415 



BEOMELIACEAE : BILLBEEGIA. 



416 



flore flpnrie definito v- rarius conspicue iiidefinito foHu 3ul>aeqnuns v. 

 panllo longior, q cnitero centinlia in nrapi gracilis (usque ad 3 nnn. diam.), 

 snliglabri v, ad foliorum «olinn basin pjiullulum ftubtomeutelli, foliolis 

 infra infloresccntiani saltern fiimunide lubris, peranguste lanceolatis prr- 

 ai;utisque, semiamplexicaulibus, iutegi?rrijnis, pracsertiiu subtiis apicenwjuc 

 versus pcrcoDspicue lepidoto-loiucntelliH, i[iiloiescentiam hand attingentilius, 

 stricte ereotis adpro.ssisque induti apice erccta, pauciflora, laxe spicata, 

 glaberrima, rTiacbi pulclirfi rubra recta v, uommnqnam quo<iuc niniii- 

 festc genioulata, bracteis aequalibus, parvis (ad 4 mm. lougis) Red in in- 

 floresoentiae apice vix niinutis, lati^simc concavo-ovatis, brevissime sul)- 

 ncurainato-acutis, glabris, Florkb +48 mm. lougi, pedirellis phtne millis 

 sessilee, skpams rubris apice violaeeoniacnhitis (ex cl. Bakkr), glaberrimis, 

 basin nsque Hberis paidloque solum s.-convolutis , sub autheain eiectis 

 petalis adpresfiis, + 17 mm, longis, 4,5 mm. latis, elliptico-laiiceolatiRj 

 basi solemnitcr contractis, apice late rotuudatis, marginc dextro in alain 

 permauitVstam productis valde as^muictricis, Tktala vircutia, apice in- 

 digotino-maculata, glabra, + 40 mm, longa, basin usque lil>era ibiqne 

 filamontis ser, I, intercalatis inter sese reniota, Mipra nianlfofite d.-ronvo- 

 luta et dcflorafa magis qnoque contorfa ncc rovolula, per anthcsin zygo- 

 morphe diaposita alte convergenlia peranguste linearia, apice subacntn, 

 basi ligulia binis marginc porprofunde criapeqne ineiflis et in tomenta 

 biua mutatiH uec non calHs binis adscendiMitibus, nbimenta ser. IL alte 

 tegenlibuft aucta. Stamina petalis paullo Incvioia per antbesin vix pro- 

 minentia, filamentis conipressO'filirorrnibu.s ser. T, oninino libcris et inter 

 petala iusertis, ser. II, jietalis ultra ^(^ altit. connatis et supra quoque 

 oallia biuis adsceudeutibus t>btectis; antheris subliuearibus, utiju^jue ol»- 

 tusiuscnlis, 6,6 mm. longis, b:isi panllo incisis, propn modiuni dorsinxis- 

 pollinis grimnlis generis norinalibuH. Ovaiuhm gl;d)errimum , pnaiigusfe 

 eylindrienni stipitiformr , apice liaud constrictum , periantliii basi niulto 

 angnsfins , tnbo epigyno maximo, iTifundibulifornii eornnntum ; stylo 

 aniheras manifeste dimidio aequanle gra<!itlime filiTormi, trigono; stigmatis 

 lohifl hand profunde parliiis, apice truneatis; plaeentis interno locHiIoruni 

 angulo exacte medio affixis; ovulis co singulis ]iodio brevi insideutibup, 

 Cauda brevissima appeudiculatis. Semina mibi ignota. 



Uahilat vei'isimilikr in Brasilia aiiatinli, sed (uJhuc solum ex Eu- 

 ro2>af calilarUn coynifa. 



Obs. Sine nllo dublo B. Libonianae pioximn, num omntno satis 

 distincta? 



21. BILLBERGIA HORRIDA Reqel: foliis aculeis 

 usque ad 5 mm. longis, batliis, pateiitibus densiuscule armatis, 

 doi-so crebro viltatis; infiovescentia dense spicata, oo-flora, 

 simplici, glaberrima, erecU ; bracteolis mimitis, squamiforniibus, 

 panllo acutis; floiibus sessilibiis; sepalis apice oblique trim- 

 catis emargiiiatisque; petalis apice violaceo-maculatis, defloratis 

 conlortis, porrectis; ovario cylindrico, valde sulcato. 



Billbergia horrula Hegel, Inch HorL Pe/roj). 1856. p. 17 

 et Gartenfl. 1859. p, 32L L 272; C Koch in Berl Gartens. 

 1858. p. 355. L 8; E. Morr. in Behj. Hort. XXVI (1876) 

 p. 336. L 22; BaL Brom. p. 72. n, 6. 



Billbergia horrida var. tigriva Hort. ap. Bah. Brom. p, 73. 



Epiphyta (ex cK Gi.azioi; !)^ aeanlis, florifera saepissime ad 0,76—1 m. 

 alta, Fouis ultra 10 dense rosubitis, hnsi in tuhum snbnreeolntum arcle 

 conniventihns, siugulis in vaginam permanifeslam , ovalem, subamplexi- 

 canlem, margine eonspicue brunaeo-hyalinam, integerrimam, intus semper 

 fere solemuiter badiam, praesertim dorso ± lepidoto-albidam sensim dila- 

 tatis, rigidis, satis mauifestcque canaliculato-coucavis, margine aeultis pro 

 generis more perconspieuia^ inGmis maxtmis usque ad 6 mm. longis, turn 

 srnsim in snpniores multo angustiores, + 3 nmi. longas mutatis, badiis, 

 solemuiter patentibus densinscnle armatis, in specimiuibns nostris usque 

 usque ad 0,6 m. longis, 45 mm. latis, super vagimim baud conslrietis, 

 apice aut acumine abortivo rotundatis aut vigente breviter ncutis utrin- 

 qne opacis supra ftubgbd)riR, saturate viridiims, subtus pullidiorihus + 

 lepidotis (nee viltatis) v. in varietate a me non visa, nnm omnino liujus 

 loci? bruDneseeutilms, dorso erebro transverse nlbo vittatis. Inflores- 



CENTiA axi semper fere flore spurie definito v. rarius manifeste indefinito 

 folia subaequans v, crebrius iis manifeste longiorj e cratero centralis in 

 scapi erassi (ad 10 mm. diam.), glabri, viridis v, apicem versus minute 

 solum rubentis, foliolis vaginiformibus inferiorilins omnino amplexicaulilms, 

 apice subobtusis, superioribus ellipticis, Remiamplcxieaulibus, teneris, 

 aut virentibns ant roscis (ex cl. Gi-aztou!), iutegerrimis, breviuscule acutis 

 demnmque in processum minutum, fiiiformem productis, dorso praecipue 

 apicemque versus lepidotis induti apice erecta, floribus sessilibus dense 

 quaquaverse spicata , late l)revit€rqne eylindrica, apice rotundata, glaber- 

 rima, xi-flora, vhaebi recta, baud v. minute solum sulcata, bracteis ab 

 inflorescentiae basi ad apiceni in squamas minutas, aequales, apice paullo 

 acutas, subglabras mutatis. Flores + 48 mm. longi, pedicellis omuiuo 

 nullis mauifestissime sessiles , skpalis virentibus^ gbiberrimis scd apice 

 saepissime coma alba tomcntosa praeditis^ biisin usque liberis ibiqne saUem 

 panllo s.-cnnvolutis, supra subapcrtis, per anthesin petalis arete adpressis, 

 + 13 mm. longis, 4,5 mm, LitiSj subrectnngularibus, asymmelrieis latere 

 dextro panllo alatim prodiicto , apice oblique truncatjs emarginatisqne, 

 Pktat.a pallide virentia, apice violaceo-maculata, glabra, + 36 mm. Jooga, 

 basin usque libera ibiqne filamentis ser. I, inter sese remota, praesertim 

 sursum manifesfe d.-convoluta, i>er anthesin conniventia tubum formantia 

 nee manifeste zygomorpbe disposita , deflorata singula spiraliter contorta 

 nee coalita nee reflexa, apiee truncato-rolnndala et usque ad basin sensim 

 attenuata, infima basi ligulis binis perangustis, latere clausis, apice per- 

 grosse i)ancidentatis , in callos permanilVstos productis aucta. Stamina 

 petalis vix breviora filamentis complanato-filiformibus ser, I, omnino lilieris 

 et inter petala insertis, ser. IL petalis in ligularnm saltern allitudinem 

 adnatis; antberis aureis, + 7 mm. longis, lincaribus, utrinque obtusius- 



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culis, basi paullo solum incisiSj infra Va long, dorsifixis; p<illinis granulis 

 generis normalibus, OvAUinM glaberrimum, cylindricum^ longitudinaliter 

 saepissime valde sulcatum, prriantbii basi baud bifins, apice paullo cod- 

 strirtnm, basi late rliachi insidens, + 12 mnu longum, periantbii tubo 

 subnullo, plaeentis medio angulo loculorum interno al"fixis; ovulo singulo 

 iuappendieulato apiceque obtuso v. rotundato podio pennanifesto insidente; 

 stylo antheras superante petalaque aequante, stigmatis lobis ad 9 — 10 mm. 

 liberis, vix eoutortis, Semina mihi ignota. 



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Habitat in BraHiliar. oricnfalis prov. Rio dc Janeiro, itbi in arhori- 

 btis montin Corcovado leg. cl. Olnziou n. 13224, prope urhcmidem n. 15479, 

 nee. non ad Quinta de S. Christovdo : Glaziou n. 10425. In Enropae cal- 

 daria a cl. Riedel jam pridem introduda latvquo divtdgnta flm-et Fchruario, 

 Jxdio (v. potius omne pet- annum?), in pairia mcnne Septembri. (V. s. 

 in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Bnicc., Leod., Pdrop., Warming.) 



22. BILLBERGIA PALLESCENS Bak.*) foliis aculeolis 

 niimitis, rectis, patentibus v. minute adscendeiitibus, viridibus 

 densiuscule serratis, subtus + vittatis ; inflorescentia confertius- 

 cule subraceniosa simplici, subpaucifloia, glabei-rima, uutanti; 

 bracteolis minutissime squamiforniibus, snbovatis, obscure acutis ; 

 floribus brevissime pedicellatis ; scpalis apice rotundatis minute- 

 que emarginatis; petalis flavescentibus, defloratis contortis, 

 porrectis; ovario subcylindrico-fUipsoideo, profunde sulcafo. 



BillhergiapallescensBali. (nee C. Koch) in Bot. Mag. t. 6342. 



Billbergia Baheri E. Morr. in Bdg HorL XXX (1S80) 

 p. 166. t.8; Wittm. Garfcnz. 1885. p. 08. fig. 23 ; Bale. Brom. 

 p. 75. n.l3; Lindm.Brom. Regnell p. 34. t. VIII. fig.47—50. 



*) Speciei noatrae hyhrida; 

 BILLBEKGIA PALLESCENS Bak. X HILLllERGIA VITTATA Bbongs. 

 Speiimiua siippoteiitia B. vittatae muUo propius atceiluut qiiaiii B.palles- 

 centi: Folia {intus piope basin solemnitcr tiiste coloratii) acnleis maxiniis, 

 atris sed quain in B. viitata ni;igis ilistantilms armatu vittisque pcrexpressis 

 et (lorsalibus et veutialilms piaeilita, ad partem superiorem utrinqne ut 

 videtnr cano-viientia (id qnod B. pallcscentcm indii-at). Infloreecenthi 

 paullo nutans adeo cum flornm laUnc B. vittatam lefert, ut piinio intuitu 

 banc pnram adesse cpuserem sed sepaloruni mucrones minus express!. 

 Pollinis grannia crebro immiuiila. 



B'dlhergia Breauteann Andre in Rev. Hort. 1885. p. 30(). c. Jig. 

 (ncc Wiltm); Bak. Brom. p. 83. n. 37 (excl. nyn. B. Cajipei E. Morr.). 

 (V. 8. cult, in herb. Leod.) 



