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BUOMELIACEAE : PITCAIEXI A. 



452 



culata iode plana reciirva, basi in vaginam perconspicnani, elongate ovatani, 



medio snbatram, marginc latiuscule pallidam , iutegerrimam glalmimque 



dilatata, viva carnoaula sicca chartacea, super vagiuam longe paullo atte- 



Duata sed petiolum distinetnin hand formantia, usque ad 1 m. lunga, 



26mm. lata, ensifonoia, apicem versus perlooge acuta deiuuni breviter 



subfilifoimia, omnino integerrima, utrinque viridia, ghiberriiua, secundum 



lineani luodiam (sicca) late albida. Inflouksckxtia multiflora, densiuscule 



subpyramidatim raceiuosa, simpliciasiina, e foliis centralis prodiens eaqne 



(decnrva) snpennis in scapi teretis, glaberrimi, apicem versus sueto pnlchre 



rubentis, fnliolis seraiamplexicauUbus, triangulo-lauceolatis, perlonge acutis 



demnra fiUformibus, glaberrimis, stricte erectis, superiorihus ad 0,1 m. 



longis internodia duplo superantibus induti apice elata, usque ad 0,2 m. 



longa; rhaclii glaberrima, sicca conapicue angulata , stricta; bracteolis 



membranaccis, anguste lanceolatis, perlonge acutis apice subfiliformibus, 



glaberrimis, infimis erectis, mediis suberectis, summis patentibus, infimis 



flores axillares, summis pedicellos superantibus. Fi.ouks rubentes, pedi- 



cellis superiuribus couspicue uiiuutia, 18 — 8 mm. h*iigis, inegiiluriter 



curvati^, glaberrimis, giacilibus, erectis stipitati, basi bievis'iime conlracti, 



+ 58 mm, longi, graciles; sepalis ad 24 mm. longis, vix 3 mm. latis, 



linearibus, longe acutis, hnnd mucronatisT glaberrimis, conspicue asym- 



metricis. Pktala per anthesin dispositione ^ zygoniorpha, deliorata com- 



plicatim conlita recta vel minute solum recurva, ad 50 mm. longa, ex 



ungue IJneuri in taminam anguste ellipticam, acutam dilatata, eligulata. 



Stamika pctalis pnnllo breviora, lateraliter prominentia, filamentis anguste 



Uiiearibus, tiberis; autheris flavis, ad G,5 mm. luugis, perauguste liuearibns, 



acutiusculiSf ha.si breviter incisis cquitautiljus; pollinis graiuilis crasae 



ftllipsoideis tere globo^iy , utroque polo lotundatis leviter sult-atis, reti 



dense ornatis. Ovauium fere uniutuo superum, ovoidco-trigonum, bcnsim 



in stylnm gracilem , triangularcm nitcnuatum; stigmatibus petala lon^e 



itiperantibnft, capitnlatim contortls; phuentis interno locnlorum angalo 



fere apicem usqne lineariter affixis; ovulis qnoque in loculo co^ confertis, 



breviter sed tamen conflpicne appendicnlatis. 



Habitat in Brasilia, loco adhuc ignoto. — Specimen Glaziovii 12238t 



^axicolum prope Tlicrcsopolinltctum^ forlasse hue trahendum, sed nimis im- 



perfectum Solum mihi ante oculos. (V. s. in htrh. BeroL [specim. citj 

 et Fetrop.) 



21. PITCAIRNIA FLAMMEA Lindl. foliis super 

 vaginam longe paullo angustatis nee distiucte petiolatis, in- 

 tegerrimis, pereiiiiantibiis; inflorescentia simplicissima , dense 

 racemosa, multiflora; fuliolis scapalibus summis internodia 

 aequantibus vel superantibus; bracteolis angustissime lanceo- 

 latis, parvis; floribus conspicue pedicellatis ; sepalis perlonge 

 acutis, baud mucronatis; petalis hand revolutis, eligulatis; 

 ovario ad V^ long, supero; semiuibus utroque polo caudatis. 



Piicairnia flammea Lindl in Bot. Beg. p, 1002; SchulL 

 in B. et S. SysL VII p. 1241; Beer, Brom, p. 58; a Koch 

 in Ind. Sem. horl. Berol 1857. p 8; BaL Brom. p.l06.n. 64. 



Titcaimia Olfersii LinJc in Verk Bef. Gartenh, VII. 

 p. 363. t 3; a Koch I c. 



Saxicola, araulis, florifera paullo infra 1 m. alta, rhizomate brevi 

 crassoque, erecto, basi radiros muUas fibrosns procreante, superue vaginis 

 ibiioram delapsorum panels nidimentariis, latissinns, memliranaceis, badiis 

 obtecto. FouA 5— 12 perdense Insciculata, subtns erecta saepius sub- 

 tubulatim couvoUita, svipra solemuiler deflexa, basi in vaginam percon- 

 spicnam, latins longiu^^ve triangulo-ovatam , medio solemniter badiam 

 murgine + pallesceutem, iatoB glal-iam doiso pauUo lepidotam vel item 

 glabram, integerrimnm sensim dilatata, soper vaginam longe pauUo attenuata 

 nee tamen petiolum distinctum forni:intia, usqne ad 1 m. longa sed saepiua 

 breviora, latissima (usque ad 30 mm.), tiufarin, apieem versus perlonge 

 acuta demum breviter subfiliformia, omnino integerrima, meiubranacea 

 vel chflrtrtceo-membranacea, saturate viridia, titrinqne dis^ite fnrfuracea 

 demam fere omnino glabiala, secumdum lineam mediam nonnnnquam 

 pauUo pailidiora. Ikflore^ckktia oc-flora vel multiflora, dense racemosa, 

 simplinssima, e foUis centralis prodieu.s caque subaequans vel iis brevior^ 

 in scapi tetetis, glaberrinu, praeserlim apicem versus pulcherrime rubri' 



foliolis semiamplexicaulibns, e basi obscure ovata peracntis apice longe 

 sublilil'orniihus, glabris , basi scapo adpressis apice subrectis vel paullo 

 recurvis, summis qnoque internodia aeqnantibns vel paullo superantibus 

 laxe conspersi apice elntn, usque ad 0,25 m. longa, 80 mm, lata, + remote 

 subpyramidalis; rhachi glaberrima, rubra, sicca angulata, strirlissima; 

 bracteolis rubris, merabranaceis, glaberrimis, angustissime lanceolatis apice 

 perlonge filiformi-acutis, et infimis et perjuvenilibus supremis saepissirae 

 suberectis, flores evolutos in axillis gerentibus pateutibus vel reflexis, 

 pedicellos solemniter superantibus, Fi.okks flammide rubri pedicellis in- 

 florescentiae apicem versus decresceutibus , mediis ad 10 mm. longis, 

 semper fere inegulariter curvalis, gracilibua, glaberrimis, suberectis vel 

 erectis slipitati, basi conice attenuati ; sepalis 16— 24 mm. longis, maximis 

 infime u.^que ad 3,5 mm. latis perauguste triangnlaribasj a basi perlonge 

 acutis, hand mucronatis, glaberrimis, symmetricis. Petala per antbesin 

 dispositione & zygomorpha, deflorata intime contorta recurva, 46—55 mm. 

 longa, ex ungue anguste lineari in laminam elongatam, paullo dilatatam, 

 acutam producta, eligulata. Staaiina quoad longitudinem paullo variabilia 

 ant petalis minute breviora aut ea aequantia vel superantia, per anthesin 

 lateraliter prominentia; filamentis fililbrmibus , angustissime linearibus, 

 liberis; antberis luteis, 6 mm. longis, linearibus, quiim filameuta baud 

 latioribns, apice acutis, basi breviter incisis equitantibns; polliuis gnmulis 

 einpsoideis, utroque polo rotundatis, profunde sulcatis, reti denso pro- 

 minulo ornatis. Ovarium ad -/a longit. superum, crasse ovoideo-pyra- 

 midatum, sensim in stylum filifoimem, tiiangularem transiens; stigmatibus 

 petala manifeste superantibus; placeutis inlerno loculorum angnio ab */5 

 ad '•/s longit. lineariter affixis; ovulis qnoque in loculo oo, pulvinatim 

 confcrtis^imis, longe caudatis. 



Habitat in Brasilia^ ausfralis prov. Rio dc Janeiro prope nrhem: 

 RudiOj Aloricand n. 91; in montibiis Organenstbus : Gardner n. 5896 

 (fide Baker); loco non indicato: Leandro de Sacra^nento. In republica 

 Argentina ad Buenos Aires (cidtam ?) legit Bade n, 91. Floret Aprili- 

 (V.s. in htrb. Berolj Boiss.-Barbey.^ Hann.^ Fetrop.) 



22. PITCAIRNIA CANALICULATA Baker: foliis 



linearibus, integris, complicalis; inflorescentia simplici, perlaxe 

 racemosa, pauciflora; floribus conspicue pedicellatis; bracteolis 

 lanceolatis, parvis; sepalis linearibus- 



Titcaimia canaliculaia Bah. Brom. p. 99. n. 34. 



Foi.iA liaearia, Integra, complicjitu, 0,2— 0,4 m. longa, ad 6 mm. 

 hasi lata, doiso viridia. Scatus tenuis, lougitutliuem pedalem liavul attiugeus. 

 Ikflorbscentia simplex, peiiaxe racemosa, pauciflora; pedicellia erecto- 

 pntentibns, 19—33 mm. longis; biucteoiis florigeiis lanceolatis, G — 8 mm. 

 longis. Skpat.a linearia , ad 19 mm. louga. Petala flammide nilna, 

 50 mm. longa. 



Habitat in Brasilia anstrali: Sellow n. 53 (herb. Paris.) et 943 

 (herb. Mus. Brit.). — (Planiam non vidi; diagn. ex Baker, I. c.) 



23. PITCAIRNIA SELLOANA Bak. foliis super vagi- 

 nam panllo angustatis petiolum distinctum baud formantibus, 

 integerrimis, perennaiitibus; inflorescentia simplicissima, dense 

 racemosa, oo-flora; foliolis scapalibus superioribus internodia 

 aequantibus vel paullo superantibus ; bracteolis anguste lanceo- 

 latis, parvis; floribus conspicue pedicellatis ; sepalis longe 

 acutis, hand mucronatis; petalis bautl revolutis, eligulatis; 

 ovaiio ad V^ long, supero ; seminibus sine ullo dubio utroque 

 polo caudatis. 



Titcaimia Selloana Bah. Brom. p. 100. n. 40. 



TKBiiKSTiiis videtur, acanlis, florifera 1—1,5 m. alia rarins hnmilior, 

 Foi.iis 10—20 deusissime lascicnlaiis, basi in vaginam exterioribns brevi- 

 orem, longe ovatam, interioiilm.s perelongatum, anguste ovalem, dorso 

 praoMprtim prope basin solemuitor lateque atiani, latiuscule byaliuo- 



