CARTON QUI SEKA REMPLACfi. 



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425 



BEOMELIACEAE: BILLBERGIA— NEOGLAZIOVIA. 



426 



EriPHTTA, ut \itlefur, acaulis, florifera saepius usque ad 1 m, altii, 

 FOLTTs 12—16 utrioiilatim rosulatis, sublus arete couuiventibus, basi ia 

 vaginamangnf^tam subobscuranupe, snbovaltui^semiampltxicaulem^iuargiue 

 baud V, vix hyaliuam, iutegernniam , glabram nitidam v. dorso paullo 

 solum lepidotam aubopacam sensim dilatatis, cbartaceis, satis nianifesteque 

 canaliculatis, margiue acnieolis a basi ad apicem aensim miuutie, hie 

 laxins, illic deusiua dispositis, usqae ad 1 mm. longis, omaiuo viridibus, 

 sursum versis rectis v. paullo solum uuciaatis, + 0,6 m. longis » basi 

 45 mm, latis, super vagiuam baud coustrictis, usque ad apicem nonDuu- 

 quam mauifeste aristatum seusim perlougeque atteiiuatis, subliuearibus, 

 supra saltern laete viridibus, glabris, nitidis, subtus palHdioribua, opacid, 

 + albide lepidotis nee uon flaepius purpureo- v, rubiginoso-coloratis maui- 

 festeque transverse vittatis. Inflorescentia axi commnni floleinniter in- 

 definito e folionim cratero centralis in scapi elegantisaimi, apice certe 

 uutautis, glabri, foliolis brevibus, semiamplexicaulibus, pulcberrime rubris, 

 ovato-ovalibus, acutis, integerrimis, utrinque (praeseriim apicem versus) 

 lepidoto-pnnctatis, basi ereotis adpressisque scapum amplecteutibus, apico 

 anberectis, flaccidis tenerisque, iufloresoentiam hau<i attingeutibua dense 

 induti apice nutans certe v, omnino peudula, simplex, pcilaxe racemoBft, 

 glaberrima, rbacbi recta, pulchre rubra, pediccllis perloiigi^., bracteolis 

 minutis, scarioso-membranaceis, flubovatis longeque acutis, ad inflorrsrcniiae 

 apicem quoque bene evolntis, glabris, + 6 mm, longia. Floiies + 70 mm. 

 lougi, pedicellis usque ad 50 mm. longis, patentibus, teretibus, glaberrimis 

 perlonge stipitati axi pendulo reversi erecti, skpaMs laete viridibus, glaber- 

 rimia, basin usque liberis, per nntbesin arete couvergeutibus petalisque 

 adpressis valdc s.-convolutis, + 21 mm. longis, e basi inaequaliter ovatis 

 in apicem perlonge acutnm ailennatis, margine dextro latissime alatini 

 productis perasymmetricis. PetAla manifestc viridia, glabra, + 50 mm, 

 longa, linearia, apice rotundata, basin usque libera ibique tilamontiR nor, 1. 

 intercalatis inter sese remota, snpra solemnitcr d.-convoluta, per anihesin 

 longe couuiventi'Coalita zygomorpbe disposita nee reflexaj deflorata magis 

 quoque contorta, infima basi ligulis binis subrectaugiilaribus, Iruncatis, 

 margine grosse crenatis, reflexis aucta. Stamina petala aequautia v. minute 

 solum breviora filamentis compresso dilatatis ser- I- omnino lil>eris, ser, IL 

 petalis usque ad ^/b altitudiiiis coimatis; antheris aureis ad 4 mm. longis, 

 crasse bacilliformibns, utrinque obtusis, in Va idtit, doiaifixis; poHinis 

 granulis generis nonnalibns. Ovarium sordide brunneumj glaberrimnin, 

 laeve, globosum v. + triaugulare, apice manifesto contractum, subito in 

 pedicellum attenuatum, 6—8 mm. longum, sepalovum basi latius, apice 

 in perianthii tubum perconspieuum, infuJidibuIiformem productum; stylo 

 petala perlonge (saepius 10 mm,) superante, gracillimo, filiformi, trigone; 

 stigrai\tis lobis profuude partitis, paullo coutortis; placentis intemo locu- 

 lorum angulo inter V* et ^Ja altitud, alfixis; ovulis quoqae in loculo oo, 

 singulis podio rotundato iusidentibus, in appendicubim v, caudam maximam 

 (ovulo longiorem) productis. Bacca paullo aucta sepalis integris petalorum- 

 que rudimentis corouata, seminibus cylindrico-subfusiformiljus, utrinque 

 subacutis, + 3,6 mm. longis, fuscis, pulcberrime maniresteque sub lente 

 verruculosis. 



Habitat in Brasilia, loco ignoto, Nota solum ex Europae caldariis, 

 unde desumpta specimina sicca vidi in herb. Lead. 



SPECIES BEASIUANAE E GENERE EXCLUDENDAE- 



Billbergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbetgia 

 Billhergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 BiUbe7'gia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 



Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 [Billbef-gia 

 Billbergia 



Eromel. 



acaulis Hort. 

 aurantiaca Hort. 

 aureo-rosea Hort. Linden 

 hiviftata Hook. 

 Broiigniartii Kegel 

 canephora Hort, 

 Carolinae van Houtte 



Celeriana Hort. 

 chlorosticta Hort. (nee 



davata Lindb 

 coccinea Kl. 

 contracfa Mart. 



cruenta Hook. 

 discolor Hort. 

 Enderi Kegel 

 fasciafa Lindl. 

 Jilicaulis Gris. 

 gigantea Hort, 



=, Cryptautbus zonatua Beer. 

 = Nidularium Laureutii Kegel. 

 , = Aechmea nudicaulis Grip. 



4 



:= Cryptanthus bivittatns Regeb 



:=^ Portea kermesina Brongn. 



= Canistrnm viride E. Morr. 



= Nidularium Carolinae Lem. 



= Aechmea coelestis E. Morr, 



Saunders) 

 ^= Kidulauum cblorostictum E, Morr 



= Aecbmea bromeliifolia Bak, 

 = Aechmea tillandsioides Rak. 

 = Aechmea contracta Bnk. 

 = Nidularium cruentnm Kogeb 

 = Nidularium purpureuni Beer- 

 = Quesnelia lateralis Wawra. 

 = Aechmea fasciata Bak, 

 = Aechmea filicaulis Mez.J 

 = Aechmea gigantea Bak, 



Billbergia 

 BiUhcrgia 

 BHibcrgia 

 Billhergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 BiUi>ergia 

 BiUbergia 



Billhergia 

 BUJhergia 

 Billbergia 



Billbergln 

 Billbergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billhvrgia 

 Billhergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billhergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 

 Billbergia 



QlaziotHi Regel 

 gracilis Poepp. 

 lanugi^iom llort. 

 luka IL et S. 

 marmorafa Lem. 

 Mcycndorfjii Uegel 

 musaiea Hort. 

 nudicatdis Lindl. 

 oblonga MarL 

 odora Miq. 

 olais Hook. 

 pawiindula K. e( fi, 

 parvijlora "Mart. 

 pnfenfisrima Mart. 

 polystadtya Lindl. 

 purpureQ-roHea I-itidb 

 pyramidafa Beer 

 quadricolor Hurt. 

 (^uesHiliana Bruiign. 

 rhorlorganea L^^n. 

 r<neo-marghuita C. K. 

 rnh'^eundn V. K, 

 Skinneri Hort, Linden. 

 tillandsioideH Hak, 

 tillandsioidrs Mart. 

 tinctoria Mait, 

 varicgata 1£. ct S. 



}= 



Quesnelia blanda Me«, 

 Aecbmea tillandflioides Hak. 



Aechiuea uudicauUs Gris- 



= Aechmea marmoimte Um. 

 = Nidularium Carolinae Lem. 

 = Caragoata musalca Andre. 



= A*y;bmea nudic-aulis Gris. 



^= Wittm^okia odora Mez. 



= NiduUriom Carolinae Lem. 



= Aecbmea iS<jlm]lebiana Mez. 

 = Araeoooccus parviflurus Liudm. 



^= WittmackU paii-ntissim:) MeE, 



^= Aechmea dIttidiaunKi T^m. 



= Aechmea RDaveolenff Kn. et Westc. 



1= 



AecbmejL nudtcAulis Orie* 



QoeftDelia aireusus Mez* 

 A*xhinc;i fu^ciatu Buk, 

 Qiie-suclia arvenwig Me£, 

 Portea kcrmcj^ina BrongiK 

 Androlopi^ Skinneri Brongn.] 

 QuMaelJa tillandsioides Mcs. 

 Aechmeji tillandsioides Bak. 

 Aechmea 1in<*l4>ria Mez. 

 NeoglaziuMa \aric^ata Mez. 



flpecies omnino obscurae: 



Billhergia cxeellcns Miq. in Bull, aoc hot. Pr. 18G2, p. 66. 

 Billl>evgia saxatilis Beer, Brom. p. 127. 



XViri. NEOGLAZIOVIA Mez (nov. gen.). 



BiioMELiAK spec. Arruila da Camara, Gent. pJanl, Penmrnh. 

 el Dins, sohre pi Brasil, p. 7 (fide Schultcs). — Billberuiab 

 spec. SchuU. in R. et S. Syst. VIL p. 1262. n. 12. — Dyckiab 

 spec. Bak. Brom. p. 133. n. 14. — Aoallostachydis S2)ec. 



Beer, Brom. p. 38. 



Floiies hcrmaphroditi. Sepala basin usque libera, 

 per authesin stricte erecta cylindrice petalis adpressa, 

 paullo sinistrorsum convoluta, latere dextro alatim 

 dilatata , spinula minuta praedita , glabra. Petala in 

 aestivatioac dextrorsum convoluta, basin usque libera, 

 obovato-oblonga, stricte erecta genitalia celantia; ligulae 

 ncctariferae basales , subintegrae ; calli bini manifesto 

 adscendentcs. Stamina 6 sub anthesi inclusa biseriatlm 

 alternantia; filamenta filifonuia, comprcssa; polUnis 

 granula sulca unica longitudinali retique manifesto prae- 

 dita. Tubus epigtnus perconspicuus, infundibuliformis. 

 Ovarium solemnitcr inferum, glabrum, teres, 3-loculare, 

 optime pedicellatum ; stylus filiformis, stamina paullo 

 superans scd petalis manifeste brevier; stigraatis lobi 

 longiuscule divisi, spiraliter contorti; placentae lineares, 

 intemo loculonim angulo in V-t alt. affixae; ovula 

 quoque in loculo pcrpauca (usque ad 5), breviter funicu- 

 lata, apice late obtusa nee appendiculata. Bacca succosa 

 ex ovario incrassato formata. 



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