429 



BROMELIACEAE : FKRXSEEA- riTCIAIRXIEAE. 



430 



hrevem, ylahram dUdtatu, pennujHste Unmrla, super ra<]i- 

 nam noti cousindd, apice louf/e pemctUa, aculeclis temubns 

 recurvis v. pafenfihus armata, jxinUo lepidola. Lxflorks- 

 CENTTA e foliornm fascicnio ccntmUs prodkns In scapi 

 (V. rectius cauUs) foVfis vaginiformihus, ovaf'ts acunumdis- 

 que, adseendentihiifi, stramhieo-cohmtk dense tndutl apice 

 erect a J simplex racemosa, bracteis ovato- v. elUptico- 

 JanceoJcdis. Flores sordide purpurei. 



Summorum Brasiliae orientalis prov. Rio de Janeiro 

 montium cacuniina oriiat. 



Rpecies nn ica : 



FERNSEEA ITATIAIAE Bak. foliis co, aiigustissime 

 lineavibiis, aculeolis inferioribus + reflexis, r^upcrioribus patent!- 

 bus armatis; infloresceiitia simplicissima raceniosa, tonientella; 

 floi'ibns pedieellatis; sepalis symmetncis, obtu.^is ; pefalis obo- 

 vatis apiceque late rotiinclatis, eligulatis ; staiiiinibus liberis 

 polline sulcato; ovario multiovulato. 



Tahxila nostra LXXX, fig. II (habitus et analysis), 



Fernseea Itatiaiae Bah. Brom. p. 20. 



Bromelia Itatiaiae Watvra tn Oesterr. hot, Zeitschr. XXX. 

 (18S0) p. 114 d in Bull Fcdcr. Soc. RorL hehj. ISSO. p. no 

 et IL Sax.-Coh. p. UL t, 19; Gartenft. 1884. p, 100. 



Aechmea stenoplnjUa BaL Brom. p. 64, n. lOS. 



TEBUE8TU1S {ex cll, Glaziou !, Wawra!)j acaulis, floiifera usque lul 

 0,5 111, alta sed saepins minor, subcae!?i)ilosa, fot.iis co dense graminoo- 

 fasciculatis, basi in vaginani lirevem qnidem Red tamen perconsjiionaiu, 

 late triangiilarem , utiinque + castimeani , marline teuero saepins prae- 

 sertini apicera versns acnleolis paiuns minutiwsiinisqne obsitam, glabrani 

 et praesertim intns nitidani subito dilalatis, per antbe.^iu quaquaverse 

 recte subpateiitibus v, exterioribus saltern saepins manifeste dei^nrvatis, 

 maigine aculeolis crebris brnniiescentibuSj vix 0,5 inm, longis, recte pateuti- 

 bus V. infimis panllo lecnrvis praeditis, augnstissinie linearibus, vaginam 

 versns sensiia pauUoque dilatatis, apice tenuissiine acutis validiuseule 



patenlibns, n^que ad 0,4 m, lon^is, (5 mm. lalis, pallide glanto viridilnis, 

 snjua ,i,'bil»ri.s subnilidis snbtus sparse obscure<iue lepidolis opaeis, vittis 

 V. liiuis uiillis, valde longitndiaaliter excavatoplicatis. Inflorksckntia 

 r rulioruni fasL-irulo rrnlrali.s iisque solemuiter longior in scapi subdebilis^ 

 densinsfiile albo tonuntilli^ apicem versus pnlcbre rnl>entis, foliolis Ute 

 .vaginalini nmpbxiraiiHbns, inlVrinrilms trausitum ad iolia radicalia prae- 

 )>en{ibus in acnnien (viride?) validinsciiUini, margiue + serralo-aculeolatum 

 prodnctis, sniMiioribns fencris inf^gerrimis, e basi bxte ovata brevity 

 acnniinatis, rnbris \\ stramineis in bracteas transenutibus, glabris v. sub- 

 ylaliris densissinit- iniliriratimqne induli npire erecta. simpJids^sima rare- 

 niosa, saepis:siuK! lunltiilora, lloies densinscule qnaquaverseque fiubcylindrice 

 prarbcus, apice obtusa, + 100 mm. longa. 25 mm. diam,, rbacbi reela-, 

 dense arachnoida)-U>mente]la, rubra, bract^'olis percouspicuiSj j^nmmis quoqne 

 fere 10 ninu longis, inferioribus ovalis toiigcque snbobsuire acuminatis, 

 snperiurilins ovato-lauceobitis, valde cOQcavis, integeniiuis , snbgkibris v, 

 praesertim margiue apicem versos + arancose tomentcllis^ pulchre rubenti- 

 bns. FhoiiER in pedircllonim inreriornm ad 10 mm. longorum, snpcriiiruni 

 niinornm sed lamen perconspicnornm apice solemniter stipitali, + 17 mm. 

 lougi, sKTAi.is ad 7 inm, longis, pulchre rnbenlibns, entopice disi>0Ritis 

 V. pauUo rsini-^trorsnni lonvolutis, ]»er anthe^iu fere apertis snberectis, fere 

 nnininn praeseitiin ad marginis membranaceis, ovato ellipticis apiceque 

 rotuudalis omniuo incrmilms, praescrtim dorso apicenupie versus + ara- 

 neosis- Pktai.a f>ordide purinutaj basin uwjne libera, lierautheain stricte 

 erccta tnbnni cylindrimin apice panllo solum aperlnm formantia, obovata 

 apiceque late rufnndala, + t) mm. long;i , ligulis callisqne omnino nullijs. 

 Stamina petalis manifeste breviora iisque per anfbesin inclufiaj filamentis 

 pauUo complanatis e basi hitiore apicem versns scnsim attennatis, seriei 

 ntrins^ine omnino Hberis; antberis flavis, ovatodinearibus, in */s alt. dorsi- 

 Axis, basi rotundatis paulloqne incisis, apice 8Ul*ol)lusifl; pollinis grannlis 

 ellipsoideisj poris uullis sed ^nlca lougituiiinali unica percouspicna prae- 

 dilis retique conspicuo ornatis, Ovajuim + 7 mm. longum, optime cylin- 

 drieum v. basiu versus paullo incrassatum, mauileat*^ longitudiualiter 

 sjileatuju, apice band con.*>Jiic(iimj l>asi rotnndate pcdicello insidens, tonien- 

 tellum; tubo epigyno maxioio, subnrccolato; stylo filamentis sulemuiter 

 breviore, + trigono, e basi paullo cra^siore apicem versus attenuate; slig' 

 matis lobis longe divrsiw, spinilrfrr conforfis; plaeenfis interno locnlorum 

 anyulo a basi usque ad :ipicem afflxis; ovulis qnoque in locnlo cc, biseriatia, 

 podio speciali band insidenlibnsj exappeudiculatis. BaCCa Pisi magnitudine 

 calyce persiateute coronafa succulenla, globosoovoidea, frisulcat^H , liaves- 

 cens, parce incano-lloccosa, seiuiuibus perpaucis, Cannabis gruuum sab- 

 aequuntibus, conipresso-ovoideis, fuscis, rngulis louyitudiualibus asperalis; 

 embryoue endospcrniio ciucto, mdicula plumulam aequaute, crasye conica, 

 acuta. 



Habitat in Brasiliae orientalis prov. Rio de Janeiro , sunww in 

 monte Ifatiaia : Waivra IL n. 442, G'azion n, 5464, 89S7, Floret Marti4>. 

 (V^ s. in herb, Bcrol, Vindoh., Warming,) 



Tribus IL PITCAIKNIEAE. 



CONSPECTUS ge:nerum BRASILIKNSIUM. 



Ovarium semisuperum ; seminis abie biiiae polares aiigustae vel rarissinie da singula lateralis vel nulla. 

 1. Flores perconspicai, zygomorphi; petala sensim in unguem transeuntia; fila- 



menta ser. II. libera vel petalis minute solum connata; ovula oo . . . . XX. PITCAIRNIA L^Herit. 



' 2. Flores minuti, regnlares; petala subito in unguem conti'acta cucullata; fiia- 



menta ser. IL petalis peralte connata; ovula paaca XXI. BROCCHINIA Schult. kil. 



B. Ovarium omnino superum; seminis ala unica, lateralis. 



1. Petala basi filamentorum inter sese (lorsoqne cum petalis connatorum indole in tubum coalita. 



a. Flores homomorphi ^^^I- ^^^^^^^^ Schult. fil. 



b. Flores dimorphi, alteri hermaphroditi, alteri foeminini XXIII. PRIOXOPHYLLUM C Koch. 



' 2. Petala basin usque libera. 



a. Petala eligulata. 



* Flores reo-ulares; placentae interno loeulorum angulo ad basin snl)- 

 scutatim Iffixae; ovula pauca, apice breviter candata. baud alata . . XXIV. COTTENDORFIA Scuult. fil, 



** Flores zyromorphl; placentae longae, lineares; ovula nuilta. apice ob- 



, ; , 1 ' ... XXV. ENCHOLIRION Mart. 

 tusa, late dorso alata ,.,,.,, 



u xy. ^ ■ 1 ' V ■ nnt. .... XX VL DEUTEROCOHNIA Me;!. 



b. Petala Iigula smiplici aucta ^ vr\ c: 



C. Ovarium omnino superum, semina exalata. Genus anomaUim XX\ IL ^A\ lA .cuult. fil. 



