-K^onvolutis, 

 latere dcxtro vix latioribua ac sinistro snbsymmetricis, anguste ovalibus, 

 apice snbrotuDdatis in spinam perconspicnam, brunnescentem, rectam desi- 

 nentibus, ± 7 mm, longis (spina neglecta), 3 mm. latis, subglabris v- 

 panllo solum farinosis, utrinque prae^rtim siccis venis longitudinalilnis 

 crebris striatis. pKTAra flava basique nurnuthica v. omnino magis 

 saturate colorata aurautiaca, ad 13 mm, longn, pf-r anfhcsin ererta dexlror- 

 sumque solemniter basin usque libera, iobelTjptica apiceque rotundata, 

 infima ba.si ligulis binis minulissimif», j^TnndnFiforraihus sed in callos 4 

 maximos, foli:*cee ndsrendonfibus prodoctis ancta Stamjsa peUlis mani- 

 feste breviora fllamentis ser L omnino liberis et int^r petala insertis, 

 ser. 11- bifl hrevisaime basi connatis; antheris flavis,, ± 4,6 mn\ longis, 

 nisiformibns atrinqne acutis, paullo infra medium dorsifixis; polfinis 

 granulis biporatis rolfitisquc. Ovaricm sesisile, ± 6 mm. longum, sfipili- 

 forme eylindricum v, paullo triaugularc, glabrnm t- minute farfnosnin, 



