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Habitat m Brnsiliae australis prov. S. Paulo, ad Sororocaha in 

 ripa amtiis Bufuroca ad arhores et in lifore ad ferram: Moscn n. 370S. 

 Floret Martio, Apriti. (Non vidi; diagn. ex Lindinan, I. c) 



4. QI3ESNELIA BLANDA Mez: foliis inermibus v. 

 aculeolis minutis , brunneis laxiuscule armatis; inflorescentia 

 multi- V. submultiflora, subpyramidata v. ellipsoidea utrinque 

 attenuafa; bracteis florigeris rigidis et in acuminulnm firme 

 pungentem desiuentibus, perlate subovatis et longe acuminato- 

 acnfis, integerrimis, baud crispatis; floribus 35 mm. longis, 

 cyaneis ; sepalis rotundatis miiuitissimeque mucronulalis. 



Bromelia hlanda Schott ap. Beer, Brom. p. 43. 



Anoplophytum strobilanthnm Beer I. c. p. 42. e- p. (sine 



syn. Ruisiano). 



Queanelia sirohilispica Wawra in Oesterr. hot. Zeitschr. 

 XXX. p. 149 et Bull Feder. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1S80. p 60 

 et It. princ. SaxCoh. 149. t. 25; Gartenflora 1884. p. 190; 

 BaJcer, Brom. p. 86. 



Billhergia Glaziovii Begel, Gartenjlora 1885. p. 260. 



t 1203. 



TKRUK8TR18 (cx cl. Wawra), ncanlis, florifera fiaepissime ultra 0,6 in. 

 Rita, foliis 5—6 rosnlatis , basi couvergentibus quidem sed in tubum v. 

 cratcrum hand coalitis, rigide erectis nee apice deflexisii, basi in vaginain 

 niiuvitam, semiamplcxicjiulein , sulitviauj^ularom, tnaigine paullo byaliuo- 

 menibranaceiim, dorso exceptia lepidibus i>unctatini imniersis glabrani, 

 integerrimani , lividani perseiisim dilatatis, carnosis rigidinscnlis, panllo 

 concavo-canalicnlatis, mr.r^ine acnleolis miiiutis, + 0,5 mm, longis, hrnii- 

 neiH, snrsnm hamnlosis nonuunqiiani nmnino nnllis laxiuscule arinatis, 

 swper vaginaai nnllo niodo coustriclis, apiceni versus nianifeste breviterque 

 acntis et demiim in aculeuiu validissimuni, teretem, brnnueuni v. liydium, 

 ad 10 ram. longuni productia, latissime liuearibus, + 0,6 m. longis, nsqiie 

 ad 43 mm. latis, opatis, praesertiin subtna palliile viridibus net; non vittis 

 latiusculia leijitlotis praeditis. iKt'i.ouESCKNTiA axi si atcuratissinie in- 

 8]^s indefinito, e I'oliornm eratero centrali.s io scapi validinscnli (usque 

 ad 6 mm. diain.), plernmqne glabrati sed ad folia v.iginiforniia deii^issime 

 nlbo-tomrntelH v. alho-farinacei , iblioli.s viiginiformibns, aniplexicaulilms, 

 ovatorovalibus, acutig, integerrimis, erectia adpressisque nee nou circa 

 acnpum involuii.'? , baai rubentibus apicem versua stramineis, celerrime 

 glabratis laxiuscule induti apice erecta, submultiflora, simplex strobili- 

 formis, subpyramiiiata v. ellipsoidea utrinque attenuala, basi foliolis panels 

 trausitum inter foliola acapalia biactea>que paiautibus anfl'uUa^ bracteis 

 ad iufloresceutiae basin flores subsLiperautibns, summo apice iis nianifeste 

 su]>eratis perlate sulovalis, longe acuminuto-acntis nee Don in acuminulum 

 firme pungeutcui prodnctis, vigidis, erectis, basi rubentibus, superius 

 plernmqne straniineis in aliis badiis v. chalybeo-iudutis, mox glabratis 

 siccis nitidis , imiiieisin.'^cnle pnnctnlatis nee non aeulenm versus longi- 

 indiiiftliter venosostriatia. Fi.orks ad 35 mm. lougi, sessiles, .sepalis sub- 

 ciDereo-faiino.sis, leviter s.-eouvolntis erectis, sub anthesin petalis subad- 

 pressi.**, tenuiter corinceis, basi in tubum brevem connatis, turn liberis ad 

 10 mm. longis, petala ultra Va longit. tegentibus, subreetangularibus sed 

 apice paullo latioribus ac basi, rotuudatia minutissimeque mucrouulatis, 

 maigine dextro in alam lat:im , hyalinam productis valde asymmetrieia. 

 Pbtai.a opfime cyaiiea, glaltra, + 24 mm. longa, basin usque libera ibique 

 filamentis ser. I. intercalatis v. magis qnoqne sepala versus iusertis inter 

 ae-se remota, solemniter d.-convolnta deflorataqiie magis quoque coutorta, 

 ex nngne peranguste lineari in laminam aiigiiste ellipticam, apice breviter 

 aciitam seusim dilafata, per anthesin band zygnmorphe disposita vix aperta 

 geuitaliaque includentia, prope basin ligulia binis quam maxime incisis 

 tomeutuinque subjenugiiieum formantibus an eta , eallis binis longitudina- 

 liter adscemlentibus fdamcnta ser. II. peralte tegentibus. Stamika petjilia 

 manifeate brcviora, per antlie.sin hand prominentia, filameutis quam maxime 

 coinplanatis, ser. I. basin unque libciia et inter petala paullo aepalia propin- 

 qnina insertis; ser. II. petalis peralte eonnatis; autheris fusiformibua, 

 ntrinqne altenuatis, + 5 mm. loagis, solcmuttov medio dovsifixis; poUinis 

 granuiis ellipaoideis, poris binis praeditis, ret i manifesto, bixo oniatis. 

 Ovarium + arachnoidenm v. farinosuTO , eeleriter glabrescens, an"iisle 



ellipsoideum , triangulate, apiee constrictura, ad 10 mm. longura, tube 

 perianthii manifesto, infnndibuliformi ; stylo petalis paullo breviore stamina 

 accedente, filifomii, paullo triangnlari; stigmatilnis e basi consliieta laneeo- 

 latis, spiraliter tortis, supra papiUosia; placcutis interno lovulorum augulo 

 prope medium afiixis; ovulis podio siiigulo subcylindrieo insidoiitibus 

 brevissime stipitatis, obtusis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae oricntalis prov. Rio de Janeiro, prope urhem : 

 Wawra II. n. 273; ad Cantagallo: Glaziou n. 13iS3, 16451; loco non 

 indicato: Schott n. 5521. Floret Januario , Augusta. (Y. s. in herb. 

 Berol., Leod., Vindob., Warming.) 



5. QUESNELIA INDECORA Mez n. sp. foliis aculeolis 

 debillimis, subviridibus v. panllo bruiniesceiitibus, saepiiis 

 obscuris remote serrulatia; infiorescentia subniulti- v. sub- 

 pavici (ultra 5-)-flora, contracta corymbosa v. corymbose bre- 

 viter cylindrica; bracteis florigeris coriaceis, peilate ovatis, 

 longe acuminatis, integerriinis v. dentibus panels praeditis, 

 hand crispatis; floribus 55 mm. longis; sepalis ovato-subtri- 

 angularibus, acutis, debiliter aristaiis. 



Tabula nostra LXXIV (habitus et analysis). 



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EpiPHTTA videtur, aeaulis, florifera + 0,6 m. alta^ foliis panels 

 (ad 4—5) rosnlatis, basi in tubum brevem arete couvergentibus, rigide 

 erectis uec (ut videtur) npice mnlto deflexis, basi in vaginam perangustani, 

 elougato-subovatam, unllo modu proluceutem, semiamplexieanlem, margine 

 band byiiliuanij infegerrimam, glabram ut videtur sensim dilufatis, tenniter 

 (aiccis) membrauaceiSj paullo concavo-canaliculatis, margine acrnleolis debii- 

 limis, reete palentibns, subviridibus v, panllo brnnuescentibuR, apice vix: 

 niinoribiis qnam basi, 0,25 mm. lougis, saepius obscuris remote serrnlatis, 

 super vaginam uullo modo coustrictis , apieem versus iufimis bveviter 

 acntis, superior! bus conspieue rotundatis acuminuloque in inferioribns 

 quoque manifesto imposito aristatis, + 0,6 m, longis, 38 mm, latis, per* 

 late linearibns, utrinque subglabris, viridibus, subuitidis, Inflorkscektia 

 axi si accuratius iuspicis indefinito foliis manifesto brevior, e eratero cen- 

 tralis in scapi tenuis, ad 2 mm, crassi, dense albo-tomentosi sed sicci 

 facillime , ut videtur, glabrati, foliolis vaginiformibus, amplexicanlibus, 

 Bpathaceo-invoUitis, subovali-lauceolati^s, integerrimis, acutis, snbglabris, 

 (sub flores abbreviatis, dilatatis eumulatisque) laxiuscule iuduti apice eiecla, 

 aubpaneiflora v, submnKiflora, contracta corymbosa v. corymbose breviter 

 cylindrica, basi foliolis et summis scapalibus et bracteis perlate ovatis, 

 longe acuminato-acutis, solemniter longitudinaliter nervosis, sepala ad Va 

 altit, salfem aequnntibus, dentibus panels praeditis, imbricatim cumulatis 

 suffulta, Flores 55 mnu longi, omnino sessiles, sepalis glaberrimis, solem- 

 niter sinistr.-eonvolutis satis couvergentibus rigideque erectis sub anthesin 

 petala tubnlose amplectentibus, basin usque liberis, + 19 mm. longis, 

 5 mm. latis, ovato-subtriangularibus, perlouge solemniter acutis nee nou 

 in aristam debilem productia, margine dextro solemnitev alatim dilatatis 

 snbbyalinis, quam maxime asymmetricis. Pktala nou nisi sicca nota 

 glabra, + 46 mm, longa, basin usque libera ibique filamentis ser, I< inter- 

 calatis inter sese remota, solemniter d.-couvoluta, deflorata nuUo modo 

 revoluta, ex ungue perlongo, late lineari sensini in laminam apice aculam, 

 vix latiorem transenntia, per antbesin zygomorphe aperta, infima basi 

 ligolis binis subbrevibus, latere clausis, truncatis margineque profnnde 

 fimbriato-incisis aucta, eallis adscendeutibus uullis. Stamina petalis panllo 

 breviora, per anthesin vix v. band prominentin, filamentis manifeste com- 

 planatis, ser, I. basiu usque liberis iuter petala insertis sepalisque saepius 

 minute connatis; ser. H. petalis peralte {ad 7* altit, certe) connatis; an- 

 tberia (flavis?) linearibns, utrinque obtusiusculis, basi niinutissime incisis, 

 medio dorsifixis; pollinis granulis subellipsoideis, poris binis praeditis 

 reti perconspicuo laxoque ornatis. Ovarium glaberrimura, snbglobo^^um 

 sed solemniter subalato-trigonum , nlriuque solemniter constrictuni, apice 

 in tubum perianthii manifestnm productnm; stylo antbcras certe, nnui 

 petala qnoque? superante, fililormi-trigono; siigmatis lobis subprofunde 

 partitis globose contortis; placentia interno locnlornm angnlo snbsiMitatim 

 prope apicera affixis; ovnlis podio singnlo parvo insidentibus aplee ob- 

 tuftinsculis Remina ignota. 



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Habitat in Brasilia, ne provincia quvhm cognita: Schott n, 5506, 

 5512. (V. B. in herk Vindok) 



