421 



BEOMELIACEAE: BILLBERGIA. 



422 



subracemosa, rhachi glaberrima, vix genicuhita ; bracteolis pedicellos minutos 

 in axillis gereiitilms parvis, ovato-squamiformibus infimis apice breviter 

 a<'utis, sunimis snbobtiisis, glabris. Fi.orks coerulei (ex cl. ScHiMi'ta), 

 pedicellis qnamvis minutis tanieii optime conspicuis stipitati, glaberrimii 

 ± 53 mm. longi, sepaus late linearibus, ad 20 mm. longis, 3—4 mm! 

 latis, apicem versus attenuatis deranmqne suhaciitis. PhTAr.A 40 mm. 

 lODga, peraugusta, apice snbrotundata, iufima basi Hgnlis biiiis angnsfis, 

 snperue utroqne latere apeitis, margine breviter Inciso-timbriatis cailisqne 

 binis bieviter adscemlentibus aucta. Stamina petals snbaequautia fila- 

 meiitis teuuissitiiis, filiformibus ser. II. petalis paullo ultra ligularum alti- 

 tndinem connatis; autheris polliueque mihi iguoto. Ovarium perangust« 

 cylindricura, apiee vix constrietum, basin versus pcrseusim atteuuatum, 

 glaberriuiura, manifeste costatuni ; stylo tenuissime filiformi, petala supe- 

 raute; stigmatia lobis perangustis, loiige solntis, vix coutortis; ovulis 

 fructuque mihi ignotis. 



Habitat in Brasiliac australis prow Santa Catharinn ad SaoBenfo: 

 Schimper n. 370. (V. spec, in spiritu vini consertatum Schimperianum.) 



27. BILLBERGIA BONPLAN DIANA Gaud, foliis 

 aculeolis + 0,5 mm. loiigis, virentibus et apice solum paullo 

 brunneis, sursum hamatis omnibus densiusciile armatis, baud 

 vittatis; infloresceiitia laxe subracemosa simplici, pauciflora, 

 glaberrima, nutaiiti; bracteolis minutis squamiformilnis, late 

 reniformibus, subacutiusculis; floribus breviter sed cmspicue 

 pedicellatis ; sepalis rotundato-aciitis ; petalis viieiiiilms apice 

 et margines versus iudigotinis, defloralis confoitis, porrectis; 

 ovario subovoideo, saepissime sulcato. 



Tabula nostra LXXVI (habitus et analysis). 



Sillhergia Bonplandiana Gaudich. ap. Titil\ Ih'om. p. 76. 



BiUhergia nutans Bah. (nee Wendl.) Bromcl. p. 76 (quoad 

 cit. synon. Gaiidichaiidianum). 



BiUhergia Unearifolia Bak. Brom. p. 72. n. 5. 



BiUhergia caespitosa Lindm. Brom. Jlegnell. p. 35. t. VIII. 

 fig. 41-40. 



Epiphyta (ex cl. Bai.ansa!), acaulis, subcaespitosa , florilVra usque 

 ad 0,4 ra. aJta, foliis permuitis (snepissiuie ultra 10) tasei'iiilatim rosu- 

 latis iu tubum baud coalilis, extimia pluribus subtriHUguIo-i)vatis, .squami- 

 tbrmibus, praesertiui apicem versus paucidentatis, interioribus suberectis 

 arcuatimque recurvis basi iu vagiuam mauifestam sed brcvis-'imam, ovato- 

 triangularem , semiamplexicaulem , margine paullo brunneo ■ hyaliuam, 

 glabiara, nuUo modo coloiatam sed viridem, iiitegerrimnm brcviuscule 

 dilatatis, rigidiusciile coriaceis, valde carinato ranaliculatis, margine aculeis 

 aequalibus, + 0,5 mm. lougis, virentibns et apice solum panllo briinneis, 

 solemniter sursnm liamatis deusinsonle armatis, super vagiuam rmllo modo 

 constrictis, apicem versus sensim perlongeqiie atteuuatis demumqne sub- 

 pungenti-acutis, peranguste liuearibus, ± 0,4 m. lougis, 6 mm. latis, supra 

 glabris nitidis, subtns persparse paulloque lepidotis v. subglabris opacis, 

 evittatis. Infi.ouesckntia axi mauifcste iudefiiiito lolia subaequans v. 

 minute lougior, centralis in scapi erecti, glaberrimi, foliulis maxiuiis am* 

 plexicaulibiis, ovato-lanceolatis, perlonge acutis, glabris, iuie;;erriuiis, in- 

 florescentiam manifeste attingentihus deiisiuscule iudnti apice nnlans, laxe 

 effuseque perpauci flora, simplex racemosfl, glaberrima, rbachi solemniter 

 geniciilata, bracteolis nb inflorescentiae initio tninutis, scarioso-squami- 

 formibus, late reniformibHs subacutiusculis iufra florem sumnio in pedicello 

 sitis, glabris. Flobks sine ullo dubio iis B. nutaniis siniillimi breviter 

 sed conspicue pedicellati, ad 60 mm. longi, glaberrimi, ski-ai.is apice in- 

 digotino-macu latis ad 17 mm. lougis, parum couvolulis, ovali-liuearibus, 

 rotundato-acntis emucronatis, paullo asymmetricis; petalis virentibus apicem- 

 que et margines versus coeruleis ad 33 mm. longis, snlwvali-Jinearibus 

 basinque versus solemuifer sensim attenuatis, apice acutinscnlis, defloratis 

 baud coalitis siugulis spiraliter longitudinal iter contortis, iufima basi 

 ligulis binis perlongis (ad 5 mm.), subtrapeziformibus, exteriore latere 

 petalis tota longitudine connatis, superiore margine sinuato-tniucatis auctis. 

 Stamina petalis manifeste longiora ser. I. libera, ser. n. petalis ad '/« 



bgularum altitud. fere conuata; autheris aurantiacis iufra dimidium dorsi- 

 fixis, ad 7 ram. longis. Otarum glaberrluuim subovoideum, basin verBua 

 manifeste attenuatum, apice conslrictum, ad 8 ram. longum; periantbii 

 tubo percoaspicuo; placeotis inter V» et "A altit. locuH ciyusque angulo 

 interuo aflixis", ovulis apice obtusis exappendiculatis lougiuscule stipitalis 

 siuguloque podio elougato subcylindrico insidente; stylo stiiraina petalaqne 

 manifeste superaute, stigmatibus valde contortis, ad 5 mm. liberis. Bacca 

 matnra viridis (fide BAttiR), gloI>osa, gUberrima, + 12 mm. diam., apice 

 sepalis persistentibus coronatu, semiuibus x, ovaiis, apice acutis, fusco- 

 brunneis, verruculis miuntissimis iu liucas lougitudiualeji dispositis ornatia, 

 + 3 mm. lougis, 1 mra. diam. 



Bahitat in BrasUiae aiistralis prov. S. Paulo f, loco non indicato: 

 Sdlow II. 4001 ft in repuhlica Paraguayemi in syliHi oricntalibus CordU- 

 lerae ad VUlam Rlcam: Balansa n. 612. Fructificat Septrmbn. (V. s. 

 in herb. Berol. it Candoll.) 



Ohs. PeraffiiiiH sine ullo dnbio B. nutanli, luim satis et oonstjuiter? 

 foliis angustissimis, aequilatis diffcrt. S. Unearifolia Bak. omuino 

 ideutica. 



28. J^rLLBGRGIA SAUNDERSII Bull*} foliis acule- 

 olis usque ad 1 mni- loiigis, viridibus v. paullo brunnescentibus, 

 semper fere rectis dense seriulatis, vittatis; infloresceutift 

 laxe racemos* simplici, subpauciiloi^a— subiuuUiflura, densius- 

 cule albo-faiiiiosa, subnutanti; bracteolis infimis amplis, snpe- 

 rioribus minutis (ad 2,5 mm, longis), ovatis, longe acuminatis; 

 floribus pedicellis 10— 5 mm. longis stipitatis; sepalis ajiice 

 oblique minute mnrronatis; peUlis apicem versus pulchre in- 

 digotinO'Violaceis, defloratis contortis, porrectis; ovario sub- 

 ovoideOj valde sulcato, 



Billhergm SaumJcmi Bull, Floral Mag. 1874. t. 700; 

 K Morr. in Behj. Ilort. 1S7S. p. 45. L 1—2; Bak. Brom. 

 Ih 78. n. 23. 



EpiniYTA , acaulis, florifera saopissime 0^3 — 0^4 ra, v. panllo nUra 

 quoque :iUa, koi-hb 5 — G penlense roRulatis, basin versus arete conver- 

 ^entibus in tulmni ryHu(]ricum v. suburceolatuiu, 8olo rolundate insuleotem 

 coalitis, intimis bene ercctis apiccque manifesto defiexis, basi in vagiuam 

 manifejstaiu^ nngitste j>uliovato-ovaIem, subampltxieaulom , luargiue late 

 manifewteque hyaliiiam, integerrimain, praesertim clorso percoiispiciie lepi- 

 (loto-albidani sensim ililatatis, cbartaceis, Roloniniter canalicnlato-coucavis, 

 marf^ine aruleolis spinper fere rectis, viridibus v, paoUn brunnoscentnmSj 

 sursum versif, apicem folii versus sensim minutis ibique creberrimis, usque 

 ad 1 mm. lon<z:i8 dense serrulatis, + 0,4 m. longis, 35 mm, latis, lat« 

 linearil'it8, suj^r vaginam haud constrictis^ apioe brevis^ime acufi<>. supra 

 sub^labrift, nitidis, saturate viridibus, subtus opacis, hiuc inde vitti^ trans- 

 versalibiis lepidotis praeditis, praejsertim subtus basinque versus subrubigi- 

 nosia et utriuque macuHs perconspicuis, albidis obsilis, iKFI-OREecKXru 

 axi plenunqne solemuiter indefinito foliis conspicue brevior, e crat^ro wn- 

 tralis in scapi saepius crassi, (usque ad 8 diam^X i albide farinosi t. 

 flicci saepius gla'irati, praesertim apice pulchre corallino-rubentis, foliolis 

 pluribus iufimis ainplexicaulibus, vaginiformibus, tuliulaliin adpressis, apice 

 + manifeste o1>tusis v. acumiunlo suhal»ortivo praeditis, superiuribus sub 

 infloresoentiam + cumulatis elliptico-lauceolalis , semiaiuplexicaulibus, 

 ieueriSf coral liiHi-ioseis, integerrimis, praesertim apicem versus manifeste 

 lepidototomeiitcUis, longe acntis, sul>orectis v. m spcciminibus melius 

 evolutis optime deflexis indufi apice snhnutans v, rarias sniwrecta, snb- 

 panci — snbmnltifinra, laxe qnaquaverse racemosa, densiuscule albo-farinosa, 

 rbachi recta t, rarius in speciminibus debilioribus paullo geniculata, 

 sub tomeuto al)>o pulchre rubra, bracteis inHmis 1—3 omniuo foliolis 

 scapalibus isomorphis, tum supra subito iu squamulas parvas (ad 2,5 mm. 

 louga), c basi ovata in acumeu longum prodnctas, perdense fariuosas, ad 

 inflorescentiae apiieni baud abortivas mnlatis, ad pedicellornm bn^^in 

 positis- FroKKS + CO mm. longi, pediceUis i>ermanifesti8, 10—5 mm, 

 lOMgi-s, dcnwe farinosis, teretibus stipitati, bkfalis pulchre coral lino-rnbris 



•) Specie! bybridaoj cf. B. pyramidalis. 



