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6. QUESNELIAAUGUSTO-COBURGIWawra: foliis 

 aculeis minutis, badiis dense armatis; inflorescentia muUi- v. 

 oo-floia, interrupte et praesertim basi saepins pseudo-verti- 

 cillatim spicata subcyliiidrica; bracteis tlorigeris coriaceis, sub- 

 reniforniibus flores amplectentibus, in acumen latum productis, 

 seiTulato-pectiuatis, baud crispatis; floribus 55 mm. longis, 

 indigotino-violaceia; sepalis peracutis aristatisque. 



Quesnelia Auyusto-Cohurgi Wawra in Oesterr. hot. Zeif- 

 schr. XXX. (1880) p. 150 et in Bull Fcdcr. Soc. Hort. Belg. 

 1880. p. 62 et It. Sax.-Cob. p. 153. tab. 28 et t. 35, .<tect.B.; 

 Gartenflora 1884, p. 190; Bale. Brom. p. 87. n. 10. 



EriPHYTA (ex cL Glaziou!), acaulis rhizomate late repente^ us<iue 

 art 10 mra, diam., squamis pallide ruheuter bnmneis obtecto, floriftia 

 iKsqne ad 0,8 m. alta, foliis peipaucis {in spec, noslris ni^quc ad 4) dense 

 rosnlatis, subtus in tubnm nianifestnm, cylindricnm arete convorgentibns^ 

 extremis minutis, ovato-vagiuatis, sqaaniiformibus, snbacuminato-acutis, 

 iiitegeninns loseiH, inlerioribus basi in vaginam subangnwtani obstrurani- 

 que, vix bynlino niargiuatam, aniplexicauleni; glabiani, integerrimam seiisim 

 dilatatiti, rigidinsculis, satis manifesteque canalitiulato-coucavis, nmrgine 

 aculei« omuino aequalibus ininntisqne (ad 1 mm. longis v. brevioribns), 

 soleniniter badiiSj sursum hamulosis deusiuscule armatis, + 0,75 in. longi^s, 

 43 mm, l;.tis, super vaginam nullo niodo consdictis^ npiceni versns lougius* 

 cnle acutis demumqiie in aeulenni teretem, brunneum, + 10 mm, longum, 

 valide pnngentcm prodnctis, ntrinqne subopacis supra satunilius, subtus 

 pallidius viientibas et hit? sparse vix lepidolis nee vittatis. lNFr,oi:Kscfc:NTiA 

 axi solemniler indefinite saepissimeque foliolorum coma perconsi)icua coro- 

 uata foliis manifeste longior, e cralero cyliudrico lateraliter dependens 

 {nee erecta, qnalera depingit el. Wawra 1. c), in scapi gracillimi, ghd»ri 

 (vel solum glabratij vivi tomentelli?) sub vaginis paullo rubiginosi cetenirn 

 vel apiee pulchre viridis, foliolis multis pallide viridibus, iuliniis i^rlate 

 vaginalis basi saltern medioque denticulatis, in acumen anj;uste triangu- 

 laie pi'oducliSj superioribus semper fere oblique iusertis, amplexicaulibus, 

 elongate lanceolatis, maigine integeirimo iuvolutis scapum amplectentibus, 

 glabris, inflorescentiam baud attingentibus dense indati apice solemniler 

 pendula couferte multi- v. permultiflora, interrtipte et praesertim basi 



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saepins ppeudoverticillate spicata simplex, subcyliudrica, glabra, rhuclii 

 recta, + angulosa, viridi; bracteis stramineo-alhitaceis, valde singularibus 

 et oraniuo aliter ac seapi foliola formatis subreniformibus floiem amplec- 

 tentibus, margiue <-legantissime serrulato-dentatis {nee iutegris, quales 

 depingit cb Wawra L c.) medioque in acumen latum, subspinosum, media 

 iu intlorescentia culyeem certe aequantem prodnctis, glabris, Flores 

 + 55 mm, lougi, solemiiiter sessiles, manifeste patentes v, noudum aperti 

 subpatentes, ut supra notavi saepius subverticillatim 2 — 4 approximati, 

 SEPALIS (ex ic, cit.) optime aurantiacis> glaberrimis, basin u:>que liberis, 

 quam maxime s.-convolutis, + 27 mm. longis, 7 mm. latis, margiue dextro 

 perlate alatim productis perasymmetiicis, apice peracutis aristatisque. 

 Pktala ex cb Wawka ie. cit, saturate indigotino-violacea, ex cb Glaziou, 

 qui specimen omnino identicum attulit pallide rosea, glabra, + 43 mm. 

 longa, basin usque libera ibique filamentis ser, I, intercalatis inter sese 

 remota, solemniter d,-convoluta, per anthesin apice manifeste zygonmrphe 

 rcvoluta, deflorata magis quoque contorta, linearia, apice acutiuscula, in- 

 flma basi ligulis binis latere clausis, superiore margine prolunde angustis- 

 simeque fimbriate iucisis, ecallosis aucta. Stamina petalis manifeste bre- 

 vioraper anthesin subinchisa, filamentis vireutibus, complanato-filiformibas, 

 ser. I, omnino liberis, ser. TL petalis usque ad V« longitndinem connatis; 

 antberis (albidis?) + 6,5 mm. longia, utrinqnc obtusiuscuHs, basi vix in- 

 risis, paullo infra medium dorsifixis; poUinis granulis sublunato-ellipsoideif", 

 utroquc latere poro mauifestissimo praeditis, optime laxeque retatis. Ova- 

 rium glaberrimum, solemniter trigonum ceterum globosnm, viride, apice 

 vix constricfnm, 8— !0 mm. diam., placentis planiusculis stipite cen- 

 tral! in 74 locnli altitndine affixis; ovulis quoque in loculo oo, singulis 

 podio snbcylindrico insidentibus, apice late obtusis^ stylo petala subae- 

 qnante, stigmatis lobis ad 5 mm, divisis, valde coutortis. Semina mihi 

 ignotft, 



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Halntaf in Brasiliae wienfalis prov. Rio de Janeiro, nbi in sylvis 

 pr. ./uiz de Forn leg. Wawra IT. n. 185, 196; in Serra de Jose Vaz. 

 prope Hezende: Glazhn n. 7500. Floret Septembri. (V. s. in herb. 

 Berol., Vindob., Warming.) 



Bromel. 



7. QUESNELIA TILLANDSIOIDES Mez: foliis om- 

 nino inermibus peracutis, hasi utriculum bulbiformem formanti- 

 bus; inflorescentia perpauci^ (2— 3-)flora; bracteis florigeris 

 ovatis, manifeste acutis, debilibus, integerrimis, baud rrispatis; 

 floribus 57 mm. longis, (coeruleis?); sepalis longe acutis. 



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Epiphyta videtur, acatdis, sicca solum mihi ex specimioe unico 

 nota 0,2 m, alta, depressa, folhs 20—30 perdense rosulatis, laminis 

 exsertis sed vaginis imbricatis utriculum bulbiformem formantibus, sub- 

 erectis arcuatimque recurvatis, basi in vaginam manifest issimam , latis- 

 sime ovato-ovalem, solemnitei byalino-margiDatam , integerrimam, subam- 

 plexitauli^m, utriuquc lepiilibus minutis, subbrunneia, immersis dense 

 conspersam, liasin versus manifeste brunnesceul^m subitx) dilatalis, rigidiua- 

 culis, qiinni marime usque ad apiconi ccimplicato caualiculatis, solemniter 

 inermibus, + 0,2 m. longis, medio ad 6 mm, latis, super vaginam uullo 

 modo constrictis, a basi nsqne ad apiicm sensim minateqM atteuuatie 

 demnmque valide ]uingenter desinenfibns, opacift aicciaque glauco-cinaMi- 

 ceutibus utrinque punctnlis bpi<loti8 immersis perdense obte<^ti«, vittis v, 

 lincis lepidotis nullis, l\KLOUKwrK\TjA axi solemniter indefinito foliis 

 perlonge superata, ex ulriculo bulbiformi ceotraliR in scapi gracilis, foliolis 

 2—3 minutis, ampKxicaulibiis, ovato lanceolatis, peracutis, maigine invo- 

 lutis scapum amplectonlibus iisquc adpressis^ flores hand attiugcatibas^ 

 glabrinsculis (stramimu colore?) perlaxe induti apice erecta, i)erpauciflora 

 (2 llura in spec, uostr,, 3 — 4-flora ex Bakkr), simplex spicata, glabcrrima, 

 braeteolis ovafis, manifeste acutis, vable concavis florem (^yinbirormitcr am- 

 plectentibus, in acumen filiforme desinentibus, glabris, aequalihuRt ovarium 

 ad V< aeqnaulibus, 8 mm. longi«, Klokks + 57 mm, long! , pedicellis 

 omnino nidlis sessilcs, skpalis glaberrimis, basin usque Hberjs, valde 

 s.-convolutis, per antbesiii tubulatini cojivergentibus erectisque petalis 

 adpressis nee apice rcllexis, + 20 mm. longis, 6,6 mm. latis, apicem 

 versus Innge acutis (uec dcnmm mncronatis), margine dextro in alam 

 bitissimam productis, perasymmetiicis. Pbtala specimiuis sicci coeruka 

 videntnr, glabra, + 45 mm. longa, basin nsque libera iliique filamentis 

 ser I. inter sose remota, manifeste d.-couvoluta, per anthesin longe tnbu- 

 latim coalita aj>ice vix reflexa nee revoluta, l)aei liRnlifl binis marpine 

 clausis, apice retlexis profnndeque timbriato-incisis nee non cjillis binis 

 artsccndeutihuK staminaque perlonge obtegentibus aucta, Stamina petalis 

 breviora nee pei anthesin (ut videtur) exserta , conipresse Uliformta, fila- 

 mentis ser. I. omnino liberis^ ser, II, petalis jnedium usque connatis nee 

 uou ultra quoque plicae immcrsis cullisque lungitudinalia absconditis; 

 antberis (all)idis?) linearibus, + 7 mm, longis, ntrinqne acutiusculiSj basi 

 baud incisis, medio dorsifixis; pullinis granulis utroquc polo poris singulis 

 praeditis, reti laxo eubirregularique, prorainulo omatis, Ovarum glal>er- 

 rimum, peranguste cylindTicum stipitiforme, apice baud constrictum, sepa- 

 lorum basi conspicue angustius, perianthii tubo maximo, infundibuliformi ; 

 ovulis singulis podio breviter pyramidal! insidentibus, apice obtuse mani- 

 feste productis, ad micropyleu solemniter coutractis; stylo antheras supe- 

 rante sed petalis breviore, stigmatis lobis valde clavatim contortis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae oj'icnt prov. Bto de Janeiro, loco non indicato : 

 Glaziou n, 13259. (V, 8. in herb. Berol) 



8. QUESNELIA HUMIUS Mez n. sp, foliis margine 

 aculeolis minimis, brunnescentibus serrulatis, apice truncate- 

 rotundatis, basi utriculum angustum formantibus; inflows- 

 centia perpauci- (2— 3-)flora; bracteis florigeris anguste tri- 

 angularibus, peranitis, debilihus, integerrimis, baud crispatis; 

 floribus 47 ram. longis; sepalis longe acutis demuniQue rotundatis. 



Acaulis, vix ultra 280 mm. alU, foliis 6-8 rosulatis, basi in 

 vaginam pcrmauifesfam ellipticam dilafntis ibique subnlrirulalim coalifis, 

 sursum suberectis, late linearibus, ad 200 mm. longis. 30 mm, latis, snpra 

 viridibus snbtns albide lepidolis evitfalis. marpiue aculeolis minimis sursum 

 versis brnnnrscentibn^ serrnlalis, apice truncato-rotundatis acuminolo 

 saepius imposito saepius delapso. Inflorksckntia foliis vix altior simplex 



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