411 



BEOMELTACEAE : BILLBERGIA. 



412 



vftgiDOsis, iuterioribus suberectis uec apice deflexis busi io vaginani per- 



latiuu, late ovato-ovaleni ^ nKUiifeste hyalino lUiUginatiuu, iutegerrinunn, 



dorso paullo lepidolam utrinque virideiu, subamplexicaulein sensim dila- 



tatis cbartacoo-ooriaceis , paullo canalicnlato-concavis, margine aculeoli9 



aoqnnlibiis, miuiniis, longe distautibns, sursum haraulosis v, nirins sub- 



nctiH, viridibns v, subbnmneis sermlatis v. nonminqnam fere omniuo 



inermibiLs, super vaginam hand roustricMs, apice acumine mucvonulato 



aut imposito aut rarius abortivo rotuudato-aeutis, late lioe^tribus et apiceni 



verfiuft saepius minute sensimque attenuntis, ad 0,6 m- lougia, 40 mm. 



latifi, uptime viridibus siccis expresse lividis, utriuque opacis, subtus per- 



parce dissiteque lepidotis nee vittatis. Ixflorkscentia axibus solemniter 



indefiuitis folia aubaequans v. bre\ ior, e cratero centralis iu scapi criissins- 



culi, glabri, subtus viridis supra rubenti purpurei , foliolis pnneis infimis 



Taginiformibus araplexicaulibus tubulatiniqae scapum amiilecteutibuR, ob- 



tusiusculfs, apice baud dentatis, superioribus pukhenime pnrpnreiSjelliptico- 



laneeolatis, eemiamplexicaulibus, teneris flaccidisqne, integer rimi??, prae- 



sertim dorso apicemque versus maruHs minutissitnig lepidotis consitis, 



breviuscnle acutis induti apice aut + erecta aut nutans aut (rarissime) 



expregse pendnla, !axe subpauci- v. rarius submultiflora, basi e ramulis 



2—4 elongatis, (3— )2— 1-floris composita, turn apicem versus simplex (v. 



rariAsime iu specimiuibus delnlissimis omniuo simplex ; crebrius tunc 



qooque ramulis infimis 1-Iloris lunge pedicellati floris speuiem praebentihus), 



pauniculata, glaberrima et saepius + gluucescente, rhaehi recta, pulcbre 



rubra, bractcis primariis siileniuiter plerumque reflexis foliolis scapalibus 



iaoukorphis, braeteolis secundariis porlate squamalo-ovatie, bievissimis [ad 



2 mm. longis), acuminatis, glabris v. apice minute tomenloso-comatis. 



FroaKS quoad sepaloruni petalovumqne longitudinem reoiprocam valde 



variabiles, 58—63 mm. loniii, sed e caldariis Europaeis manifeste majores 



qnoqne hand rare obvii pedicellis omniuo nullis solemniter Kcssiles, skpalis 



viridi flavis, raro minute erubescentibus, apice solemniter indigotino-macu- 



latis, gliiberrimis sed apice saepissime barbellatis, basin usque liberis 



valdeque s.-convolutis, per authesin stricte crectis nee apiee recurvis, 



+ 25 mm. longis, 4 mm, latis, perlate linearibus, obscure asymmetricis, 



api{e obtusis. Petala flava, apice op(ime cyaneo- indigo tiuo-niactiJat;i, 



glabra, + 45 mm, longa, basin usque liliora, manifeste d.-convoluta et 



per antliesin zygomorphe disposita nee revoluta, deflornfa nuigis quoqiie 



contorta, perangnste lineaiia, rotundata v, obtusiuscula et nonnnnquam 



paullo emargiuata , infima basi ligulia binis margine fimbriato-incisis 



callisqne binis adscendentibus prnedita. Stamina petalis breviora fila- 



mcntis pallide virentibns, dilatnto-filitormibns, sen I. omnino liberis, 



ser. IL petalis ue xisque ad iigularum apicem quideni connatis et 



snraum callis lougitudiuaiibus immersis, anthoris pulcherrime aurantiacis 



bttcilliformibuSj utriuque obtusis, + G mm, longis, basi vix incisis, 



paallo infra medium dorsifixis; poUinis granulis generis noiuialibus. 



Ovarium glaberrimum , pallide virens, cyliudricum, plicis pluribus longi- 



tudinalibus perconspicuis praeditiim, + 10 mm. longum , apicem versus 



paullo constrictum; stylo antberas raauiroste suporaute petalis saepe panllo 



longiore, viridi , stigmatis lobis ad 7 mm, divisis, manifeste contortis; 



plaeentis interno loculorum angulo super medium affixis; ovulis quoque 



in loGulu CO singulis podio insideniibus, apiee obtusis, micropylen versus 



8ensim attennatis, Semina mihi ignota. 



Habitat in Brasilia orlentali; ad Pernamhxuo provenire dicihir a 

 ch Baker I. c; siccam vidi e loco 7mtaU allatam e provincia Rio de 

 Janeiro, tibi kg. loco nonindicafo: Gmidichaud n, 364, Glaziou n. 13354, 

 in Serra do Ariri: Glaziou n.2733, prope S. Christovdo: Glazioun. U335, 

 ad Praira grandt et Cantagallo : idem n. 16433, 16435, Flwet Aprili 

 ad Juninm, Ovtohl (V. v. in hort. BeroL et VratisL et siccam in herb, 

 fere omnibus a me perscriitatis.) 



18. BILLBEKGIA IRIDIFOLIA Lindl .*) foliisaculeolis 

 paucis, minutissimis, sursum haniatis, viritlibus praeditis v. 

 fere omuino iiiermibus, evittatis; inflorescentia laxe subrace- 

 mosa, simplici, snbpauciflora, glaberrinia, pendula; bracteolis 

 inferioi'ibus amplis, summis calyce saepius 2-plo brevioribus 



*) BILLBEUOIA IRIDIFOLIA Lindl. X BILLP.EUGIA NUTANS 

 Wkndi,. 



BUlltergia Blireiana Andre in Rer. hort. 1884. p. 55-f; Bah. Brom. 

 p. 84. n. 45. 



r ■ 



PliiUta arte producta inihi onmino iguola. 



serttamenoptimeevohitis; floribus pedicellis miiuitis sed tamen 

 conspicuis stipitatis; sepalis minute eniargiiiatis et saepius per- 

 obscure mucronulatis; petalis apice saturate coeruleis, defloratis 

 contortis, porrectis; ovario subgloboso, baud v. vix sulcato, 



BiUbergia iridifolia Lindl in Bot, Beg. t. 106S; Grah 

 in FAllnh. Bhilos. Journ. 1S20. j)- 3S0 ; K Allg. GarL Mag. 

 IIL t. 18. fg. 1; Schult. in R- et S. SijsL VIL p. 1260. n, 17; 

 Knowl et Weslc- Flor. Cat. t 105; BcMk JExot, Fl L 262; 

 Beer, Brom, p, 120; E, Morr. in Belg. Hort. XXIV, (1874) 

 p. 193. t. 8—9; Bah, Brom. p, 76. n. 17. 



Bromelia iridifolia Nees et Mart in Nov. Act. Ac. Leap. 

 XL p. 16. 



Epipuyta (ex cl, GhAziou!), acaulis, florifera 0,3 — 0,5 m. alta, 

 debilis et elegans, fomis 4 — 7 bixe rosnlatis, subtus in ntricuhim sub- 

 ovoideum, anjiustuni eoalitis, basi in vaginam pernianifestam, late ovalera, 

 subamplexicaulem, margine vix byalinain . integerriniam, dorso minute 

 solum lepidotani, utrimxue virulcni sensim dilatalis, menibranaceis, valde 

 caJialiunlatis, ijifimis margine semper icT^ solemniter iindulatis aculeolis 

 paueisj sursum hauiatis, miuutissiniis, viridibuf^ nrmaiis, superioribus aut 

 omnino aut (rariusl fere ineruubus, super vngininn manifeste attennato- 

 constri<!tis, apicem versus perlonge acutis nee non in acumen filiforme, 

 manifestum longins productis, usque ad 0,5 m. longisi, 35 mm, latis, an- 

 guste suldineari-lanceolatis, utriuque opacis supra satunite viridibus medium 

 versus paullo paUescentibua, subtus Jiiulto pallidioril»ns sparse lepidotis 

 nee distiucte vittalis, Infu>rescentia axi semper fere solemniter inde- 

 linito foliis louge superata, e cratero lateralitcr depeudens in scapi gra- 

 eillimi, glaberrimi, supra saltern rubentis, foliolis infimis vaginatis scapum 

 tubulose amplectentibus adpressisque, superioribus sublanceolatis v, auguste 

 ovato-lanceolatis, subamplexicanlibus , tenciis flaccideque suberectis, 

 snprenio inflorescentiam fere attiugeute, pnliLerrinie sanguineis, praesertim 

 dorso apicemque versus maculis parvis lepidotis conspersis, integerrimis, 

 acutis laxiuseule induti apice solemniter pendula, perlaxe elongateque 

 snbpauciflora, simplex subracemosa^ rhacbi semper fere manifeste geni- 

 eulata, glaberrima, sangninea, floribus per anthesin patentibus v, snb- 

 refiexis, braeteis foliolis scapalibus omnino isomorphis sensimque ex his 

 minutis media in iufloresceutia flores certe aequantibns, summis calyce 

 suepius 2 plo brevioribus sed tamen optime evolutis, subglabris, pulcher- 

 rime sauguineis molliter sericeo-uitentibus, Florks + 67 mm, longi pedi- 

 ctillo minuto quidem sed tinuen conspicuo stipitati, skpalis aurantiacis 

 apiccque optime coeruleo-maculatis, glabris v, miuutissime solum lepidotis, 

 basin usque liberis, per authesiu valde s.-couvolutis petalisque tubulatim 

 convergeuler adpressis uec apice leflexis, + 23 mm, longis, 5 mm. latis, 

 subovato linearibus, apice minute emarginatis et saepius perobscure mucro- 

 nulatis, subsymmetricis. Petat^a apice saturate coerulea, basin versus 

 in colorem optime aureum tran.seunlia, glabra, + 43 mm. louga, usque 

 ad basin libera, sui-sum manifeste d.-convolutu per anlbesin alte tnbulalim 

 convergentia demumque zygomorphe subreflexa nee revoluta, deflorata 

 magis quoque contorta, anguste subUnearia, apice rotundata, infima basi 

 ligulis binis latere clausis, margiue horizontaliter truncatis grosseque den- 

 tato-iucisis aucta, callis binis lougitudiuaiibus brevibus obscurisque. Stamina 

 petalis paullo breviora filamenti;^ pallide viridibus, complauato-fiUforinibus, 

 sen I omniuo lit^eris et inter pe(ala insertis, ser, II. his in Iigularum 

 altitudiuem connatis; antheris aureis, breviter bacilliformibus, utriuque 

 obtusiusculis, basi breviter incisisj infra dimidium dorsifixis, ad 4 mm, 

 longis; poUiuis granulie generis omnino normulibus, reti expresso praeditis. 

 Ovarium aurantiacum j glaberrimuui , subglobosum , apice mauifestissime 

 constrictum, basi breviter in pedicelluni contraclum, laeve, + 8 mm, 

 longnm, periauthii tubo brevissimOj stylo antheras superante petalaque 

 aequante, stigmatis lobis ad 4--5 mm, divisis, parum contortis; placentis 

 iuterno loculorum augnlo super medium affixis, ovulis quoque in loculo 

 CO singulis podio manifesto insideutibus, apice breviter appendiculatis. 

 Semiika mihi ignota. 



Habitat in Bra^liae orientalis prow Bakia : Blanchet n. 3377, nee 

 non Uio de Janeiro, itbi legerunt jyrope nrbem: Biedel , Princ. Neoivie- 

 densiH, ad Garea: Glaziou n. 12238, prope Cantagallo et S. Christovdo 

 idem «, 154TS, 16431, m Serra da Eatreila: Glaziou n, 16433. In cah 

 dm^is nostHs saepimdme culta Jioret praesertim J anuario— Aprili; in 

 pafria menne Januario, Julio — Sept emhri. (Y.v, in hort. BeroL tt Hceam 

 in herb. Bcrol, Boiss.-Barhty., Brux., Candoll, Leod., Fdrop., ^yarming■) 



