49f 



BROMELIACEAE : NEOGLAZTOVIA-FEKNSEEA. 



428 



IFERB-i hajMlofica, certe 1 m. v. nltra alia. FoLlA 

 pauca, arete nee ventncose sese vofjlnanlia, hasi in viuji- 

 mm angtistam, ampkxkatikm, inlus haul villosam sed 

 mevHbrana hpulota obledam dllalala, perangxtste Unearia, 

 auper vuyinam hand c&nstrlcta, apice perhnge acuta, 

 andcls pro folil mngnitudine parvis, reflexis v. patent thus 

 armnta, praesertim dorso lepidota. INFLOEESCENTIA 

 e/oliin cetitralis prodiens in scapi (v. rectius cauUs) 

 fotiis paucls vaginiformlhus, tcnuihus cohrafisqite Induti 

 apice erectu, simplex racemosa, muUiflora, solemniter 

 indcjin'da, hracteis ovato-lanceolatis. Flores violacei 

 V. ptirpureo-molacei (sicci ruhri). 



TeiTUbtris et saxicola sylvas Cutingas colit. 



NEOGLAZIOVIA.VARIEOATA Mez: foliis paucis, 

 angnsltssiine linearibus, niaigine revolutis, aculeolis iuferioribus 

 ptnim reflexis, superioribus patentibus armatis; inflorescentia 



simplieistiinia racenmsa, glabra; floribus peJicellis subpatentibus 

 slipitatis; sepalis paullo asymmetiicis; petalis obovato-oblongis, 

 obtnsiB, ligulatis; ataminibus liberis polline sulcato; ovario 

 paiiciovnlato, 



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



Bromelia varkyata Arr. da Camarn, Cent. pi. Fernamh. 

 €t DiaB. 80bn pt Brasil. p. 7 et Di'^corso p. 42; Kosfers 

 Travels II. p. 433; Im 1818. VII p. 97 ; Gill's techn. Repos. 

 1 24. (Nov.) p. 338. 



BUIhtryia variv-ijula SchuU. in R et S. Syst. VII. p. 1262. 

 n. 12 (nee Beer). 



AgalUstachyH varieyala T^cer, Brom. p. 38. 

 Dt/ckia Glaziovii Bah. Brom. p. 133. n. 14. 

 Billhcrgia speciosa Bah. (nee Thhij.) Brom. p. 73. n. 7 

 (e. p., quoad cii. syn. Arr. et SchuU.). 

 Carod Branliensihus (fide Martins). 



Tkrrkstris et saxicola (ex ell. Gi.Azion!, Maktius!), acanlis, flori- 

 ferft sacpissitiie ultra 1 m. olta, fomis 3—7, arct«, nee ventrieose, sese 

 «glnautibus, extimis squnmiformibiia, ovato-lanceolatis, acnminatis, albido- 

 lepidotis, interioribM inferae erectis superne leviter arciiatis, firmissimis, 

 iBtas fibrOiJSf b»si in vagijjaiu loiigam augustammie , rigidam, margine 

 TCToltitam, + nnilpatarn, dono et joftesertiiu iutus membrana lepidota 

 a«i» ohtpctam, Intpr arnleon margiiialcs saepiwtme late palaeaceam per- 

 sensiin dilntalls, perelongate tenuiter linearibus, qiiaiu maxinie cimalkulatis 



maigineqae revolutis, 8icci8anhsfipitirormi-convoliitis,acnleoli8adl,5— 2mm. 

 lougLs, iaferioribus parum reflexis, Bnporioribns patenfibns remote ahuatisi 

 apicem versns perseusim tiiiformi-acntis pnugenterque flosinenlilms, + 1.5 m.' 

 longis, 15 mm. latis, ntrinque lepidotis, supra rireutibus, snbtns pallidis 

 wepinsqne oWme lougitmliaaliter bivittatis, a,l partem inferiorem inter 

 spinnlas margine saepissi.ne solemniter palaeaceia. Isfi.orescentia axi 

 indefinito a foliis centralis ii.qne manifeste brevior iu scapi validi, semper 

 fere irregMlariter cnrvati, valde flex.osi, .acpe recurvati v. basi spiralis 

 liruh-parpurasceutis, albide lanati, foliolis 3-4 laxe ere,ai«, doiso squamn- 

 IOM-tomoato«.s, basi lana.is, snbserratis, ovato-laoceolati., acunuuatis 

 praed.f ap>ce erccla, simpliciasium, qnaqtmverse laxoque cylindrice race- 

 mosa, 40-OO.nora, ad 250 ^m. Jonga, 35 mm. diam.; rhaehi ^labra 

 coccmea; bracteoli. pcTou.pin.is, e basi ovata ten«iter longcqno an.tis' 

 membranace,., dor.n 4 tomontellis, inferioribus flori. ovarinm arqnantib,,.' 



summis i*dicello axillari-s subtriplo brevioribii-S stramineis. Fr.ouKs art 

 17 mm loimi, pedieellis .ocdncis, gbibris, patentissimis v. snperion.m 

 siibeiectis, aiqnalibi.s, ad 4 mm, longi.^^ .solemniter stipitati , calyec sub- 

 urceolato coi'cineo. Ski-.m.a praesertim prope basin manife.sle s.-convolnta, 

 supra per antbe.sin aperla, ovata, apice obtusa minutciue eiiKU-inata, 

 acnkolo parvo inipoMto, celeriter delapso pniedita, latere dcxtro in alam 

 membi-anaceam dilatata asymmetrica. Pktai.a violuLca v. coeruleo-pmpniea 

 (ex cl. Mauthjs), dextrorsniu convolnta, per antbesin stiiete erecla apiceque 

 solum paullo aperta genitalia celautia, basin nsqne libera, obovato-oblonga, 

 ohtusa, + 13 mm. longa, ba.^i lignlis bini.s subintegris reflexis, in callos 

 2 ad.scejideutes excurrcutiluis ancta. Htamixa yeriei ntrius(iiie oniuino 

 libera, filamenti.s linearibus, antheris qnam pctala mnlto brevioribns, 

 lincari-elliptici.s, apice mucronatis, medio dor.sifixis. Ovaiuum ad 5 mm. 

 longum, glaberrimum, coccinenm, obovatum, apice uiillo modo coustrietum 

 in sepala transiens, basi brevlter contractum; tubo epigyno perconspicuo, in- 

 fnndibuliformi ; stylo .stamina quidquam auperante, crassiu.scnlo; stigmatibus 

 b'nearilm.s, crispafrs, apicetn versus paullo diiatatis, convolntis; placentis 

 interuo locnlornm angulo in '/a alt. affixis ; ovnlis quoque in loculo paucls, 

 Cauda brevi crasaaque appendiculatls. Bacca ex Camara ovata, acuta, 

 subangnlosa, umbilicata, magnitndiuc fere Olivac. 



Hahltat iuBrasiliae orlcntalis :prov. Ceard, Paraiba, Pernambuco, 

 Rio dc Janeiro, BaUa in sijlvis Catinrjas ad ripas fluminis S. Francisci: 

 Martins ohs. n. 2262; prope S. Miguel: Pokl n. 3657, loco non indicato: 

 Glazimi n. 15671. Floret Martio. (V. s. in herb. Bcrol. , Bruxell., 

 Monac., Vindob.). 



XIX. FERNSEEA Bak. 



Fernsea Bah. Brom. (1SS9) p. 20. — Bromeliae spec. Wawra 



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



tab. 19. — Aeciimeae sjyec. Bak. Brom. p. 64. n. 108. 



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Elores hermaphroditi. Sepala basin usqiic libera, 

 per nnthesin suberecta , eutopice disposita v. paullo 

 sinistrorsum convoluta , ovato-elliptica apieeque rotun- 

 data, omnino inermia, symmetrica, araneosa. Petala 

 iu aestivatione dextrorsura con vol nta , paullo aperta 

 genitaliaque cclantia, basin usque libera, obovata apice- 

 que late rotundata; ligulac ncctariferac nullae. Stamina 

 6 sub anthesi inelusa biseriatim altcrnantia; filamcnta 

 libera , paullo complanata ; antlierae o vat o-line ares , in 

 Vs alt. dorsifixae , basi rotundatae apice subobtusae ; 

 pollinis granula sulca longitudinal! praodita retique 

 conspicuo ornata. Tubus epigynus maximus, suburcco- 

 latus. Ovarium solemniter infcruni , longitudinalitor 

 3-9ulcatum , 3 -loculare, iiianifeste stipitatum ; stylus 

 filiformis, filamentis optime brevior, e basi paullo 

 incrassata apieem versus attcnuatus ; stigmatis lobi 

 longe divisi, spiraliter contort! ; placentae lineares, in- 

 terne loculorum angulo a basi usque ad apicein affixae ; 

 ovula quoque in loculo oo, conferta, podio speciali hand 

 msidentia, exappendiculata. Bacca succulenta ex ovario 

 incrassato periantbioque pcv>sistcnlc coronato formata. 

 Semina pauca , compresso - ovoidca , exappendiculata. 

 Embryo albumine cinctus. 



IlERBA hapJohiolica, usque ad 0,5 m. alfa. Folia 

 ^ perdenserosidata caespilem formaniia, basi in vaginam 



