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BEOMELIACEAE : AECHMEA. 



peralte ligulis binis instructis; filamentis ser. II. petalis per- 

 alte connatis; polline biporato ; placentis interno loculorum 

 angulo apice afflxis; ovulis subpaucis, perlonge caudatis. 



Aechnea Pineltana Bak in Journ, Bot 1879. p, 233 

 et Brom, p. 60. n. 95. 



Bcliinostachys Pineliana Brongn. ap. Blanch in Hort 

 BonaL p. B5; Beer, Brom. p. 148; Hook in BoL Mag. 

 L 5321. 



Macrocliordium Pinelianum Lenh in III Hort IX. 

 Misc. p. 62. 



Echinostachys rosea Beer, Brom, p. 149. 



EpipHTta, acaiilis, florilera 0,5—1 m. alta, foijis 15—20 per(lenge 

 rosuh tis^ subtus imbricatim arete couiiiventibus craternm subeonionm 

 formantibns, basi in vaginam maximam, subovatam, amplexicaulem , toto 

 niar^ijje late plernmqne brunDeo-mettibrauiiceam , izjtegerrimani » ntrinque 

 dense penidpresseqiie lepidibus pallide bruoneia obt^ctam persensim dila- 

 talis, paucis extiiuia recurvo-patentibus, interioribus snberectis— erectis 

 apiceque + deflexis, cori^iceisj valde caualicuIato-coDcavis, margiue aculeis 

 subatris, infimis maximis ad 5 mm. longis, omuiuo rectis pateutilnis den- 

 sissime dispositis, saperioribiis sensim aensimque usque ad folii apicem 

 ininntis^, priftinra rectis + adscendentibufl, tnm paullo sursum curvatis 

 dense arraatis, super vngiuath nullo modo couptiictis, apice peracutis et 

 in spinam manifestissiniam, saepissime 6 mm. lon^am , augustissimum 

 validcque pungeutem desinentibus , opfime liuearibiis, +0,8 m. longis, 

 35 mm, latis^ supra optime gramineo-viridibus paulloqne solnm albescenti- 

 afflatis, subtus pnlcherrime quasi argentcu-lepidotis conspicueque trans- 

 veisaliter vittatis, Inflorescentia axi solemuiter iudefinito et super flores 

 comam iierconspicuam squarrosamque foliolorum angustissimorum seti- 

 fonniura flavescentinm gerente foliL^ longiuscnle superata in scapi graciliSj 

 denf^e albo-tomentosi, foliolis vaginosis, amplexicaulibus, lanceolato-ovalibus 

 apiceque subacumiuatini acutis supremisque saltern spiuuiam miuutissimaui 

 obscnniraque gereulibijSj infegeriimis, glabriusculis, suznmis luflavesv.eiiihnn 

 attingentibus J tenuiter merabranaceis, stricta erectis mar^inibnsque invo- 

 lutis soapum tubulatim araplecfentibus, opfime roseis margine albidis 

 apieeqne pauHo bi^unnescentibus perdense imbricatimque omnino obtecfi 

 apice erecta, multiflora v. co-flora, solemniter simplex eonfertissime spicata, 

 optime cylindrica (v. floribus snperioribus nondura evolutis pyramidatim 

 ovata) apiceque subrotundata v. acntiuscula, + 70 mm. longji, 30 mm, 

 diam. sed saepius quoque multo major, plerunique (praesertim nostris e 

 caldariis) minor, axi crassiusculo tomeutelloque, bracteis dorso dense 

 albO'tomentosis (siccis plerumque glahratis), latissima basi axi affixis valde 

 cymbilbimi-coucavis ovarium sepalorumqne partem iuferiorem recipimtibus, 

 coriaceis inargiaeque minutissime solum v. vix meinbranaceis, snborbiculari- 

 tthiformibus, medio in spiuam perlotigjim glabranique , petalis evolutis 

 pSullo brevibrem, fiftvam, angustissime setirormem produttis, siibtns con- 

 spicne cai'Inntis, pfneter spinatn vJx 4 mm. loiigis subduploqne latis. 

 Flores e bracteis lolige prftrfiinentes solemniter sessiles, sepat.is oniuino 

 glabris v. basi solum paullo tomentellis, liberis, + 4,6 mm. longis , sul> 

 coriSCeis, erectis vaMeqae s.-coovolntis tiibum apice pauIJo jittenuatum 

 circa petala formantibns, snbovatis et ntrinque in alam membraDaceani, 

 latere dextro multo altioiem rotuudatam productis indeque apice emiirgi- 

 natis spiuulara minufissimam, paulio recurvam gereiUiljus, asymruetricis, 

 hand caiiuatis. Petala ante et per authesiu viieuti-flava, deflonita sordide 

 flavesceuti-brunnea, + 8,6 mm. louga, basin usque libera et ibi filamentis 

 ser. I. intercalatis perlonge inter se8e remofa, basi solemniter coriaoeo- 

 incrassata paullo dilatata, turn medio solemnius coutracta demumque in 

 laminam lanceolato-ovalem transeuntia , apice acutiuscula, ad lamiuae 

 basTn ligtitis binis ^ferconspicnis , fimbriatim inscisis aucta, callis adsceu- 

 dentibns nntlis. Stamina petalis paullo solnm breviora, per anthesiu 

 baud prominentia, filamentis ser. I. basi conspicue incrassatis, paullo 

 extra petala quoqoe insertis; ser. II. petalis longissiiue (usque ad ligulainm 

 altitndinem) connatis; antheris flavidis, subovatis, basi ol.fusinscalis npice 

 acutja, + 2 mm. longia, paullo infra medium dor?ifixis; pollinis grnnnlis 

 ellipsoideis, ntroque polo poro praeditis, membrana exteriore 'luam maxima 

 incrass:ita, puuctulis minutissimis immersis praedita. Ovarium densiuscule 

 afbo-tomentcllam, brevissimnm (vfx 3 mm. longnm), crasse cylindricum, 

 ntrinque ne minute quidem constrictum; stylo antheris paullo breviore, 

 basi consp-cue incrassato, optime cylindrico, apice brevissime in stigmata 

 linearia, vahle conglutinata vix contorta, capitulnm minutum apice acutum 



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formantia diviso; placentis interna loculorum angulo sumrao apice optime 

 stipitatmi affixis; ovulis subpaucis, crasse subgloboais, perlonge caudatis. 

 Fructus mihi ignotus. 



HaUtat in Brasiliae amtralin prov, Sio d^ Janeiro, ad CantagaUo : 

 Glaziou n. 16404; ad Novo Friburgo: idem n. 1548? et loco non indirato : 

 Glaziou n. 13214. Floret Augmto. (Y. s. indigenam in hrrh. Bcrol, 

 Brux., Petrop., Warming, et cultam in herb. Boiss.-Barhcy. , Lead, et 

 Vindob.) 



65, AECHMEA VAN HOUTTEANA Mkz: foliis super 

 vaginam baud constrictis, acultis conspicuis, flavescenti-brun-- 

 neis perdense horridis; inflorescentia strobilifonmV cylindrico- 

 spicata, apice setoso-comata; bracteolis florigeris subsqamato^ 

 ovatis, apice acuminatis mucronatisque, flores involventibus, 

 margine paucidentatis ; floribus 25 uiiii. longis, sessilibus, 

 violaceis; sepalis infima basi connatis, mucronatis; petalis 

 breviter acutis, alte ligulis binis auctis; filamentis ser. IL 

 petalis alte connatis; placeutis interno loculorum angulo prope 

 medium affixis; ovulis obtusis, 



Quesnelia van Houlleam E. Morr. in Belg. JiorL 1881. 

 t 17 ; Baker, Brom. p. 85. 



Ecliimslaclliis van Houiieana Van Houlte, Cat. 1878. 

 Macrochordium van Houffeanum WUtnu in Engl Jahrh. 

 1891 Beibl 29. p. 4. 



TRRREeTHis videtur, acinlis, florifera saepiufl ad 1 m. y. ultra aUa, 

 FOLIIS + 30 breviter rosulatis, basi iu vaginam permaiiifeRtara, ovatam 

 snbsabito iUIata(i,'s, carioasis pcrrigidis^ margine acuJeis praesertim basi 

 mnximis uaqiie nd 7 mm. longis tumqne supni seDsim decrescent ibus, 

 flaTMCenti-hniniieis, wlemnitor rectis sursum versifi jM-rdtiiHe Ijorridifl, 

 super vaginam nullo modo constrietis, apicrm versiiR seiisim acntis dcmum- 

 qne in aculeum validissimum, teretem, ^nbhrnnnrnm trnnfi0iinlilni«, sob- 

 anguste linenribiis, + 0,6 m. longis, medio 30 mm. latie, opacia, utrinqne 

 ftubglabris viridihus nee dorso vittatis. Inflorksckntia axi plenimqne 

 manifeste indefinite folia subaequans, e crat^ro centralis in scapi v^tlidiuscuti 

 (ad 6 mm< diam.), subglabri v. minute solum subciuereo-lepidoli , foliis 

 perlongi« validissimisque, cylindrice involutis vaginiJ'ormibus, amplexicauli 

 bns, suboblongis, apice subrotundatis nee non mucrone v. aculeo imposito 

 nrmatis, praesertim dorso apieemqne verRua solemniter livido-lepidotiSj 

 iTiarglne intcg^rrimis v, non nisi dentihus perpaucis praeditis, pallidis, 

 perndpresse cylindrieeqne imbricalis densisfiirae indnti indeqne percrassi 

 spetfiem praebentis apice erecta, oo-flora, simplex strobiliformiflj perangnste 

 ellipsoidea v. potius cylindrica, utrinque rotundata, basi foliolis pluribus 

 transiUim inter foliola scapalia bracteasque parantibus sed dorso praesertim 

 basin versus qnam maxime niveo-lauatis sufTulta, bracteis ab iufloresceutiae 

 basi usque ad apicem omniuo ejnsdem magnitudinis divergeutia ^'/^i dis- 

 positis floris sepala aequantibus, basi pallidis, apireni versus rnbris, 

 perlate subpquamnto-ovatis, apicem versus longe nianifesteqne acuminatis 

 nee non in mucionem qnamvis debiJem trauseuntibus, D»qoe ad */» altit 

 insigniter niveo-lauatisj tum glabris solemniter (siciiis) longitndiualiUr 

 (nee transversa liter) striato-venosis, marginfe paucidentatis, basi cucnllatim 

 involutis gjnaeceum amplectentibus. >Yorks usque ad 25 mm. Jougi, 

 sessiles, sepams basi praesertim + fioccose tomcutosiSj apicem versus 

 glabratis, manifesto s.coBvolulis, suberectis nee nou sub aatbeain mioM- 

 tissime arcuatim recurvatia, anbcoriaceis, singulis satis carinatis couni- 

 ventibus tubum triangnUrem form.inlibns. qnnmvis brevissime tamen 

 mauife^te infima basi inter sese connatis, vix 10 mm. longis, petala ad 

 Vs longit. certe tegenlibus, subrectangularibus, apice solemniter mucronato- 

 acntis, margine dextro in alam apice rotundatam, perconspicuam productis, 

 sat asynimetricis, Petala violacea, glabra, ± 17 mm, lunga, basin usque 

 libera ibique filamentis ser, I. interc-alatis valde inter aese remuta, supra 

 manifeste d.-couvoluta, deflorata baud insigniter, ut videtur, contorta, ex 

 ungue latiuscule lineari, coriaceo-incrHSsato in Umlnam tenuem, au^uste 

 ellipiicam, apice breviter acutara aeuaim dilatata, per antbesin hand zygo- 

 morphe dispo^ita vix aperta genitnliaque inclndentia, peralte {ultra Vi 

 altit-) ligulis binis obliquis, subrectangularibus, latere baud affixis, margine 



