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BROMELTACEAE : QUESNELIA. 



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Genus Aechncae peraffinis et non nisi artificial iter 

 separandum , adhiic plej'umque Billhei-giae confusum , quae 

 tamen pollinis structura toto coelo differt, quamvis habitu 

 saepius congruens sit. Species pleraeque Brasilienses hie 

 enumeratae, quibns pancae accedunt Quianenses. Et arboribus 

 et sasis epiphytae et terrestres silvarum ealidarum incolae. 



CLAVIS SPECIERTIM ERASILIENSIUM. 



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A. Inflnrrscenlin multi- v. snbninltiflora, 



I. Rractenc florigerae integrae v* nonnnnqnam miJinte denticnialae, 



a, Bracteae membranaceae, obtusae v. nonnunqnam breviasime acntae 

 mueroiuilataeque; inflorescentia + cylinfJrica. 



1. Braeteolae planae. 



a. Inflorescentia peraogusta, saepius interrupta, 



submnltiflora 1. Qii- latkkams Wawra. 



p. lufloiesceutia crassa perdeusaque, pennultiflora 



2. Qu. Tkstudo Lindm. 

 2- Bractoolae transverse unnulato-crispntae; inflores- 

 centia crassa perrleiisnqno, pcrmnltiflora 



8, Qu- ARVEN913 Mez, 



b, Bracteae coriaceae v, rigidae, longe acurainatini acutae. 



1. I nil orescent ia fusiformis v. subpyramidata 



4* Qu. BLANDA Mez. 



2. Inflorescentia ftubcorymbosa v. breviter cylindrica 



6- Qu, iNDKCoaA Mez, 

 II, Cractcae Ilorigerae solemniter serrato-pectinatae 



6, Qu, AuGUSTO-CoBrKGi Wawia, 



B, Infiorescentia peipanci (2 — 3)'flora, 



a. Foliornm inerminm, perncutorum ntricnlus bulhosus 



7. Qu. Tii.LAxnsioiDKa Mez. 



b. Folia minute acnleolata, rotundata, utriculum cylimlri- 

 eum forniautia 8. Qu. humims Mez. 



Species omnino dubiae sedis 9, Qu. SeTiLOana Bak. 



L QUESNELIA LATERALIS Wawra: foiiis margine 



aculeis baftiis, in plantis jnnioribus validioribus, in adultiori- 



bus solemniter niinutis densiuscule armatis; inflorescentia 



submnltiflora, peranguste saepiusque interrupte cylindrica; 



bracteis florigeris membranaceis, perlate ovato ellipticis, bre- 



vissime subaciiminato-acutis mncronuloqiie minutissimo ari- 



statis, integerrimis, baud crispatis; floiibus 40 mm, longis, 



(^neis; sepalis tnmcatis, baud (v, miuutissime solum) mucro- 

 nulatis. 



Quemelia lateralis Wawra in Oesterr. lot. Zeitschr. XXX. 

 p. 149 et in Bull Feder. Hart. Belg- 1880, p, 61 et in It. 

 ptinc. Sax.- Cob. p, 152. t. 27. 



QuesmUa centralis Watvra in Oesterr. hot Zeitschr. XXX. 

 p. 150 et in Bull Horl Belg. I c. et in It. prim. Sax.- Cob, 

 p. 151. L 26. 



Billhergia Enderi Kegel in Gartenflora XXXV. 1886. 

 p. 97. L 1217. 



Quemelia Enderi Gravis et WittmacJc in Gartenflora 

 1888, p. 195, fig. 41-43; Balcer, Bromel p. 86. 



TKauKfiTRis (ex cl. Wawua), sul>caesposita, quoad morphologiani a 

 renquis Bromeliaceis, quot mihi notne, satis recedens. Nam planta pri^ 

 maria, postquam in scapo centruli, omnino legulari florea protulit, miniine 

 reliqnainm bujus familiae spederum litu moritnr, sod vero iu fotiorum 

 iiiferiornm axiUi-s novas inflorMcentias in *irnpis cclonun nornialibuK piolerf 

 nee non e squannirnni rhizomalis foliosanini axillis acapi floiiferi prn- 

 venindt. Folia 8—10 rosulata, basi arete conniventia tubum brevcm, 

 saepius demum evanescentem forniautia, inferiora snbpatentia, intima 



stricte erecta nee reflexa, basi iu vaginam brovem sed mauifestaTu, sub- 

 triangularem, pauHo hyaliuo-margiuatam, integernmam, seniiamplexicaulem 

 breviuscule dilatata, rigidiuscula, satis conravo-canalieulata, margine aculeis 

 in plantis junioribus sat validioribus, in lulultioribus solemniter niinutis 

 usque ad 3 mm. lougis, apieem versus sensini decrescentibus, triangulari- 

 bus, recte patentibus, badiis v, potius omnino atris densiuscule jirmat:^ 

 super vaginam nullo modo coustricta, apice breviter acuta aut acnminulo 

 noununquam deciduo imposito late rotnndata , latissime linearia, usque 

 ad 0^8 m. longa, 60 ram. lata, opaca, supra saturatius, subtus manifeste 

 pallide viridia lepidota nee non vittis transversalibus latiusculis ornata, 

 interiora (ex cL Wawra tab. cit.) nonnunqnam apieem versus paullo 

 rubentia. Infi^orescentia axi manifestissime indefinito folia in specimini- 

 bas jnvenilibus satis superans, iu senioribus iis mauifeste l)revior, aut 

 centralis, aut nti supra niemoravimus lateralis in scapi tenuis (ad 3 mm 

 diam.), glabri v. subglabri, praesertim apieem versus rubri, foliolis vagini- 

 formibus, elliptico-lauceolatis, amplexicaulibus, breviter acutis, integeirimis 

 v, superioribus margine dentibus paucis serrulatis, erectis adpressisque 

 nee non circa scapum involutis, roseis v, pnkherrime snepiusque per- 

 satnrate coccineis v- demum floribns fere defloratis brunnescentibus, dorso 

 paullo lepidotis eeternm glabratis dense induti apice erecta, submnlti- 

 flora, simplex spicata, peranguste laxeque subcylindrica, apice subrotun- 

 data, basi foliolis paucis quoijd formam inter bracteas (oliaque scapalia 

 ambiguas nee bracteis majoribus suffulta , bracteis pulcherrime coccineis 

 demum brunnescentibus sepala vel in inflorescentiae apice certe aeqnanti- 

 bns perlate ovato-ellipticis, brevissime subacuminato-acutis mucronuloque 

 minutissimo, hand puugeute aristatis, membranaceiSj erectis, glabris, siccis 

 pulchre nitidis, praesertim apieem versus mauifeste venoso-striatis. Fi^okkr 

 ad 40 mm, longi, sessiles, st;rALi8 glaberrimis, rubris, valde s.-couvolutis, 

 per anthesin erectis arete conniventibus, petalis adpressis, cbartaceis, bre- 

 vissime in tubum connatis, + 11 mm, longis, petala ad ^/a longit. tegenti- 

 bus, subrecfangnlaribus, apice tvunQixtiH nee (v. minutissime solum) mucro- 

 nulatis, margine dextro in alam latam , hyalinara productis, valde asym- 

 metricis, Petala optime cyanea, glabra, usque ad 33 mm, longaj omnino 

 libera basique filameutis ser. I. intercalatis inter sese remota, turn supra 

 solemniter d.-convoluta et deflorata magis quoque eontorta, apice rotun- 

 data, lamina auguste elliptica sensim in unguem perangustnm, linearem 

 attenuata, per antheaiu baud zygomorpbe disposita vix aperta genitaliaque 

 iucludentia, 2^8 — 3 mm, a basi ligulis binis permanifestis, iu tomenta 

 brunnea perprofunde dissecfis aucta, callis binis lougitudinaliter adscen- 

 dentibus filameuta ser, 11. peralte tegentibus. Stamina petalis permulto 

 breviora, per antbesin baud prominentia, filamcntis quam maxime com- 

 )>lanatisj ser. I. basin usque liberis et inter petala iusertis; ser, II. petalis 

 ultra '/2 longit, conuatis; antberis snbiusiformibus, et basiu et apieem 

 versus attenuatis , exacle medio dorsifixis, + 7 mm. longis; pollinis gra- 

 nulls ossiformibus, utroque latere poris binis praeditis, reti iusigni , laxo 

 oroatis. Ovarium glabrum , ellipsoidenm, petalorum basi latins apice 

 plerumque mauifeste constrictum, in tnlmm perianthii infuodibnliformem, 

 perlougum prodnctum^ + 10 mm. longnm; stylo elegauter filiformi, apice 

 praesertim triangnlari, perianthium subaequante v, vix breviora, stigmatis 

 lobis brevibus, globose d.-coutortis; placeutis interno loculornm augulo 

 prope medium v, paullo supra affixis^ ovulis oo podio singulo aubcylindrico, 

 valde papilloso insideutibuSj mauifeste stipitatis, apice obtusis v, minutis- 

 sime tantum acuminnlatis, Semina ignota. 



Habitat summis in monfium Organensium regiombus in BrasiUae 

 prov. Rio de Janeiro : Wawra IL n, 315, 376, Glaziou n- 3S3S, 14336, 

 16440. (V. s. spontaneam in herb. Berol, Brux., Vindob., Wnrming. et 

 ctUtam in herb. Leod. et Petrop.) 



2. QUESNELIA TESTUDO Lindm. foiiis crebre et 



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minute denticulatis; inflorescentia permiUtifloia, dense crasse- 

 qiie cylindrico-ellipsoidea; bracteis florigeris membranaceis, 

 obovato-spathulatis , apice dilatatis obcordato-emarginaiis et 

 turn minute mucronulatis, integris, baud crispatis; floribns 

 25 mm. longis; sepalis minute acuminatis. 



QnesneUa Testiido Lindm. Brom. Ueynell. p. 24. tah. III. 

 fig- 9-19. 



„FoLiA rosulae p:iuciora circa 16, spicam longe superantia, e basi 

 lanoeolala auguste line;iria, S — 4 cm, Iala» curvato reflexa v. subcreota in 



