391 



BEOMELIACEAE : BILLBEEGIA. 



392 



oo Petala vircntii\ apU'c huligotino-mftcu- 



lata 20. B. Mokhkniana Bak. 



p, Bracteolae florum suaimorum squamiformeSj isodiametricae, 

 apice hand v, vix acutae. 

 • Plantae baud eaespitosae foliis latis, subtus utriculum 

 manifestnm formaDtibus. 

 o Acniei maximi, asqae ad 6 mm. loDgi ; 

 infloresceutia oo - flora 



2h B. UOBRIDA Regel. 

 00 Acniei conspicue miuores v. minuti; inflorescentia 



paaciflora, 



[ Folia subtus albida, vittafa 



22, B. PALLESCKNS Bak. 



II Folia snbtus viridia, hand vittatiu 

 ^ Sepala acntiascula et saepius 



panllo miicronnlata 



23, B. BuuCHELLi Bak. 



A A Kepala rotuudata, baud mucro- 

 nulata . 24. B, ensifoma Bak. 

 ** Plaut;i(! eaespitosae foliis angnste liucaiibus, subfuf^ 

 tabnm perangnstnni furniantibus. 

 o Folia oninino v. interiora solum iuermia, 

 A Folia basi manifrstr v:iginata, 

 exteriora saltern aculeolis pancis 

 praedita . 25. B, nutans Wemll, 

 A A Folia bft«i obscure vaginata, 

 omnino iuermia, gramiuea 



26, B. SciUMPt:ui Wittm. 

 00 Folia (iutehora quoque) dense aculeis 



horrida . . . . 27. B. Bonim-akdiana Gaud, 

 n, Floies pcrlouge solemniterque pedicellati- 



1. Axes cum ovariis sepalisciue dense albofarinoai 



28, B, SAiTNnKKsii Ilort. Enll. 



2, Axes cum floribus glai»ri v. siibglabri. 



* Inflorescentia anhpauciflora, axi geuiculato, pedi- 



cellis 10—3 mm. longis . 29. B, Lietzei E- Moit. 

 ** Inflorescentia mnltillora, axi recto, pedicellis 



naque ad 50 mm, longis - 30, B, viridifloka Wendl, 



1. BILLBERGIA DECORA Poepp. et Endl.*) foliis 

 aculeolis permuUis, curvulis penleiise aniiatis, utriiique vit- 

 tatis; inflorescentia densiuscule submiiltiflora , siniplicissima 

 spicata, dense albo-faiinosa; bracteolis aequalibus v. inflorea- 

 centiae apicem versus pauUo solum niinutis, perlate squamato- 

 ovatis, brevi^sime acutis, ad 4 mm. longis; floribus sesailibus; 

 sepalis rotundate acutis et in acuminulum minutissimum desi- 

 nentibus; petalis virentibus, per antbesin solemniLer spiraliter 

 revolutis; ovario subgloboso, baud sulcato. 



Billlei-gia decora Poeppig^'et EmU. Nov. Gen. 43. t. 157; 

 Beer, Bromel. p. 124; E. Morren in Bely. hori. 1S75. p. 221. 



*) Hnjus spccioi liyhrid.i:' 

 BIU.BERGU DECOKA Poepp. et Exni.. X IHLLBERGIA NUTANS 

 Wkndl. Inter parentes tam diversos optinie intcimedi.i sed (iimcu suli- 

 geueris JIdicodeac clmracteres insigniter prnebens. Folia apicfiii versus 

 persi'Dsini uttennata, coriacea nee rigida, minnte acnleolata, hand vitfata 

 ad B. nntantcm denioustrautia, sed infloreseentia peudnla, basi foliolis 

 scapftlibns araplissimis pulcherrinieque nibris cincta, petala per antbesin 

 soleiuniter revolnta, antbcrae pcrelougatae baud procnl a basi dorsifixae, 

 stylus perrrassns sligmnlLstiue forma B. dccorac. Iteriim tameu in in- 

 florescentia cTiaracferes B. nutantis eluceiit: racbis, ovaria, sepala glabra 

 quae apiceni versus sensini peraenta ibi panllo indigotiuo-maculata, petala 

 niar;;ine late indigotina, flores quamvis brevisaime pediccllali. — ' Pollen 

 niaxinuim bene evolutnin sed grannla oomplnria niinora, cormgata ot-cur- 

 runt. - Forn.a hnjus bybridae altera magis ad B. decoram accedens 

 proveuire videtnr, quae (Gde el. Bakkr) petalis omnino virrntibus gaudet. 



Billbenjin ^Y^nrn Hort. ap. E- Morr. in Bt-lg. TlorL 1832 p ^38 - 

 Bah, Brom, p. 83. n. 39. (V, s. cnltam in herb Lead) ^ ' 



t. 13. 14; Baker in Bot. Mag, tab. 6037etBrom. p,8Ln.33 

 (excepto cit B, granulosa Brongn.). 



Billbergia Baraquiniana Lem. in III Hortic. XL 1864, 

 t. 421; K. Koch, Wochensch\ p. 141. 



Helicodea Baraqinniana hem. ap. Baher^ I c, 



Epiphyta, a'uuilis, rbizomate serpente hinc inde folia losnlata gereute. 

 Folia 8 — 10 utricnlatim losulata, basi in tubum subconic^um, brevem 

 arete conuivcutia, suberecta, apice solemniter deflexa, basi in vaginam 

 baud iusignem, angu&=te ellipticamj semiamplexicanlemj margine late niani- 

 festeqne hyalinam, integerrimam, praesertim dorso dense lepidotam sensim 

 dilatata, subcoriacea, basi solum paullo canaliculafa apioem versus plana, 

 maigine aculeolis permultis, aequalibus, flavidis v, minnte brunnescentibns, 

 1 — 1,5 mm. longis, sursum curvulis perdense armata , iu spec, nostris 

 + 0,5 m. longa, 55 mm. lata, super vaginam minutissime longeqne con- 

 stricta ita ut folium medio latissimum eluceat, apicem versus loiigiuscule 

 attennata denuunqne crebro mauifeste acuta v, acumiue deciduo abor- 

 tive rarins subacnta, utriuqne opaca snpra saturate viridia, subtus solem- 

 niter pallidiorn, utriuqne vittis transversalibus lepidotis perconspicuis, 

 albis dense praedita. Inflokesckntia axi si accurratissime iuspicis in- 

 defiuito foliis multo breviorj e cratero lateralitcr depondeiis in scapi gra- 

 cilis (+ 4 mm. diam,), gbibriuBCuU v, potius vivi + albo-fartuo^i , albidi 

 nee rnbentis, foliolis primum subtus vaginiformibns , subellipticis, am- 

 plexicaulibus, apice paucidentatis, erectis scapoque adpresais, supra et 

 praeserfim ad inflorcscentiae basin valde auctis, optime corallino-vnbris, 

 late ellipticiSj perlonge acntis, subglabris, snbpateutibns, integeniniis deuse 

 indnti apice solemniter peudnla, densinscnle submultiflora, simplex qua- 

 quaverse spicata, perlate subcylindrica apicpque subrotundata, dense albo- 

 farinosa, rhachide rectaj albida, bracteis aequalibus v. apicem iufloreKcentiae 

 versus paullo solum minutiSj perlate squamatoovatis, brevissirae subacu- 

 minato-acutis^ usque ad 4 mm, longis, satis sub tomeuto couspicuis, 

 Florks generis adbuc mihi noti omnino maximij usque ad 80 mm, longi, 

 pedicellis omnino nnllis sessiles; sepalis densinscnle farinosis albidis, 

 basin usque liberis, valde sinistr, couvolutis, sub antbesin erectis arcteque 

 conniventibus petalis adpressis, quoad maguitudinem inaequalibus , nam 

 uunra reliqna semper safis superat, minoribus + 7,5 mm. latis, siibovatis, 

 apicem versus rotundate acntis et in acuminulum minutis.simum desi- 

 nentibns, latere dextro rotundate alatim productis, solemniter asymmetricis. 

 Pktala omnino vireutia, glabra^ + 68 ram, longa, basin usque libera 

 ibiqne filamentis ser, 1. iutercalatis inter sese remota^ juvenilia manifeste 

 d.-convoluta, per antbesin solemniter revolnta, peranguste lanceolato-linearia, 

 apice acutiuscula, infima basi ligulis biuis parvulis, subrndimentariis, 

 dentato-fissis aucta, ecallosa. Stamina pelalis paullo solum breviora, sed 

 bis revolutis per antbesin perlonge porrecta, filamentis albis (ex ic. cit, 

 BakkrOi optime convtrgentibus uec ditTusis, paullo compress iuscnle fili- 

 formibus omnino libeiis, ser, I. inter pet:ila insertis; antheris optime 

 anreis, angustissime linearibus, apice acutis, certe 12 mm, longis, basi- 

 fixis; pollinis grauulis generis normalibus, Ovakium satis albo-farinosnm 

 subglobosuni, apice panllo conslrictnni, basi breviter eoulractum, + 8 mm. 

 longnm, periantbii tubo brevi; stylo maximo, antheras petalaqne longe 

 superante, crasse trinngulo , stigmatis lobis perlonge (8 mm.) divisis, vix 

 contortis; placentis interno locnlorum angulo prope medium affixis; ovnlis 

 CO, singulis podio maximo, percrasso, subellipsoideo insidentihus, longe 

 stipitatis, breviter appendiculatis. Semina mibi ignota. 



+ 



Habitat in Peruviae prov. Maynas prope Yurimaguas arhorihus 

 sylvarum pritnacvariim epiphyta: Pocppig n. 2i32 , nee non in Brasilia 

 sept cntrion all , wnde. ex Amazonnm amnln regionihuH in caldaria nostra 

 introdivrit Baraquin. Floret Junto, (V. s. in herb. Boisa.-Barbey., 

 Leod., Petrop., Vindob.) 



2. BILLBERGIA PORTEANA Brongn. foliis Jiciileolis 



badiis, ad 3 mm. longis, sursum liamatis dt^iise armati.s, subtus 

 panllo vittatis; inflorescentia cylindi-ice oo-flora, simpUcissima 

 spicata, dense albo-fariiiosa; bracteolis in squamas minutissimas, 

 tomento absconditas mutatis; floribus sessilibus; sepalis rotun- 

 dato-subaciitis et (quamvis obscuri;) minute mucronulatis; petalis 

 virentibus, per antbesin solemniter spiraliter revolutis; ovario 



