449 



BROMELIACEAE : PITCAIRXIA. 



450 



qiiam internodia nianifeste brevioribiis ; bracteolis lanceolatis, 

 parvis ; floribus conspicue pedicellatis ; sepalis perlonge acutis, 

 baud nmcronati-s ; petalis baud revohitis, eligulatis ; ovario ad 

 7^ long. Riipero; yeminibiis sine ullo dubio utroque polo 

 caudatis. 



Pltcairnia Corcovadensis Wawra in Oestetr. hot. Zeltschr. 

 XIL p. 3S4 et IL Max. p. 160. t 27; BaL Brom^ p. 100, n, 4L 



Saxicot.a (ex cl, AVawka, GlaziouI), acnulis, florifera at! 0,5m. vel 

 pauUo ultra alta, caespitosa, rhizomate brevi, stride erecto, et basi et 

 intor foliornm delapsoinm vaginas rndimontarie persistentes, badias, meiii- 

 hranaceas, dense imbricatas radices fibrosas procreante. Folia basi in 

 vaginam nianifestam, ovato-triangularera, glabram, medio badiani niargine 

 pallescentem, integeniinam dilatata flaccida, tenniter meinbranaeea, super 

 vaginam louge attenuata nee tainen petioluiu distiuctum fonnautia. usque 

 ad 0,7 ni. longa, lineari-eusiformia, apitem versus perlonge acuta demum 

 subfiliformia, oumino integerrima, subgluucescenti-viiidia secundum Hnearn 

 mediam latinscnle pallidiora, utrinque glabra praesertiin seuioia puuctulis 

 miuutis, Ijrnnneis, creberriinis saepius (nee tamen semper) eousita. Ix- 

 FLORKSCKNTiA pauciflova, densius laxinsve raceniosa, simpHcissinia, e foliia 

 centralis prodiens iisque mnlto hievior in scapi teretis, glaberrimi, ant 

 omnino virentis aut apiceni versus rubentis, fo]ioJis sem?ampIexicanJibus, 

 angustissime triaugularibns, tenniter acutis, glabris, stride erectis, superi- 

 oribns ad 28 mm. longis quam iuternodia manifeste brevioribns laxe con- 

 spersi apice elata, ad 0,15 m. longa sed saepissime brevior; rhachi glabra^ 

 sicca paullo angulata, stricta; bracteolis rubrlSj submenibranaceis, glaber- 

 rimis, lanceolatis, longe acutis, erectis, quam pedicelli solemuiter breviorilms, 

 Flokes flammide purpurei, pedicellis inflorescentiae apiceni veisns decres- 

 centibua, 20 — 10 ram. longis, strictis, erectis, glaberrimis, gracilibus stipitati, 

 basi breviter coutracti ; sepalis ad 22 mm, longis, iiilinie vix 3 mm. bitis, 

 linearibus perlonge tenuissimeque acutis (uec mucronatis), glaberrimis, 

 pnullo asymmetricis. Petala per aulhesin dispositione ^ zygomorpbn, 

 detlorata intime contorta subrecta, ad 48 mm. longa, ex ungne lineari in 

 laminam angastam, acutam prodncta, eligulata. Stamixa petalis manifeste 

 breviora, per autbesin lateraliter prominentia, lihunentis angustissime 

 linearibuSj liberis; antheris luteis, ad 3,5 mm. longis, snblinearibus, apice 

 perlonge tenui-ssimeque acutis, basi paullo incisis equitantibus; polliuis 

 grauulis crassiuscule ellipsoideis nonuunquaui subglobosis, utroque polo 

 rotuiidatis, leviter auJcatis, reli densissinio ornatis. Ovauiua^ ad */& longit, 

 auperum, ovoideo -trigonnu), persensim in stylum tenniter fililbrmem, 

 3-augularem attenuatum; stigmatil)us petala perlcnge (5-6 mmO supe- 

 rantibus, capitulatim contortis; placentis iiiteruo Jocnlonun augnio fere 

 nsque ad apicem lineariter affixis; ovnlis cc, longe caudatis. 



Habitat in BrasiUae orienfnlis prov. Rio de Janeiro in monie Corco- 

 vndo : Wawra et Maly n. 501 , nee non ad Gavea : Glaziou n. 12237. 

 Floret Jidio. (V. s. in herb. Bei-ol, Fetrop., Vtndob.) 



19. PITCAIRNIA CINNABARINA A. Dietr foliis 



super vaginam longe paullo augustatis nee distiiicte petiolatis, 

 integerrimis, perennautibiis; iiifloresceiitia siniplicissima, per- 

 dense tbyrsoideo-racemosa, co-flora; foliolis scapalibus superi- 

 oribiis interiiodia saperantibns; bracteolis lanceolatis, parvis; 

 floribus conspicue pedicellatis ; sepalis tenuissime acutis, baud 

 mucronatis; petalis baud revolutis, eligulatis; ovario fere 

 omnino supero; seminibus utroque polo caudatis. 



Pltcairnia cinnaharina A. Dietr. in Ally. Garlenz. XVllI 

 p. 202 et JBot. Zellg. 1S51. p. 93; C. Koch inlnd. Sem. hort. 

 Berol 1857. p. 8; LimU. in Paxt. Fl Ganl ISot p. 274; 

 Bah. Brom. p. 101. n. 42. 



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Saxicola (ex el. Glaziou !, Schwackk!), acaulis, florifera usque ad 

 Im. alta, rhizomate brevi crassoque, ereito, polyoepbalo, ± bulbiformi 

 katapbyllis badiis, menjhranarels, glabVis, latissime ovatis breviterque 

 acutis, margino late pallidis, ndpressis induto. Folia ereet^i, qu;vsi caulom 



Jiromei, 



basi formautia, a medio recurvata, hasi in vaginam perconspicuam, elon- 

 gate ovatam, medio brnnuescentem margine late palHdam , int^gerrimam, 

 glabram vel dorso prope apiceni paullo lepidotam dilatata, viva carnosula 

 sicca chartacea, plauiuseula, super vaginam longe paullo attenuata sed 

 petiolnm distimtum baud formantia, usque ad 1 m. longa, 36 mm- lata, 

 eDsiformia, apicem versus perlonge acuta demum subfiliformia, omnino 

 integerrima, snpra saturate viridia (sicca saltern secus lineam mediam 

 saepissime lat-e pallida), glabra, subtus aut glabra aut furfuraceo-lepidota, 

 saepins pnnctnlis creberrimis brunneis consita. lNFLOKHsi-t:NTiA Go-flora, 

 perdense cylindrice vel in speciniinibns minus validis subglobose racemosa, 

 simpliL-issima, e foliis centralis prodiens eaque (deeurva) superans in scnpi 

 t^^retis, glaberrimi, apicem versvis sueto pulchre rubentibus, folioli& serai- 

 amplexicaulibus, triangulo-lanceolatis, perlonge acutis demnm tiliformibns, 

 glaberrimis, stiicte erectis vel sumraia apice paullo decurvis, superioribus 

 ad GO mm. longis iuternodia superantibus conspersi apice elatii, usque ad 

 0,25 m, longa sed saepias brcvior; rbucbi glaberrima, sicca conspicue 

 angulata, stricta; bn;cteulis subclKuUceia, lanceolatis, j^erlonge temuterque 

 acutis, gbibris, erectis vel snbereetis, pedicellos longe superanul)iis. Flokks 

 cinnabarini, pedicellis summis qnoqiie vix minutis onmibus fere aeqnalibns, 

 ad 8— 12 mm. longis, saepissime irregulariler curvatis^ gl;d>errimis, erectU 

 stipitati, b»si breviter lontracti, + 60 mm. longi, graciles; sepalis ad 

 24 mm. longis, iufime 2,5-^ mm. latis, angustissime (riangularibns, u 

 basi acutis demum fere liliformibus, baud mucronatis, glaberrimis, sym- 

 metricis. Pktai.a per antbesin dispositione ^ zygomorpba, deflorata intime 

 contorta deeurva, ad 53 mm. longa ^ ex ungue lineari in laminam per* 

 angustjim, atMitam dilatata, elignbda, Stamika petalis per autbesin paullo 

 longiora vel ea saltein aeqmuitia, lateraliter prominentia, filamentis au^ 

 gustissime linearibus, liberis; antheris flavis, GjS — 7 mm, longis, peranguste 

 linearibus, apice obtnsinscnlis, basi brevilcr incisis eqiiitantibns; j»ollinis 

 grannlis percrnsse ellipsoideia fere globosis, utroque polo ]»t« rotundans, 

 leviler suleatis retique tenuissimo ornatis. Ovarium fere omnino superum, 

 clavatim triangnlnre, persensim in stylum teuuiter filiformem attenuatum; 

 stigniatibus petala perlonge (5 mm.) superantibus, hand vel vix conglomc* 

 ratis; placentis interno loculorum nngulo a ba^si fere usque ad apicem 

 lineariter affixi^; ovnlis cc, con Cert issimis, breviter sed Uimen mauifestc 

 Cflpdatis. CArsLM-A atro-badia, opaca, periantbio persistente cincta, paullo 

 ultra 10 mm. bmga, piuUo ultra medium septicide; dehisceus; «eminibus oc, 

 airo-brunneis, sublinearibus, altero polo stipite acuto nllero ala perangUBta 

 plauiuscula praeditis bis appendicibus computatis ad 3,5 mm, longis. 



Habitat in BrasiUae oricntalis prov, Rio de Janeiro in Pico de la 

 Tijuca: Glaziou n, 8021; in rupibus ad Fortalcza do Vico prope urhcm : 

 Srhwackc herb. n. 6319. Floret Aprili^ Awjn^to. (V. 8. spout, in hcrb^ 

 BcroL^ Pctrop.j Schnacke, et cult, in hah. Vindob.) 



20. PITCAIEXIA MORELI Lem. foliis saper vaginam 



longe paullo augustatis nee distincte petiolati:^, integerrimis, 

 perennantibus; iuflorescentia yimplicissima, densiuscule sub- 

 pyramidatini racemosa, multiflora; foliolis scapalibus superi- 

 oribus iuternodia duplo superaniibus; bracteolis anguste lanceo- 

 latis , parvis ; floribus conspicue pedicellatis ; sepalis longe 

 acutis, hand mucronatis; petalis baud revolutis, eligulatis; 

 ovario fere omnino supero; serainibns utiofjue polo caudatis. 



Pltcairnia Moreli Lem. in Hort. Univ. VII. p. 231. t. 289 \ 

 Bah. Brom. p. 103. n. 53. 



Pltcairnia australis C. Koch in Iv<I. Sem. Ilorf. BeroL 

 1S56, app. p. 4. et 1857^ ajyp. p. 8. 



Pitcairnia ruhicunda C. Koch et Bouche in Ind. Sem. 



r 



Hort. Berol 1850, app. p. 3 ei 1857. p. 8, 

 ? Pitcairnia laevis Beer^ Brom. p. GO. 

 ?Tillaiid^ia laevis Veil. Flor. Flum. III. t. 120 et. in 



Ann. Mus. Nac. Rio V. p. 125. 



AcAUMS, florifera atl 1 m. vel paullo infra alt;i, rliizouuite brevi, 

 erecto, + bulbiformi, kaluphyllis l.;i(1iis vpl omnino atris, membranaceis, 

 glaltri.s, late ovatis Ijreviterqne acutis, ni:irgine + late pnllidis inihito, 

 Foi.iA subtus erecta (jurtsi raulcm basi formantia, iufr:i medium canali- 



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