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BROMELIACEAE : PITCAIRNIA. 



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attennatl; sepalis 18 mm. longist 3,5 mm. latis, sublinearibna, fipice 

 acutinsculis nee nincronatis, vix carinatis, glabris, sinistro latere (a dorso 

 visis) minute dilatatia subasymmctrieis, Pktala per authesin subgeneris 

 ritti zygomorpbe dispositn, detlorata iu tubutn quani maxime decurvum 

 couvoluta, ad 48 mm. longa^ e lamina angustissime laQ<-eolata seusim iu 

 tingnem linearem atteminta, apice acuta, in 3,5 mm. altitudine basi liguli^ 

 singulis maximig, ovatis, subacutis, erose paucideutatis aucta. Stamina 

 petala aequantia, per authemn luteraliter porrecta, filament is tenuiter 

 filiformibns, siccis subteretibus, onmiuo liberis; aiitbeiis lutois, 8 mm. 

 longis, basi sagittatis apice acutis, prope basin dorsifixis; pollinis grannlis 

 tenuiter irregulaiiterque ellipsoideia fere laneeolatis, utroqne polo acutis, 

 reti crasso prominente ornatis. Ovarium mauifeste infra medium perianthio 

 ciuetum, parte inter filamenta prominente late pyraniidataj profunda sulcata ; 

 stylo subito in ovarium transeunte filiformi, trigono; stigniatibns 3 quam 

 maxime spiraliter contortis capitulum ad 2 mm. loiigum, ellipsoideum, 

 formantibus, petala superantibus; placeiitis interno loculorum aiiguio a 

 medio apicem versus liaeariter affixis; ovulis quoque in loculo cc, densis- 

 sime pulviuatis, davifgrmibuS| dorso pauUo incra-ssatis , apice obtusis. 

 CaPSULam mibi cum semiuibus nou visam cL Bakkr dicit ovoideanij 

 calyce pauUo breviorem seminibus late corneolo-alatis. 



Habitat in BratfiUae septentrionalis prov. Alto Amazonas, nbi locis 

 humidvi ad Mandos leg.: Spruce fu 1653^ Schwacke herb. n. 400i/, Floret 

 Martio, Julio. (V. a. in lierh, BruxdL d Schwacke,), 



12. PITCAIRNIA UKDULATA Scueidw, foliis petiolo 

 solemni, canaliciilato, siibtereti stipitatis, lamina late ovali 

 vel obovata, iiitegerrima; iufloresceiitia simplicissima» race- 

 mosa, multi- vel subnuiltiflora; scapi foUolis quam internodia 

 brevioribns; bracteolis inferioiibus elliptico-lanceolatis supe- 

 rioribus spatbulatis, parvis; floiibiis conspiciie pedicellatis; 

 sepalis acutis, mucronatis; petalis baud revolutis, ligiiiatis; 

 ovario ad 7^ If^ng, snpero; seminibus mibi ignotis. 



Pilcainna mnjulata Scheuhv. in Otto et Bietr. Allg. 

 Gartenz. X. p. 275 ; Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1SA3, app. p. 39; 

 Lem. in Horfic. univ. VI. p^ 134 c. ic; Beer, Brom. p. 65; 

 Fl d. Serves t. 163; Beyel in Garienjl. t. 781; C. Koch, 

 Ind. Sem. hort. Be)-ol. 1857, app. p. 6; Bah. Brom. p. 114. n. 97. 



Lamproconus undidatus Lem. inJard. fleitr. II siih t, 127. 



Pitcairnia speciosissima Hort. fide Bah. I. c. 



AcAVLis, florifera ad 1 m. vel paiiHo iufni alta, ihizoniivte brevi, 

 ereclo, katapliyllis tenuiter nieiubranaceis, tii;uigu!ari!ius, saepissime rudi- 

 meiitariis ohlpcto, basi radices oraMinsciilas filirosas pioferente. Foi.u 

 paiica (ad 7—101 exleriora nuilto pltiia vagiinformia, bruniiea vel media 

 apice virentia, extima latisaime, interioia nnj^ustins triangnlaria, teiuiiler 

 membrauacen, basi in vagiuani brevem , iutns glabram pemitidain , dorso 

 ± lepidotam diUtata, apiceia versus perlonge acnta denmm in acicnluni 

 mitem desiuentia, integerrinia , praesertim dorso membrana brunuea e 

 lepidibus densis adpiessisque loruiata obtecta; intima perpauca (2—3) 

 vagina brevi, triauguJari , (.-rassa tamylo repletaj, iutiis alba glabraquc, 

 dorso eoilem niodo ac folia exteriora lepidota brunuea, petiolo maximo 

 0,3m. eaepins excedente, acute canaliculato, basin versus + biuuuee 

 lepidotn aaranm glabro, virJdi , lamina maxima, usque ad 0,6 m. loiii;.i, 

 0,18 m. lata, ovali vel obovata, basi perlonge cnneatiin arnta, apice solem- 

 uiter acuminata; membranacea, bene viridia, jnniora praesertim dorso 

 membrana e lepidibus adpressis formata, pallida, hinc iude floecose solnta 

 obtecta, adulta glabra, omoiuo integeriima, margine plerumque conspicne 

 nndnlata, a medio semper feie deflexa. Isflorescentu multiflora vel 

 submnltiflora, Inxiiis densiuave racemosa, simplicissima, e foliis centialis 

 in scapi solidi, teretis, glabri, praesertim ai)iiem versus fulgide rnbri, ad 

 0,45 ra. longi, foliolis panels (3-6), scarlatiuis, semiamplexicaulibus, 

 subovatia, apice acuminatis, integerrimis, dorso + lepidotis, ad 35 mm. 

 longis quam internodia brevioribns, omnibns stricte erectis scapnm vngi- 

 natim amplectentibus laxe coiiapersi apice elata, usque ad 0,4 m. longa 

 rbaubi + furfuracea vel rarius glabrala, fulgide rubra, recta, hracteia 

 tenoiSBimi.s, riibris, inferioiibus elliptico-Jauceolatis, superioribuH spathn- 

 latis, acuminnlatis, dorso puullo lepidutis vel + glabratis, pedieellos 



solemniter su]>erantil)us sed calyee multo brevioribns. Fi.oiiks fulgide 

 rubri, pedicellis percoDspicuis, 15— 8 mm. lougis, erectis vel suberectis, 

 teretibus stipitati, usque ad 75 mm. longi, basi subito in pedicellum con- 

 tracti; sepiilis nd 28 mm. longis, 4,5 mm. latis, sublinearibus, npicem 

 versus acutis i:i mncrouem miinifestum desineutibus, paullo carinatis, 

 dorso lepidibus albidis conspeisis vel deninm glabratis, alfero latere 

 tenuioribus pellucidis indeque sub^isymmetricis. Pktala per aiitbesiu 

 zygomorpbe ^ disposila, deflorata in tnbum curvatiim coalita, ad 60 mm. 

 longa, late liuearia, apice aculiuscula, basi ligulis singulis maximis ovatis, 

 subacutis, fere integerrimis vel perpancidentatis, ad 2 mm. petalis cod- 

 iiatis ad 3 mm. liberis aneta. Stamina petalis minute breviora, per au- 

 thesin lateraliter paullo porrecta, filamentis tenuiter filiformibus, sitcis 

 complanatis lirrearibus, basin usque liberis; uutheris luteis, 10 mm. longis, 

 basi sagittatis, apice acutis, 1,5mm. a basi dorsifixis; pollinis grauulis 

 crasse ellipsoideis, utroque polo obtusis, profunde sulcatis, reti levi laxoque 

 prominente ornatis. Ovakh'M exacte medio periantbio einctuin paite 

 inter filamenta prominente pyramidata, profunde 3-sulcata; stylo sensim 

 iu ovarium tianseuute filifoimi, trigono; stigm:itibus 3 quam maxime 

 spiraliter contortis capitulum ad 3 mm. longum, ovoideum vel ellipsoideum 

 forniantibus;, petala solemniter superantibus; placentis interno loculorum 

 augulo exacte medio lineariter alfixis, lalissimis; ovulis quoque in loculo 

 CO, pulvinatim confertissimis, fusiformibus , apice brevissime crasseque 

 caudatis. 



E BrasUiae septentrionalis Amazonum amnia voile in caldaria 

 Europaea introduda. (V. s. in herb. Boiss.-Barbey., Vindob.) 



13. PITCAIRNIA ALBIFLOS Herb, foliis super vagi- 



i 



nam loiige angustatis nee tamen petiolati;*, integerrimis, peren- 

 nantibus; inflorescentia simplicissima, multiflora, laxiuscule 

 racemosa; scapi foliolis quam internodia multo brevioribns ; 

 bracteolis anguste lanceolatis, parvis; floiibus conspicue pedi- 

 cellatis; sepalis longe acutis, baud nincronatis; petalis per 

 antbesin revolutis , eligulatis ; ovario ad Vs long, snpero ; 

 seminibus utroque polo caudatis. 



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Tabula nosti-a LXXXIV (habitus et analysis). 



Pitcairnia alhiflos Herh. in Bot. Mag. t. 2642; Sckult. 

 in II et S. Sgsi. VII p. 1241; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. 

 Berol. 1867, app. p. 8; Bah. Brom. p. 99. n. 33. 



Pitcairnia alhifiora Spreng. Cur. post. p. 131. 



CochUopetatmn (dhiflos Beer, Brom. p. 68. 



Cochliopetahmi flavescens Beer, Brom. p. 69. 



Pitcairnia flavescens G. Koch (nee Bah.) in Ind. Sem. 

 hort. Berol. 1857, app. p. 9. 



Tillandsia Schiichii Fcnzl in Otto et Bietr. Ally. Gartenz. 

 XIV. p. 266. 



CochUojietahim Schiichii Beer^ Brom. p, 69 et 161. 



Pitcairnia odoraia Ueyel in Gartenfl. III. t. 114; Walp. 

 Ann. VI p. 90; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1857, 

 p. 9; Wawra in Oesterr. hot. Zeitschr. XXX. p. 224 et in 

 Bull. Fcder. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1880, p. 74 et It. Sax.-Coh. 

 p, 174 (e. p.). 



Pit-airma xanthocahj.x Bah. (nee Mart), Brom. p. 107. 

 n. 70 (e. p., quoad cit. synon. Beer., cet. exclus.). 



? Pitcairnia elata Liehm. Ind. Sem. hort. Ilafn. 1849. 

 p 14; a Koch in Ind. Sem. hori. Berol. 1857, a^^p. p. 9. 



Tkkukstris et sjixa bnmida incolens (ex cl. Rikuel!), acaulis, 

 florifera ad 1 m. alta sed siiepius quoque huinilior, rbizomate primum 

 horizontal!, cygiii peniiMsj crassitudine, aqunmis hinc iude iucisia, badiis^ 

 membrannceis iudulo iutiMiuixteque radices profereute, supra erecto, ample 

 (saepius :id 30 mm. diam.) foliorum delapsornm vaginis imbricatia iuduto. 



