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BEOMELIACEAE : BILLBEEGIA. 



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insuperqne praosertim basin versns fiirina alba obtectis, basin usque liberis 

 valcleqne s,-convotntis, snh anthesin erecti.s arctpqae conniventibns petalfs 

 adpressis, + 20 mm Jongis, 6 mm, latis, perlate (suboval^)Unearibns, apice 

 oblique minute mucronatis et margine dextro in alam maximam, rotundatam 

 productis, perasymmetricis, Petala basi superqne medium flava, tum apicem 

 versus pnlchre indigotiuo-violacea, glabra, + o6 mm, louga, basiu usque 

 libera ibique filameutis sen I- iutercalatis louge inter sese remota, siirsum 

 valde d.-couvoluta et detlorata magis quoque contorta uec revoluta, per an- 

 thesin zygomorphe disposita, late linearia, apice in laminam angustam dilatafa 

 demnmque bievitei" acuta, infima basi ligulis binis maximis, crispis , iu- 

 teriore latere solemiiiter apeitis, truucatis uec nou optime fimbriato-creuatis 

 callisque binis adscendeutibus , anrsnm grosse denfatis aueta. Stamina 

 petalis satis breviora per antheain iosigniter prominentia, filaraentis late 

 conipressis ser, I, omnino liberis inter petala insertis; ser, II, petalis 

 hnud ultra Va ligularum altitudinem connatis, uec ultra plicis iramersis 

 v. caJlis absconditis; antheris aureis, bacilliformibus, + 6,5 mm, loJigis, 

 utrinque obtusis, basi vix incisis et in V^ allitndinis dorsifixis; poUinis 

 granulis omnino generis normalibus, reli perdenso , expresso praeditis. 

 Ovarium dense albo-farinosum mani/este longitndiualiter sulcatum et in 

 sulcis optime roseum subobovoideum, apice manifeste breviterque con- 

 strictuui, basi subacumiuatim sensimque in petlieellum transieus, pcriantbii 

 basi baud v. vix augustius, apice in tubum quamvis breveui tameD mani- 

 festum, infundibuliformera productum; stylo coerulescente petalis minute 

 solum breviore antheras suprrante, filiformi, trigono, vix v. baud torto; 

 stigniatis lobis satis alte iucisia in capitulum subellipsoideum arete con- 

 tortis; placentis interne luculorum angnlo a medio usque ad apicem affixis, 

 ovulis quoque in loculo co singulis podio cylindrico, longiusculo insideuti- 

 bufl, manifeste stipitatis, apice appendicula mucroniformi, manifesta cau- 

 datis, Semina mibi ignota. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Bahia^ unde in Europae caldaria intro- 

 diixit Saunders, (V, 8. in herb. Leod.) 



29. BILLBERGIA LIETZET E, Moim, foliis aciileolis 

 ad 0,5 mm, longis, bninnescentibus, adscendentibus v. paiiUo 

 sursum hamulosis armatis, hand vittatis; inflorescentia laxe 

 racemosa simplici, subpauciflora , glabemma, subnutanti v. 

 erecta; bracteolis omnibus amplis, siimmis qnoque fl oris axil- 

 laris ovarium aequantibns; floribus pedicellis 10—3 mm. longis 

 stipitatis; sepalis solemniter aciitis coiispicueque mucronatis; 

 petalis apice violaceo-macnlatis v, rarius omnino virentibus^ 

 defloratis contortis , porrectis ; ovario peranguste cylindrico 

 stipitiformi, vix sulcato, 



Billhergia Lietzei E. Morr. in Belg. Hort. 1881. p. 97. 

 t 5—7; Bah. Brom. p. 76. n, 18. 



EiuPHTTA videtur, acaulia, florifera usque ad 0,4 m. alta, humllis 

 gracilisquej fomis G— 10 dense rosulatisj basi in tabum brevem cylindricum 

 arete convergentibiis^ extimis pluribus Iriangnloovatis subsquamiformibus, 

 apicem versus solemniter serrato-aculeatis , interioril)Us suherectis et tnm 

 snbflaccide deflexis v, patentibus, basi In vaginam peiangustam lanceo- 

 lato-ovalem, semiamplexicaulemj margine baud v, vix hyalinam, integer- 

 rimam , praesertim dorso quam raaxime eonspicne lepidotam , utrinque 

 viridem uec coloratam sensim dilatatis, membranaceis, paullo solum cauali- 

 culatis, margine aculeolis minutis quidem sed manifestis, aequalibus, ad 

 0j5 mm, longiSj bruunescentibus, sursum versis v. pauUo sursum hamatis 

 exterioribus densinscale, intimis laxe armatis, super vaginam unllo modo 

 constrictis, apicem versus longe acutis demnmque iu aristam baud pun- 

 gentem, filiformem productis, linearibus, + 0,35 m, longis, 23 mm, latis 

 utrinque viridibus opacis, supra subglabris, subtns tenniter aequaliterque 

 lepidotis solemniter pallidis, evittatis. Inft.orescbntia axi solemniter in- 

 defiaito foliis conspicue brevior, e cratero cylindrico centralis in scapi 

 gracilis, g]al>errimi, apicem versus pnlchre rnbentis, foIioJis infiinis virenti- 

 bus vaginatis, amplexicaulibus, latissime ovatis, subacuminatis, integris 

 superioribus anguste lanceolatis, aemiamplexicaulibus , teneris, pallide 

 rubris, integerrimis, subglabris v. apicem versus paullo lepidoto-albidis, 

 infloreacentiara solemniter attingentibus, erectia, peracutis dense iuduti 



apice erecta v. subnutans, laxe subpauciflora, simplex qnaquayerse race- 

 mosa, glaberrima, rhacbi semper Sev^ solemniter geuiculata v, rarius sub* 

 recta pulcbre rubra, bracteis omnino foliolis scapalibus isomorphis, patentibus 

 V, suberectis, inflorescentiae apicem versus sensim minutis sed hie quoque 

 ovarium semper fere aequantibus, Florks 50 — 55 mm, longi , pedicellis 

 percouspicuis, 10—3 mm, longis, teretibus solemniter stipitati, sepals 

 paltide rul>ris, basiu usque liberis, valde s,-convoluti3, per antliesin petalis 

 arote adpressis erectis, apice baud retro curvatiSj +20 mm. longis, 4,5 mm. 

 latis, late linearibus, apici' solemniter acutis et in mucronem perconspicuum, 

 1 — 1,5 mm. longum prodnctiSj symmetricis. Pktala virentia, apice violaceo- 

 maculata (v, in varietate chlorantha a cl, Bakku 1. c, notata omnino 

 virentia), glabra, + 40 mm. longa, basin usque libera ibique filameutis 

 ser. I. iutercalatis inter se^e leraota, supra solemniter d,-convoluta tubura 

 cylindricum formantia demuraque per anthesin zygomorphe disposita uec 

 revoluta, deiioiata vix contorta, anguste liacaria, apicem versus acutius- 

 cula deninmque rotundata, infima basi lignlis binis jnaguis, exteriore 

 latere clansis, horizoutaliter trnncutis margiueque grosse deutatis aucta, 

 callis adscendentibus uuUis. Stamina petalis paullo breviora per autbesia 

 prominentia, filameutis virentibus compIaiiato-fiJi/ormibus, ser, L omnino 

 liberis, ser, JI, petalis paullo ultra ligularum altitudinem connatis nee 

 sursum plicae immersis absconditis; antheris aureis, breviter bacilliformi- 

 bus^ utrinque obtusis, basi vix lucisis, prope medium dorsiflxis, + 3 mm, 

 longis; pollinis granulis generis omnino normalibus, reti den.<issimo minu- 

 tissimoque praeditis, omnibus bene evolutis. Ovarium glaberrimnm, per- 

 anguste cylindricum stipitiforme apice hand coustrictum, basi in pedicellum 

 sensim attenuatnm , perianthii basi lunlto angnstius , pallide rubrum, 

 tubo epigyno manifesto, iufundibnliformi ; styio gracili, trigono, antheras 

 superante petalaque aequante, stigmatis lobis ad 4 mm, liberis, parum 

 contortis; placentis interno loculornm angnlo panllo super medium affixis, 

 ovulis quoque in loculo multis, singulis podio parvo iosidentibns , apice 

 + rotundatis uec appendicula tis, Semina mibi ignota, 



Habitat in Brasiliae oricnfalis prov. Rio de Janeiro, imdc in cal- 

 daria nostra introditxit Llctze, Spontanea adhuc ignota (herb. Leod.J, 



Obs. B. iridifoliae certe perafHnis et sicca omnino ejusilem habitus, 

 solemniter tameu dlffert floribus longe pedlcellatis, ovarii forma, sepalis 

 perlouge acntis aristafisque etc. Num omnino species geuuina, an bybrida 

 inter B. iridifoliam et Saunde^'sii? At tamen pollen omnino normale. 



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30. BILLBERGIA VIRIDIFLORA Wendl.*) foliis 

 aculeolis usque ad 1 mm. longis, viridibus, rectis adscendenti- 

 bus V. paullo solum uncinulatis praeditis, manifeste vittatis; 

 inflorescentia laxe solemnissime racemosa sim[)lici, multiflora, 

 glaberrima, pendula; bracteolis minutis, subovatis longeque 

 acutis; floribus pedicellis usque ad 50 mm. longis stipitatis; 

 sepalis perlonge acutis; petalis viridibus, defloratis contortis, 

 porrectis; ovario subgloboso, vix sulcato. 



Billhergia viridiflora Wendl. in Otto et Dtetr, Garienz. 

 XXIL p. 145; Fl d. Serves X. t. 1019—1020; Beer, Brom. 

 p. 120; E. Morr. in Belg. Hort 1S74. 1. 1—2 et 1S76. p. 324. 

 t. 20—21; Wiener 111 Gartens. 1881. p. 4 (c. xylogr,); Bah 

 Brom. p. 75. n. 14. 



*) Specie! bybrida; 

 BILLBERGIA VIIIIDIFLORA Wkndi,. X BILLBERGIA LIBONIANA 

 T)K JoNOiiE. Forma e hybiidiB omuihus mihi suppetentibus singularis, 

 habitu inter pareutes optime iutermedia. Folia basi peralte coiivergentia 

 tubum angustum, optime cyliudiicum lormautia, basi aculeolia miimtia, 

 crebris serrata, apicem versus lire iiiermia, perlouge seusiiuque acuta. 

 Scapus teijiiissiniDS peudiilus? vel certe uutaos, foliolis perauguslis, longe 

 inter sese remotis praeditus. lufloiescentia submullinoia , simplicissinia 

 racemosa, laxa, elongata , bracteolis anguste ovalibus peracutis qnam in 

 B. Libonidna mnnifosfe niajoriluis; floribus summis breviter, infiniis con- 

 spicue pedicellatis, subpatentibus; petalis apice certe coerulesceiitibus. 

 Polliuis grannla pUirima anomala. 



? Billhergia Rancougnei Maron in Rev. Hmt. 1884. p. 524; Bak. 

 Brom. p. 84, n. 4i. ( V, 8. in herb. Leod.) 



