409 



BEOMELIACEAE : BILLBEEGIA. 



410 



pendula; bracteolis florigeris minute squamiforniibus, late 

 ovatis, brevissime acutis; floiibus sessililms; sepalis apice 

 subrotumlatis; petalispulrherrinie coeruleis. defloratis cout^rtis, 

 porrectis; ovario peranguste cylindrico stipitifornii, hand sulcato. 



Billherf/ia Beichardfi Wawra in Oesierr. hot. Zcifschr. 

 XXX (1880) p. lir> et in Bull Fcder. Soc. IIorL BeJg. 1880. 

 p. 66 et It. Sax.-Coh. p. 143. t. 22; Gartenfl. 1884. p. 190; 

 Bah. Brom. p. 79. n. 25. 



Epiphtta in arbonmi tnnieis (ex cl. Wawua), acaulis, tlorifern usque 

 ad 0,4 ni. altn, debilis elegantissimaqne, foliis raiissime ultra 8 utriciilatim 

 roKulatia, liasi in tubnni angnste cylindricuni, optimnin , solo haiul aii- 

 gnstate insidontoni arete connivenfibns, extitnis 2— ^ sqiiamiforniilniB, 

 inlerioribus 4—6 rigidinscnle erectis nee apice doflpxis, Ii;isi in vaginam 

 pennauifestam, elongato-ovataTn, subamplexicaulem, niarginr !nte soletnniler- 

 que luunneo-liyalinani, iiitcgerriniani, praeseitim dorso quain tnaxinie con- 

 spicne Icpidotani; pnnctnlis impiessis lividocarneani (ex Wawra) sensini 

 dilatatis, inembranaueis, satis nianilesleque canalituilatis, margine jicnleolis 

 niimitis panci.s(ine, a basi usque ad apiceui aequalibus, brnniipscentibus, 

 niininiis (ad 0,5 mm. longis) sursum vensia laxinscnlc senulaiis (nee 

 iiiprmibns ut dcpingit cl. Wawua 1. c.) , ± 0,3 in. longis, 25 mm. latin, 

 super vaginam hand constrictis, apice aciimine .semper abortive manifcsle 

 rotnndatis v. saepius qnoque emarginafi.s, utrinque opacis supra evilfatis 

 satnratius, .snbtus pallide vircntibus nee non vitlis lepidotis trinisver.''alibus 

 perconapicuia ornati.'a. iNFi.nBESCKNTiA axibns soleinniler indcfinilis folii.') 

 raanifeste longior, e eratero cylindrico lateralilcr dcpendetis in scapi guicil- 

 limi, glabriuseuli (v. omnino glabri?), purpurei, foliolis pcrpiuuis inlimis 

 amplexicaulibus vaginiforniiljus, tubnialim adpres.sis, apico manifcste 

 obtusls, superioribus ellipticis v. elliptico-lanceolatis, .seiuiiimpIcxicanlibuR, 

 teiicti.s, rosei.s, iiitcgcrrimi.s, snbg]abri.s, acutis nee non <iiuimvis minii- 

 ti.ssinie miicronnlatis induli ai>ice solemuiter pendula, peilaxe pauci- ^iisqne 

 ad 9-) flora, e raniulis tribu-s v. qnatnor 2 — l-floris, elongjiis ba-^i eoni- 

 po.sila panniculata, glaberrinin, rhnchi recta v, non nisi ininiitissimp geni- 

 cnlata, pnlehre rubra, bracteis primariis omnino foliolis scapalibus isonior]iliis, 

 flaccidis, saepissime reflexis; bracteolis secnndariis ((juae sub flore imsitae) 

 minute squaniiformibns, late ovatis, brevissime acntis, subglabiis v. pauci- 

 pilosis, snmnium ad floiem qnoque nequaqnam minutis. Fr.oiiKS + (10 mm. 

 lougi , pedicellis (uec iuflorescentiae ramulia unifioris) oTiinino nnllis 

 sessilcs, SKPAi,]R basi anrautiacis, medio rubeutibns, apicem versus pulcber- 

 rinie violaceis, niaculis minutis lepidotis coii.spersis ceterum glabris, basin 

 usque iilieiis subaperlif^que v. uou nisi basi paullo s.-couvolulis, sub an- 

 tbesin erectis arcteque conniventibns petalis adprcssis, + 27 mm. longis, 

 5 mm. latis, linen lilms, apice snbrotundatis, snbsynimetricia. Pj':tat-a 

 (ex cI.Wawrae icone) pulcherrime coerulea, glabra, +45 mm. longa, bivsjn 

 usque libera ibiqne filameniis ser. I. intercalatis inter scse remotn, mani- 

 feste d.-convolnta et deflorata magis qnoque contorta nee revoluta, laniiua 

 obscure elliptica, apice subrotundata, quam unguis perlongus, augusle 

 linearis paiilio solum latiore, per anthesin manifeste zygomorphc aperta 

 floribns rectis v. non nisi minute curvatis, infima Iiasi ligulis binis latere 

 clausis, angustis, transverse liuncatis m;irgineque inciso-fimbrialis aucta. 

 Stamina bene cvoluta petalis band miilto breviora nee per anlbcsin (at 

 videtur) prominentia, filamentis comprcsso -filiformibns ser. I. omnino liberis 

 inter petala insertis et sepalis aictius quam petalis adhaerentibna; ser. II. 

 petalis ad ligularum altifndinom connatis uec ultra plicae immersis v. 

 callis absconditis; antheris aureis, latiuscule linearibus, utrinque obtnsis, 

 basi vix indsis, medio dorsifixis; poHinis grauulis geneiis uormulibus 

 subellipsoideo-lunatis, reti percouspicuo , laxo ornatis, plica singula prae- 

 ditis. OvAKUiM vix tomentellum iierauguste cylindricum sfipitiforme, apice 

 baud coustrictum periantbii basi multo angustins, basi vix contractnni, 

 periantbii tubo brevi qnidem sed manifesto, infnndibuliformi ; stylo vi rente 

 pelala superaute v. aeqnante, filifonni-trigono nee non saepissime torlo; 

 stigmatis lobis satis alte incisis, in capitulum glolmsum arete contortis; 

 plaeentis inlerno loculorum angulo ab ^{i—Vi altit. fere apicem usque 

 affixis; ovulis qnoque in locnlo t» podio singulo minuto, subconico insi- 

 dentibus, brevissime stipitatis, appendice perlata, truncato-obtusa (uec caiida) 

 praeditis. Seraina iguota. 



Eahitat in sylvis prope Juiz de fora : Wnwra If. n. 197, nee non 

 E. Wanning inter illam urhem et Srrra di' Manfiqwira, ad prnedium 

 Estiva collegit et in herhario snh n. 2172 servant Floret Junio. (V. s. 

 in herb. Vindob. et Wanning.) 



Bromel. 



17. BILLRERGIA SPECIOSA Turn.*) foliis aculeolis 

 minimis longeqiie dist^mtibus, sursnm bamulosis v. rarins sub- 

 rectis, viridibus v. subbrnnnds praeditis v. noununquam fere 

 inermibus, evittatis; iullorescentia basi e ramulis 2-4 elon- 

 gatis, (3— )2— l-floris composita panniculata, laxe subpaoci- 

 V. rarius submultiflora, glaberrima, uatante; bracteolis florigeris 

 brevissimis, sqiiamato-ovatis , acuminatis; floribns sessilibus; 

 sepalis obtusis; petalis apice optime cyaneo-imligotiuo-macuUtis, 

 defloratis contortis, porreciis; ovario cylindrico, solemniter 

 sulcato. 



BiUherpin apecima Thhg. in C. 0. Holm, Dec. pi BrasU. 

 Ill p. 30 (c. fuj.); Schdf. in li. et Sck Sysi. Ul p 1265. 

 n. 16; Rev. Hort. 1877. p. 10; Bak. Brom. p. 73. n. ?. 



Bill}>erijin amoivia J.imll. in Bui. Beg. L lOGS; SchuU. 

 in R. et S. Stfsi. VII. p. 1263. n. 14: Beer, Brom. p. 122; 

 E. Morr. in Behj. Ilort. XXV (1885) p. 19. /. 1 -i ; WUtm. 

 in Berl Garlcnzeiig. 18S4. p. 295. fig. 97. 



Billhergia di.fcoJnr Brer. Brom p. 121. 



Billheryia pallescen.^ C. Koch ei BoucJu' in Ind. Scm. 

 hort. Berol. 1856. p. 5. n. 2. 



Billhcrgia pallida Beer, Brom. p. 121 ei Ilori. ap. C. 

 Koch et Bouchc, I. c. 



Bdlliergia chlorocyanca de Vricjte fide C. Koch in Ind. 

 Seju. hori. Berol. 1856. p. 5. 



Bdlhergia Wioiiana de Jonghe ex Bnl: Brom. p. 73. 



Billhergia Thunhergiana Hori. ap. Bak. Brom. p. 73. 



Bromel ia pallida Ker in Bot. Reg. f. 344; Jlooh. m 

 Exot. Fl. i. 41; Reld). Mag. Aest. Bot. t. 94; Sprg. Syai. 

 Veget. II. p. 21. 



Tillamhia amuena Lodd. in Boi. Cal). t. 70; Schudyr. 

 in Schrifl. Leipz. Nniurf. Ges. I. (1822) p. 208. t. 12; Lk. 

 Enum. hori. Berol. p. 308. n. 2979. 



Fitcairma discolor Loviel. in Herb. Gen. Amaf. t. 345. 



Pomrciia miujtmpafha Colla, Hort Ripul. II. p. 336. t. 19. 



Epiphyta (cx cl. (Ji.Azifn; I), acanlis, florifera n.sque ad 0,4 ra. v. 

 paullo ultra alta, .sed saepius quoque minor, compacta depressaque, fouis 

 8— Itj dcusisaimc rosiilatis, basi in utriculum suburceolatuni, subrolundat« 

 solo insideiitcni arete coalitis, extiiujs 4—6 .sqaamato-elongalis , intcgris. 



•) Hujus specie! hybrida: 

 BILLHEROIA SPECIOSA Tiriu;. X HILLREROIA VITTATA Bronok. 

 Folia ]»erla1a, dorso manifeste vitlata, valide aculcata B. vittatam indi- 

 cantia. Infloreaceutiae babitus ncc non characteres sine ullo dubio iJ. 

 speciosae multo propius accedurit ; est scapus apice inauifeate uutuos v. 

 nonunuquam omnino penduhm. Foliola scapalia laliora quam iu specie cital-a 

 cousuetudo, dorso solemuiter lepidolo-puHcLat.i. Inflorcsientia amplior quam 

 in B. spcciosa, sacpi.ssimc .suhmnllinora; bracfcolae it<'m majores apirrqne 

 aeuminulo tninutissimo perobscuroque itnicdilac Flores omnino B. aprriome 

 sed sepala apice minutissime niucronnl.nta, petala magiw ryanescentia. 

 Pollen granulis creliris vietis iuterniixtum. 



Billhergia Cappei E. Morr. ap. Bak. Brom. p. 8^. 



BUlbergia CoUevii Hort. ap. Devon in Bdg. Hort. 1882. p. S34. 



Billhergia Oherfhuri Hort. I. c. 



BdUiergia .Tnliboisii Hort. I. c 



Billhergia rhedonensijt Hort. I. c. 



BUlbergia Herfya^dti Hort. Jide Bak. Brom. p. 83. (V, ». cuU. in 



herb. Leod.) 



BII.LBEKGIA (SrECIOSA X VITTATA) X VITTATA Broshx. Item 

 iu berbario Lcodincnai conscrvata ebarac(<'ribus B. ftpeeiona X rittata 

 fere cougrua, babiin B. i-ittatne valdr aimilior. Poben quam in planta 

 primarie hybrida baud melius. 



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