427 



BEOMELIACEAE : IS^EOGLAZIOVIA— FEENSEEA. 



428 



Herba haplohiotica, eerie 1 m. v. ultra alia. Folia 

 pauca, arete nee ventricose sese vaginantia, hasi in vagt- 

 nam angustam, amplexicaulem, intus haud vUlosam sed 

 memhrana lepidota ohteciam dilatata, peranguste Uneariaj 

 super vaginam haud constricta, apice perhnge acutaj 

 aculeis pro folii magnitudine parvis, reflexis v. patentihus 

 armata, praesertim dorso lepidota. Infloeescentia 

 e foliis centralis prodiens in scapi (v. rectius caidls) 

 foliis panels vaglniformihus , tenuilms coloratisque induti 

 apice erecta, simplex racemosa, muUiflora^ solemniter 

 indefinita , hracteis ovato - lanceolatis. Fl ORES violacei 

 V. purpureo-molacei (sled ruhri). 



Terrestris et saxicola sylvas Catingas colit. 



Species unica: 



NEOGLAZIOVIA VAEIEGATA.Mez: foliis panels, 

 angustissime linearibus, margine revolutis, aculeolis inferioribus 

 paruni reflexis, superioribus patentibus armatis ; inflorescentia 

 simplicissinm racemosa, glabra; floribns pedicellis subpatentibus 

 stipitatis; sepalis paulloasymmetricis; petalis obovalo-oblongis, 

 obtusis, ligulatis; staminibus liberis polline sulcato ; ovario 

 pauciovulato. 



Tabula nostra LXXX. fig. I (habitus et analysis). 



Bromelia variegata Arr. da Camara, Cent. pi. Peruamh. 

 et Diss, sohre pi. Brasil. ]}• 7 et Discorso p. 42; Koster's 

 Travels II p. 433; Ms 1818. VII. p. 978; QilVs techn. liepos. 

 1824. (Nov.) p. 338. 



Billhergia variegata Schult. in R. et S. Sgst. VII p. 1262. 

 n. 12 (nee Beer). 



AgaUostacIn/s variegata Beer, Brom. p. 38. 



DycJcia Glasiovii Bah. Brom. p. 133. n. 14. 



Billhergia speciosa Bah. (nee Thhy.) Brom. p. 73. n. 7 

 (e. p., ((uoad cii. syn. Arr. et Schult.). 



Carod Brasiliensihus (fide Martins). 



Terrestris et saxicola (ex ell. GLAzroxit, Mautius!), acanlis, flori- 

 fera saepisaime ultra 1 m. aJta, foliis 3—7, arete, nee ventricose, sese 

 vaginantibus, extimigsqnamiformibns, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, albido- 

 lepidotis, interioribua iuferne erectis superne leviter arcaatis, firmissirais, 

 iutus librosis, basi in vaginam longam angustamque, rigidam, margine 

 revolutam, + aculeatam, dorso et praesertim iutus membrana lepidota 

 dense obtectam , inter aculeos margiuales saepissiuie late palaeaceam per- 

 sensim dilatatis, perelougate teuuiter linearibus, quam maxiine caualiculatis 



margineque revolutis, siccissubstipitifornii-convolutis, aculeolis ad 1 5 2 mm. 



longis, inferioribus parum reflexis, superioribus patontibus remote ainuitis 

 apicem versus persensim filiformi-acutis pungenterque desinentibus, + 1 6 m. 

 longis, 16 mm. latis, utrinque lepidotis, supra virentibus, subtus pallidis 

 saepiusque obscure longitndinaliter bivittatis, ad partem inferiorem inter 

 spinulaa margine saepissime solemniter palaeaceis. Inflorescentia axi 

 indefinite a foliis centralis iisque mauifeste brevier in scapi validi, semper 

 fere irregulariter eurvati, vulde flexuosi, saepe recnrvati v. basi spiralis, 

 viridi-purpurascenfis, albide lanati, foliolis 3—4 laxe erectis, dorso squaran- 

 lORO-toraentosis , basi lanatis, subserratis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis 

 praediti apice erecta, simplicissima, qnaquaverse hixeque cyliudrice race- 

 mosa, 40-60-flora, ad 260 mm. longa, 35 mm. diam.; rbachi glabra, 

 coccinea; bracteolis perconspicuis , e basi ovata trnuiter loiigeque acutis[ 

 membrauaceia, dorso ± tomentellis, inferioribus floris ovarium aeqiiautibus' 



summis pedieello axillaris subtriplo brevioribns , straminpis. Florks ad 

 17 mm. longi, pedicellis coccineis , glabvis, patentissimis v. superiorum 

 suberectis, aequalibns, ad 4 mm. longis solemniter stipitati , calyce .snb- 

 urceolato, coccineo. Skpala praesertim prope basin mauifesfe s.-couvolntn, 

 supra per antliesin aperta, ovata, apice obtusa minuteqne emarginata, 

 aculeolo parvo imposito, celeriter delapso praedita, latere dextro in alam 

 membranaceain dilatata asymmetrica. Petala violacea v. coeruleo-purijurea 

 (ex cl. Martius), dextrorsum convolnta, per antbesin stride erecta apiceque 

 solum pauUo aperta genitalia celantia, basin usque libera, obovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa, + 13 mm. longa, basi ligulis binis subiiitegrJs reflexis, in callos 

 2 adsceudeutes excurientibus aucta. Stamina seriei utriusque omuino 

 libera , filamcntis linearibus, antberis quam petala multo brevioribus, 

 liueaii-elliptieis, apice mncronatis, medio doisifixis. Ovarium ad 5 mm. 

 longum, glabenimuni, coccineum, ohovatnm, apice nnllo modo constrictura 

 iu sepala IransienSj basi breviter coiitractum ; lubo epi^'DO percoiispicuo, in- 

 fnndibuliformi; stylo stamina qnidquam superante, crassiusculo; stigmatibus 

 linearibus, crispatisj apicem versus panilo dilatatis, convolntis; placeutis 

 ioterno loculorum angulo in ^/3 alt. afflxis; ovnlis qnoque in loculo paucis, 

 Cauda brevi erassaqne append icvilaiis. Bacca ex Camara ovata, acuta, 

 subangulosa, umbilicata, magnitudine fere Olivae, 



Habitat inBrasiliae orientalis prov, Ceard^ Paraiba, Pernambuco^ 

 Rio de JayicirOy Bahia in sylvis Catingas ad 7'ipas fluminis S. Francisd: 

 Martius ohs. n. 2262; propc S, Miyud: Fold n. 3057 ^ loco 7ion indicate: 

 Glaziou n. 15671. Floret Martio, (V. s. in herb, Berol , Bruxell., 

 Monac, Yindoh.), 



XIX. FERXSEEA Bak. 



Fernsea Bah. Brom. (1S89) p. 20. — Bromeliae spec. Waicra 



in Oesterr. hot. Zeitschr. 1880. p. 114 et It. Sax.-Coh. p. 141. 



fab. 19. — Aechmeae spec. Bah. Brom. p. 64. n. 108. 



Flores hermapliroditi. Sepala basin usque libera, 

 per antliesiii suberecta , eutopics disposita v. paullo 

 siiiistrorsum convoluta, ovato-elliptica apiceque rotuii- 

 data, omuino inermiaj symmetrica, arancosa. Petala 

 in aestivatione dextrorsum convoluta , paullo aperta 

 genitaliaque celantia, basin usque libera, obovata apice- 

 que late rotundata; ligulac nectariferao nullae. Stamina 

 6 sub antliesi inclusa biseriatim alternantia; filamenta 

 libera , paullo complanata ; antherac ovato-lineares , in 

 Ys alt. dorsifixae , basi rotundatae apice subobtusae ; 

 pollinis granula sulca longitudiuali praedita retique 

 conspicuo ornata. Tubus EriGYx\u8 laaxiunis, suburceo- 

 latus. Ovarium solemniter infcrum, longitudinaliter 

 3 -sulcatum , 3 - loculare , manifesto stipitatum ; stylus 

 filiformis , filameutis optime brevior , e basi paullo 

 incrassata apicem versus attenuatus ; stigmatis lobi 

 longe divisi, spiraliter contorti; placentae lineares, in- 

 terne loculorum angulo a basi usque ad apicem affixae ; 

 OTula quoque in loculo oo, conferta, podio speciali baud 

 insidentia, exappendiculata. Bacca succulcnta ex ovario 



fj 



mcrassato periantbioquc persisteute coronato formata. 

 Semina pauca , compresso - ovoidea , exappendiculata. 

 Embryo albumine cinctus. 



Here A haplohiotica, tisque ad 0,5 m. alia. FOLIA 

 cc perdense rosulata caespltem /ormantia, basi in vaginam 



