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BEOMELIACEAE : AECHMEA. 



Hopl ophijhim fasciafitm Beer, Brom. p, 129, 



Hohenbergia fasciuta SchulL ap. E ef S. Sysf. Ill 

 p. 1253. n, 4, ' 



Billhergia rhodocyanea Lem. in FL d. Ser)\ /. 207 ■ 

 Hooh^ in Bot. Mag. t 4883; Watvra in Oesien\ hot. Zeitschr. 

 XXX. (1880) p. 148 et in Bull FedM Soc. EorL Belg. 1880. 

 p, 60 et It Sax.'Coh. p, 144; E, Morr. in Belg, Jiort. VL p. 76. 



Aechmea Leopoldi HorL fide Bah. Brom. p. 58. 



Epiphyta (ex cl. Glaziou !, aliis), flonfera ad 0.5 m. alta (sed in 

 caldaiiis nostris saepissime minor), foliis usque ad 20 perdense rosnlatis 

 subtus arcte convergentibus imbricatisque iu tubum subinfundibuliformem 

 solo coDice insideutem coalitia, basi in vaginaiu Jatam, ovalem , subam- 

 plexicaulem, integeriimam, margiue latiuscule membranaeeaui, praesertini 

 dorso sparse albido-lepidotam sensira dilnlatis, ri^idiusculis, exteriorihus 

 arcuatim reflexiSj interioribus peralte coalitis ereetisque eyiindrum for- 

 mantibus, demum apice subpafentibns, niargine aculeis subutris, roctis 

 adscendentibus, fol. exteriorum 1,6—2, inleiiornra 3—4 mm, longis dense 

 arniatis, super vaginam nuUo niodo constrictis, apice exterioribus bieviti-r 

 acutis niuvrnnulatisque, interioribus late rotnndaHs acunnne parvo im- 

 posito, perlate linearibus, ad 0,5 m. longis, 60 mm. lans, trisle viridibns 

 et praeserbim interioribus colore sordide rubro afflatis, ntrinque lepidolis 

 subtus manifeste, supra junioribua solum vittis transversalibns macnlisqne 

 cinereo-albis, lepidotis praeditis. Iwflobksckntia fohis quid* in brevior 

 sed per antbesin e foliorum oratero prorecta, axibns manifeste indtjfinitis 

 iu scapi validi, perrigidi, lougitudinaliter snicafi, panllo ruheuti-vrridiSj 

 valde albo-lannginosi, foliolis rigidis, insigniter siccis, acute senatis apice- 

 que mucronatis, lanceoiatiSj sub iuflorescentium aggregatis, hand vaginatis, 

 optime roseis iuduti apice erecta, aut simplex spicuta aut ramis 2 — 3 

 basalibus quaquaverse spicatis evolutis pauniculatUj compacte pyranddali^, 

 axibus ovariisque dense lanuginosiSj bracteolis laneeolatis margine mani- 

 festissime spinoso-serratis apiceqne aristafis omni cnm inflorescentia pnkher- 

 rime roseis subglabratis v. non nisi basi paullo albo-villosis. Florrr 

 36 mm. longi , profunda bractearum angulis immersi ovario sepnlisque 

 ceterum roseis aibotomentosis, petalis quoad tecta albis, turn ad sepalorum 

 liberum spatium miuute violaceis, turn azureis, defloratia pulcheirime 

 roseis. Skpa/.a 10 mm. longa, calyce omuino triangulari valde carina/a, 

 siniatrorsnm couvolnta, + albo-tomentosa, ad V* ^It "i tubum counata, 

 apice subrotundata minnteque mucronataj iusigniter asymmetrica, petaJa 

 ad Vs longit, tegentia. X^i:tala 30 mm, longa, libera, dextrorsnm convo- 

 luta, arcte conniventia, vel sub antbesin non nisi paullo aperta, perau- 

 gutite oblonga^ valde concava, infima basi ligulas biuas pateriformefs, sub- 

 patente.s, albas^ margine profuudc clegauteique aequaliter fimbriato-incisas, 

 exteriore latere in callos binos erectos, apice obscure muticeque paucideu- 

 tatosj petalis 2-plo breviores productas gercutia. Stamina petalis breviora 

 filanoentia teretibus, crassiusculis a basi ad apicem sensim incrassatis, 

 ser, I. liberis, inter petala insertis, ser. II, petalis ad Vs alt, adiiatia 

 tnmque callis binis longitudinalibiis nsque ad apicem omnino absconditis ; 

 antheris albis, ad 8 mm, longis, apice mucronulatis, paullo infra medium 

 dorsifixis; poJIinis granulis ellipsoideis, ntroque apice pons praeditis. 

 Ovarium subellipsoideum , apice baud constrictum, + albo-tomentosum, 

 stylo petalis paullo breviore basi tubo periauthii conico breviter immer^Oj 

 filiformi, tereti, albo, stigmate breviter tripartite, apice plumoso-laciniatOj 

 dextrorsum contorto, capitato-pyramidali j albo; placeutis suhscutatis ad 

 apicem loculorum augulo iuterno stipitatim affixisj ovulis breviter stipi- 

 talis, apice acumine brevissimo, crassiuscule obtuso praedito. Semixa 

 irregulariter (basin versus iucra^satej fusiformiaj brnnnea et transverse 

 eleganter cinereo-marmorata, laevia, perangusta, ad 1,6—2 mm. longa. 



Habitat in Braeiliae orimtalis prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Pctropolh : 

 Wawra U. n. o9; prope urhem: Binot , Kulenkamp ; ad Andarahy 

 Grander Glaziou n. 11686 et prope S. Chridovdo: idem n, 16409; in 

 Sena dos Orgdos: Lhotzky n. 182; loco non indicato leg. Didrichsen 

 n. 179 (in expedit. Galatheae). Floret Januario, Atigusto-Septembri. 

 (V. V. in hort. Vratid. d siccam in herb. Berol, Boiss.-Barbey., CandoU., 

 jSaun., Leod., Fetrop., Vindob., Warming.) 



47. AECHMEA LEGRELLIANA Bak. foliis super 

 vaginam haud coustrictis, aculeis conspiciiis, brunnescentibus 

 remote arniatis ; infloresceutia siinplici, spicata, subhenii- 



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sphaerica; biacteolis florigeris ovatis acumiiiHtimqn*^ peracathl. 

 haud cymbiformibus, valde serratis . floribus 35 nm. longisi 

 rubris. sessilibu^; sepalis ad 'A long: connatis, validiusoule 

 mucronatis; petalis rotunaatis, basi ligulis binis instructis; 

 filamentis ser. II. peUlis ad '/s fere alt. connatis polline bi- 

 porato; placentis interno ioculorum angulo super medium 

 affixis; ovulis oo subobtusis. 



AccJtmea LegrelUam Bak. in Joum. Bo£. 1879. p 2$6. 



Ortgiesia LegreUiam Bak. Brom. p. 19. n. 2. 



Hohenhergia Legrelliiim Bak. m Sauttd Hef. UU. t. 285. 



Ortgiesia palleohta E. Morr. Cat. 1871. p. 2. 



Macrochurilium rccunaium Kl ap. Bs*. Brom. p. 19. 



Porfea LegrelUana Benlk. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. III. 

 p. 664. 



TKiuiKSTuifl vidolur (aa pulim •plphyta?), aoMilui, aoiikra 0,8 ad 



0,4 va. altn, fouis 7 — 12 penlnise rosulatis, suldus arcte ooDVCiyeuUbuii 



crateruni raauifeBtum forinaiitilms, tiasi in ragiiiaui ouubiiicuam, l.itt^ub- 



lineari-ovalera , margine sacpiua Utiiiscul? nicmlinniaream, in(<*grriimam, 



utrioque sed prapwrlim dorso densinncnle lepidilxiti hrntincih ^on^p•rHU■ 



sensim dilatatis, per aiiihefiiii solemniter incurvalo-renirvii, valde cannli- 



culatis, luargiue aculeis roiispicuis (usque ad 2 mm. Ioukih sed naepiRslme 



iu)j)un)His), biuDneaceiitibufi, qiiam luaxime Auinuia uutiualis remote sr- 



malis, Kupor vugiuaiu nuUu uiodo cuustriclia, a basi usque ad apicem 



perseii.sidi atteuuatis dcniuuiquc iu tiummiluttm uugubtv Uaoarem, ri|[idiuu, 



latere ineiiucm de-sincutibus, liticaribus, + 0,4 m. luujjis, mudio ad Htam. 



latip, laete viridilms, supra glabris nitidiVyuej 8u!)(u« pallidioribus, Icpidi- 



hns crebris conspfrRis, vittis v. lineis millis. Ixn.oKKsCKKTiA axl solem* 



niter indefiuito bracte^s pluiea steriles apice gerenie, foliornm cratcro 



centralis iisque permulto brevior in scapi perconspicai (aaciiifsime ultra 



0,2 ni. longi), teretis, subglabri, foliolis pulchre nibenUbus supremisqae 



flores basi ciugeutibus, optiiue uvatim subacuminatiinqne peracutis, margine 



praetiertini iiiope apicem Kcrratis^ dorso miuute albo-lcpidutis, bitberectis 



deusiuscule iuduti apice tiubuiuUint^ra , »ulcmuilci simplex spicata, late 



ellipgoidea v. subsphacrica, apice ubtaM, axi glabra, recta, ± clongata; 



bracteis foUolis acapalibus isomorphis wd longius anguslcqnr acutJB ma^ 



gineque soleinnius sornilatis, sepalis patillo solnm brevioiibus. Fi.ores 



36 mm. longi, sessiles, profunde braclpis immersi, subglabri, BBPAi.ifi valde 



carioatiH Rinistrorsum convolutis, ad '/i ft-re longitudinis in tubum cgn- 



nati8, liueari-elliptlcis, apicem versus louge aculis demumque in atuleolum 



validiiisculum transeuntibus, ftsymmetricis , pelala ad V* fere tegentibus. 



Petala omnino glabra rubro-purpnrea, 26 mm. loiiip*, usque ad basiu 



libera ibique filamentis ser. I. remoia, arcte conniventia nee sub antliesin 



multo aperta, angu.ste liueari-oblonga, apice rotuudata, valde oonca%-a, 



prope basin ligulis biuis ■nbhyalioie, margine perlonge plumopo-inciRiB 



aucta. Stamina petalis niauifeste breviora filamentis ser. I. liberis, inter 



petala insertis; ser. 11. petalis ad '/» f"^™ a"'*- *»nnatifi tumque supra 



usque ad apicem fere plica longitudinali abseonditis; antheris 5,6 mm. 



longis, subbacillilbrmibus, apice brevissime acutis v. subobtubia, basi paullu- 



lum incisia, paullo iufra medium dorsifixis; pollinis granulis subcjiiudricis, 



DOD nisi medio paullo incrassatis, ntroque latere puro praeditis, reli laro, 



prominnlo, elegaiili ornatis. Ovarium ellipsoideum , apice matiifcstiwime 



constrictum et in tubum epi^uum conspimum transiens ad 10 mm. 



loDguin, stylo autberis paullo longiore, fitigmaU baud profunde partito 



lobis subgIob<t.se conlortis; placentis latis super medium loculorum angulo 



intiiriio affixis; ovulis non nisi brevissime stipitatis, apice subobtusis. 



Habitat in republica Uruguay: Arechavalda n. 1616 et Gibert 

 n. 1414 (fide Baker}; in Braaiiia australi sine uUo dubh haud deest, 

 sed adhuc nondum lecta. (Y. «. in herb. Berol, Leod., Turic.) 



48. AECHMEA OKTGIESII Bak. foliis super vaginam 

 haud coustrictis, aculeis viridibus, ad 1,5 mm. longis remote 

 armatis; infloresceutia simplici, spicato, abbremU, obtnsa; 

 bracteolis florigeris baud cymbiformibus, late ovatis peracutis- 

 que, pectinato-serratis; floribus 35 mm. lougis. wesilibna, 



