397 



BROMELIAOEAE: BILLBErvGIA. 



398 



6. BILLBERGIA MACROCALYX Hook, foliis acii- 

 leolis parvis, bruniiescentibus, sursum hamatis praeditis, dorso 

 baud V. vix vittatis; infiorescentia abbreviata, pauciflora, 

 simplicissima spicata, erecta, dense albo-farinosa; bracteis 

 siimmis iiiinutis squamiformibus, dense farinosis; floiibus ses- 

 silibus; sepalis aoutiuscule obtusis; petalis flavido-viridibiis 

 margine apiceque pallide eoeruleis, defloratis contortis, por- 

 rectis; ovario elegauter coiiico, suloato. 



BiUhergia macrocalyx Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5114; E. 

 Morr, in Belg. horL 1860. L 15; Wiltnh in Gartens, 1SS5. 

 p. 06, fig. 17 ; Bak. Brom, p. 77. n. 21. 



ACAULis, foliis panels (3—5) rosulatis, ad ^\a erectis tnm apico 

 recurvis, lanceolato-linearibus. ad 800 mm. longis, 40 mm. latis, viridibiis, 

 latere superiore maculis paucis albidis praeditis, dorso albo-lepidotis nee 

 nou vittis paucis transversulihus albis praeditis, basi in vagiaaiu mani- 

 restaiUj scarioso-marginatani dilatatis, margine a medio ad apicem aculeolis 

 pnrviSj sursum hamatis, brnuHescentibus praeditis, apice acutis v. acumine 

 delapso subrotuudatis. Ikfloukscentia simplex spicata, pauciflora v, sub- 

 pauciflora, in scapi snbfarinosi, foliolis 6—6 splendide rubris, lale lanceo- 

 latis, lepidotis , infra flores praesertim aggregntis induti apite tsreeta, 

 rhachi recta satis farinosa, bracteis apice noa nisi minute sqiiumirormibuSj 

 dense farinosis , acutis, Fi,oitES 65 mm. longi ovario brnnneo-purpureo, 

 sed cum calyce dense Ihrinoso albo, sepalis basi ruhentibus, apicem versus 

 virescentil)us, fariuosis; petalis semper oblique zygomorphis usque ad 

 explauatiouem flavido-viridibus sed margine latiuscule i>allide coernleis, tniii 

 supra omuino praeter medium viridem pallide coeruliis, filaiui'utis viridi- 

 bus^ antheris pulchre aurantiacis, stigmate viridi ; sepams siuistrorsum 

 couvolutis symmetrieiSj acutiuseule olitusis, 24 mm, lungis, ubi singula 

 dividuntur macula saturate puipureo biuuuea praeditis; r^TALis 53 mm, 

 longis, basi filameutis ser, L remotisj tum solemniter dextiorsum couvo- 

 lutis, infima basi ligulis binis angnste aequaliterque fissis, in callos per- 

 manifestos, interiore latere dentibus 2—3 magnis, angastiB praeditos, ad 

 V^ pet. longitudinem productis mutatis; staminihus u&que sid basin liberis, 

 tereti-filiformibuSj 45 mm. longis, qnam petala brevioribus; antlieris paiillo 

 infra medium dorsifixis, 6 mm, longis; pollinis granulis ellips:oidei.s, plica 

 singula longitudinsdi praeditis membrana exteriore reti laxo, permanifesto 

 iucrassata ; ovauiu elegauter conico, late apice oonstricto, ad 13 mm. 

 longo, stylo 50 mm. longo , iiliformi, stigmate subglobose denseque dex* 

 trorsum coutorto, viridi, placeutia lucnlorum angulo interno ab Vs — ^/^ 

 alt. affixis; ovulis podio singulo subrectangulari iusideutilms breviter 

 stipitatis, apice acutis (ncc expressc appendicalatis). Semina mibi ignota. 



+ 



Habitat in Brasiliae orientalis i^rovinciis Bakia , unde a WcfJicHll 

 in caldaria Enrojyaea translata. (Y. s. in herb. Leod, et Petroj),) 



Ors, Planta simillima a cl. Glaziou n. 2729 in monto Corcovado 

 lecla (Herb, Bruxell.) floribus rosria gaudere dicitnr indeqne verisimiliter 

 ad speciem soquentem spectat. 



7. BILLBERGIA PYKAMIDALIS Lindl.*) foliis 

 acuieoiis castaneis, sursum liamulosis v. rectis adsceiulenlibus, 

 parvis densiuscule armatis, dorso saepius solemniter vittatis; 

 inflorescentia pyj-aiiiidali v. abbi'eviata subcorymbosa, pauci- 

 flora— submultiflora, simplicissima subspicata, erecta, dense 

 albo-farinosa; bracteolis minutissimis , squamiforniibus, per- 

 acutis ; floribus pedicellis non nisi mimitissimis perobscurisque 



*) Hnjus specie! foniiae liybridae a me uoii visae: 

 BILLBERGIA PYRAMIDALIS Lindi- X BILLBERGIA MORELI Broncs. 



BiUhergia Jcnischiann Wiffm. fide Bak. Brom. p. 84. n. 43. 

 Billbergia rexillaria Andre a}). Bak. I. c. n. 46. 



BILLBERGIA PYR^UIIDALIS Lindi.. X BILLRERGIA RAUNDEKSII 

 HoRT. Bhli,. 



Billbergia Gireandiana Kramer et Wittm. fide Bak. Brom. p. 84. n. 4.t 



Stipitatis; sepalis rotundatis v. acutiusculis; petalis pulcher- 



rime rubris, defloratis contoitis, pon-ectis; ovario subcylindrico, 

 sulcato. 



Billhergui pt/ramufaJLs Lw/fl. Bof. Reg. f. 1068 in nofa; 

 Sdiult. in R et S. Sg.l. VIZ. p. 1258. n. 8; SchnM. Ic. I. 

 i. 65; Beer, Brom. p. 100. 164; E. Motr. hi Belg. hort. 1873. 

 p. 289. t. 16; Wittm. in Gartcnz. 1885. p. 462; Bak. Brom. 

 p. 71. n. 1. 



BiUhergia pyramidalis var. hicolor LimU. in Boi. Reg. 

 t. 1181. (Lodd. spec); Bak. Brom. p. 71. 



BiUhergia pgramidalis var. Croyam Bak Brom. p. 71. 



(Be JonyJte, spec). 



BiUhergia puranmlalifi var. farinoaa Bat Brom p. 71. 

 (C Koch, spec). 



BiUhergia pyramidalis rar. minor Ant. d Beer, Brom. p. 108. 



BiUhergia pyramidaUs var. somUa Be Vri-ese in Tuinhow. 

 Flora 1855. p. 353. L 8. 



Bramctia pyramiMis Sims in Bot. Mag. I. 1732. 

 BUWergia hicolor Lodd. in Bol. Colt. t. 1819 ; Beer, Brom. 

 p. 109 (nee R. et S). 



BiUhergia Loddigemi Sfcud. Nomend. I. p. 206. 



Billbergia Croynna Be uonghe ap. Lem. Jurd. jl-ur. TV. 

 t. 413; Beer, Brom. p. 110. 



BiUhergia farinom C. Koch (ncc TTort.) op. Bak. Brom. p. 71. 



BiUhergia decora Hart, (nee Foepp. et Endl.) ap. Beer, 

 Brom. p. 108. 



BiUhergia punicea Beer, Brom. p. 112. 



BiUhergia fasciaia, splendrnf Hort. np Beer, I. c. 



Billbergia scto.sa Hort. file Bak, Brom. p. 71. 



Aeclimea setigera Hort. faU Bak. Brom. p. 71, 



BiUhergia thyrsoidea Mart. ap. R. el S. Sysf. VII. p. 1260. 

 n. 9; Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 111. (1852) t. 74; Lem. in 

 Jard. Jfcur. t. 267; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4756; Beer, Brom. 

 p. 109; E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1873. p. 295. I. 17; Atulre 

 in Rev. horf. 1883. p. 300 el 1885. p. 332; Bak. Brom. 

 p. 71. n. 2. 



BiUhergia thyrsoidea var. splendida Bak. Brom. p. 71. 



(Lem. spec). 



BiUhergia thyrsoidea var. lovgi/olia Bak. I, c (C. Koch 



et Boiiche spec). 



Billbergia faMuosa Beer, Brom. p. 110. 



BiUhergia sjdendida Lem. inJard.fleHr.lI.t.180—181; 



Beer, Brom. p. 111. 



BiUhergia longifolia C. Koch et Bonchr in Ind. sem. hort. 



Bei'ol. 1856. p. 5. 



BiUhergia rhodocyanea Hort. ap. C Koch ei Bouch^, I. c 



BiUhergia Paxtonii Beer, Brom. p. 113. 



BiUhergia Schultesiana Lem file Bak. Brom. p. 72. 



BiUhergia Lcmoinei Hort. ap. Bak. I. c 



Billbergia miniatorosea Lem. in III Hort. II. (1855) 



Misc. p. 94. 



Pitcairnia fasiuosa Morr. in Ann. Gaud. III. I. 112. 



AcAiTi.is, ad + 0,5 m. nlta, rni.iis oninilins rrw-fo-pnt^-nlibiw, bani 

 in va;;in!nn OTaleni, incmif^ni sniRini dilatatio, profiin<Jpv. trist*' viridibus, 

 subglabris V. pnipsprfim jiniiorihiis siibtns + lepidotis, ab ioitio vaginae 

 acnleoli:^ donsinprnlis, siirstmi hamulatis v. subrectis sursum verais, casta- 

 neis, prapscrliin ad folii apicpin creberriiuis serrulatis, apice iK-uniiuc au- 



