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iutenio loculornm augulo paullo super medium affixis; ovulis quoqnc in 

 loculo vix ultra 20 globosis, apice obtuHis (v. mncrone minuto imposito 

 apiculatis?). Fructus mihi iguotus. 



Habitat in Brasiliae septentrwnalis prov. Paraensi ad Amazonum 

 amniH ripas, unde vivam in caldaria nostra infroduxit WaUis ; p-ope S. 

 Carlos prov. Alto Amazonas teg. Spruce n. 3113. (V. s. in licrh. Lcod.) 



Obs. Species periiisignis suinniisquc studiis digiia, cum absque 

 fere dubio iiovi generis typum offerat. Maxima affinis videtur speciebus 

 nouunllia Equatoriensibus (e. g. Ae. Veitchii Bak.). 



SPECIES BRASILIANAE E OENERE EXCLUDENDAE. 



Aechnea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmen 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 A echmea 

 Aechmea 

 A echmea 

 Aechmea 



r 



Aechmea 

 Aechnea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechnea 

 Aechmea 



aiigiista Bak- ^= Hoheubergia ferruginea Ciin\ 

 aurantiaca Tak, =: Cauistrum aurantiacum E. Morr. 

 Ullhcrgiokles Bak. = Nidiilarinm biacteatum Mez, 

 Blanchetii Bak. = Hohenhergia Rlanchetii E, Morr. 

 capifdta Bak. = Gravisia exsudans Mez. 

 chrysocoma Bak. = Gravisia clirysbcoma Mez. 

 eburnea Bak. =^ Canistrnin Lindeni Mez. 

 eriantha Brougii. = Hohenbergia criantha Moz. 



F 



exsudans Bak. =-■ Gravisia exsudaos Mez. 



Fiirstenbergii E. Morr. et Wittm. == Streptocalyx Fiirsteu- 



bergii E. Morr. 

 fusca Bak. = Caiiistrum fuscum E. Morr. 

 ylomcrata Hook. = Hobenbergia ferrugiiiea Carr. 

 immersa Hort. = Nidularium coucciilricuui ^fez. 

 lingidata Bak. (e. p.) ^ Wittmackia liiigulata Mez. 

 longisepala Bak. = Hohenbergia ferrugiiiea Carr. 

 multiccps Bak. = Hobenbergia augusta E. Morr. 

 Noettigii Wawra ^= Portea Noettigii Mez. 



Wittmackia lingubita Mez. 



Wittmackia odoni Mez. 

 parvijiora Bak. ^ Araeococcus parvifloiu.s Lindm. 

 patentissima Bak. = Wittmackia patentissima Mez. 

 Petropolitana Wawra ^ Portea PetropoHtana Mez. 

 platynema Bak. ^ Streptocalyx floribunda Mez. 

 Poeppigii Bak. = Wittmackia Poeppigii Mez. 

 purpurea Bak. = Niduhulum procerum Lindm. (cf. app.) 

 pycnunfha ]?ak. = Hohenborgi;i pycuaulha Mez. 

 Ridleyi Bak. = Hobenbergia Ridleyi Mez. 

 rosea Bak. = Cauistrum roseura E. Morr. 

 Salzmanni Bak. ^ Hohenbergia Salzraanni E. Morr. 

 sHigera Hort. (nee Mart.) = Billbergia pyramidalis Lindl. 

 Skinneri Bak. = Androlepis Skiuneri Broiign. *) 

 stenophylla Bak. = Fern.seea Itatiaiae Bak. 

 viridis Bak. = Cauistrum viride E. Morr. 



Aechmea odora Bak 



Aechmea 

 Aechme a 

 A echmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 A echmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechnea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 

 Aechmea 



8ak. = j 



XVI. QUESNELIA Gaud. 



QuESNELiA Gaud. Atl. Bonite, t. 54; Beer, Brom. (1857) 

 p. 16. 49; Wawra, It. Sax.-Cob. (1883) p. 135. 149; Benth. 

 in Bmth. et HooL Gen. PI III (1SS3) p. 665; Wittm. in 

 Engl, et Prantl, Naturl. Pfianzenfam. 11. 4. (1887) p. 47; 

 Linihn. Brom. Begnell in Svenslc. Vetensh Acad. Handl 

 XXIV. (18.91) p. 13. 23 (e. p. quoad snhgen. Euquesnelia, 

 cet. exclm.). — Lievena Begel, Gartenfl. XXIX. (1880) p. 289. 

 i, 2024. — BiLLBERGiAE spsc C. Koch, Wochenschr. X. (1867) 

 p. 141; Begel in Gartenfl. XXXIV. (1885) p. 260. L 1203 

 et XXXV. (1880) p. 97. t. 1217; Bak. Brom. (1889) p. 74. 

 n. 12. — Bromeliae s^yec. Veil Ft. Flum. Ill (1830) 1. 114 

 et in Arch. Mus. Nac. Bio V. (1885) p. 123; Schoit ap. Beer, 

 Brom, (1857) p. 43. — AiNOFLoruYTr spec. Beer, Brom. 

 (1857) p. 43. 



*) Androlepis Brongu. et Mez: Genus hie primum defi.iitum, adhuc 

 monotypicum, filamentis lepides binas maxima.s gcrenlibiis ex omnibus 

 reliquis Bromeliueeis periosigne. 



Bkomel. 



Flokes hermaphroditi. Sepala libera v. basi 

 miuute v. rarissime altius connata, sinistrorsum con- 

 Toluta, latere dextro in alam membranaceam , sacpius 

 alte productam dilatata, apicc obtusa v. acuta, raris- 

 sime mucrouata, glabra v. dissite et saepius immerse 

 lepidota. Petala in aestivatione dextrorsum couvo- 

 luta, solemniter basin usque libera saepiusquc filamentis 

 ser. I. intcrcalatis inter sese remota v. filamentorum 

 omnium basin includontia, ex ungue longe linoari in 

 laminam angustius latiusve ovalem, acutam v. rotun- 

 datam dilatata, sub antliosi paullo solum patentiu v. 

 erecta v. BiUhergiae ritu secundaric zygomorplie ad \ dis- 

 poaita, iufima basi v. rarius paullo altius ligulis binis 

 nectariferis saepiusquc callis sive cristis altc adsccn- 

 dentibus filameutaquc deprehcudeutibus aucta. Stamina 

 6 sub anthcsi poirecta v. iiiclusa, petala aequantin v. 

 iis paullo breviora , bisoriatim sepalis et turn petalis 

 jiltcrnantia; filanionta tcnuissima 4; complanata, scr. I. 

 libera , ser. II. petalis altiuscule counata ; antherac 

 conspicuae, versatilcs v. paullo infra medium dorsifixae; 

 poUinis grauula poris binis polaribus praedita retique 

 elegante, prominentc oruata. Tubus epigynus plerum- 

 que percouspicuus. Ovariu.m optime inferum, glabrum 

 V. rarius 4^ l;Hiuginosum , ellipsoidcum v. globosum ; 

 stylus antheris paullo brevior v. iis longior prtala 

 aoquans, stiginatc profunde in lobos 3 linoares, spiralitor 

 tortos diviso; placentae interne loculorum angulo circa 

 medium vel apicem versus v. prope apiecm affixis; ovulis 

 quoque in loculo oo, excaudatis. Bacca subexsucca, ex 

 ovario omnino immutato v. parum incrassato sepalisque 

 persistentibus coronato formata. Semina oo, minima, an- 

 guste fusiformia et + iucurvata, laevia v. minute rugulosa. 



h 



Herbae haplobioticae , saepius altae in canUs sou 

 rhizomatis erecti, crassi apice extensae, saepius depressae 

 hnmilesque, acaules v. subacaules. Folia perdemt 



rosu 



lata, basi in vaginam ampJexicauJem v. subamplexicaulcm, 

 intus liaud viUosam sed lepidibus saepkslme hrunnes- 

 centibus -\- dense conspersam dilataia, linearia, super 

 vaginam hand constricta, apice acuta aculeataqne v. 

 rotundata acuminc saejnus putride deciduo obtusa, margine 

 aculeolis saepius brunnescentibus minuiisque praedita v. 

 omnino inermia, praesertim darso lepidibus albidis con- 

 spersa nonnunquam cofisplcue fransversaUter vUtata. 

 ISFLOBESCENTIA in scapi erecti v. penduli v. nutantis, 

 folioUs membranaceis , optime rubentibus induti apice 

 simplex spicata; hracteolae florigerae mcmhranaceae v. 

 coriaceae v. rare rigidae, oUusae v. acuminatae, intcgrae 

 V. saepius marginc pectinato-scrratae. FlonES insignifer 

 scssllcs, coerulci -0, rosei. 



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