509 



BROMELTACEAE : NAVU. 



510 



Heubae haplohwticae niniae rhizonude nunc hrevi 

 nunc elonrjato, rndtcUms mulHs fibrosis. Folia deme 

 'patenterque rosulafa hasi in vag'mnm pdrmm, ovatam 

 vel trkingularem; glahram, margine serruhdam dlhdtda, 

 linearia, apice acuta imicronulaiaque, margine sjjiiudis 

 mimUissiinis , patentihus perdense serrulata^ glabra vel 

 dorso pills sfeUatls magnis aiicla. Inflorescentia 

 aut simplex spicafa in foliorum centra nidulans aut in 

 scapo tenui eJata dividse e capliuUs comphirihus densis 

 composlta pannicidafa; bractcolis j^glumaceis. Flores 

 sessiles, albi vel virentes. 



Genus persiiigulare, iiulli e faniilia tarn luimerosa arctiiis 

 affine, ailificialiter solum hie iuseiluiii Fi f cairn ieisqwe a<rgre- 

 gatuin, quibus convenit capsnla debiscenle, sojuiigitur seminum 

 structura aliena. Species binae hie emimeratae Brasiliae 

 prov. Alto Aniazonas incolae. 



1, 



2, 



CLAVIS SPECIEJtUM. 



Inflorost:entia paiinicnlata, divulse e capUulis distiuctis 



s(-aj>o(itie elatis coinposit;i 1. N. caulksckxs Mart. 



Infloi-tarentia spit-uta, fapitiilifonnis, iu folioiinn ceutro 

 uidulaus 2. N. acaums Mart. 



1. NAVIA CAULESCENS Mart, rhizomate conspicuo; 

 inflorescentia scapo elata e capitulis spicatis, quaquaverse dis- 

 positis , dissitis composita panniculata; staminibus petala 

 aequantibus. 



Tabula nostra XC VI. Fig. T (JiahUus). 



Navia canlescens Marl, ap. Schult. in R. ei S. S>/st. 

 VII. IX 1195. 



Dt/cJila caidescens IhiJc. Brom. p. 137. n. 32. 



Tkhrkstius et saxicoi.a (ex cl. Martio!^, florifeia usque ad 0,4 m- 

 alta sed sapi)issinic conspicue minor, POi.iis « dense rosulali.'), e rliizo- 

 mate decnnihente, aaepius perloiigo, saeinn.^! abbreviafo, foliornm delapso- 

 rnm rudinientis bninnois dense iniliito, hasi radice.? fihrosas fcrente pro- 

 denntihus, basi in vaginaiii subovatniii, cupreo-briiiiiieani, iutu-s ghibram 

 iiilidamqne, dorso deiisiiiscnle Iei>idntani, margine prope apieem minntis- 

 sime serrnlatam seu.siiu dilatatis, inter forninm angnste hiiiceolalaiu line- 

 aremque ambiguis, apieem versus perlonge saepiusqne + acumiiiatim acu- 

 tis, iu aciciilum debileni desinentibu.s, margine acnleolis niinatissimis 

 deusissime limbriato-sennJatis, supra ghibralis, glaueo - viridibus, sublas 

 manifeste nibiginosi.s pilisque stellatis sub lente fydllium reperieiidi.^ fur- 

 furaceia. Invlouksoentia e foliorum ro.suIa centralis prodieus, scapo .sim- 

 pliei, stricto, .sacpe oitliqiie adscendeute, primum floccose tomenloso, demum 

 glabriusculo, + 0,2 ni. alto sed Donnnnqnam altiore ebita, siibniulti- vel 

 multiflora, e eapitnli.-s densissime spicatis, ad 10 mm. longis, qiiaquiiverse 

 dispositis, in scapo dis&itis composita paimiculala; bracteis primariis Ian- 

 ceolatis, porlonge acutis, glabra! is, margine minute .serratis, infimis capi- 

 tnla axillaria pnullo superantilius, snmmis quani ea muHo brevioribus. 

 Fi.ORBS sessiles, dense imbricati et lere sexfari, basi bracteola late ovata, 

 acuminata, cucullatn-concava, primum floccosa denium glabriuscula, ad 

 4mm. longa, 3 mm lata praediti; ski*ai,is gltimaeeis, glabris, striatis, 

 binis superioriltus ovato-lanceolatis, complicatis, acutis, acute carinatis, 

 ad 5 mm lougis, inieriore praeter curinam obtusam a superioribiis leclo, 

 paullo bieviore et tenuiore, minus complicato. Cokoli-a albiila, ;id 7 mm, 

 loDga, petalis linearibus, superue lauceolatis, acutis, trinervibus^. S'iamixa 

 corollam subaequantia, filameutis capillaril)ns, erectis, in iloribus deflonilis 

 flexuosis nutantibusque; autberjs paullo snper basiu dor.sifi-tis. Pistii-m'm 



«fannn,b.,s pa.dlo )onvJu.. Ovmuks subprtanialicnm, snUmm-^tum et 

 ''^■'" ^it.cnu.tum in stylun. m.bub.tum. triparlibik-m; «tigma.ibu« lilifor. 

 '>Hbu.s, uHra -1 mm lonfrfs. CAm:i.A c«riae«»^]losa, uvato-roluudat^ 

 obtu«a cum acumine, obtuse tri-ron a, i>or snlcw f^i.-ile tripartitnlis, 3 mm. 

 longa, mtrorsum per dissepimenU et extron^nm ix-r cup^dae suU-o. val- 

 vulanmuiue suluras ad '/< usque dehiseens, ila nt capsnla prinio vieu 

 b valns, valvulis subcytiudrico-cymbiforaiibub cum acumine, exlus vires- 

 cenii-fuscis, inius nitidis fuscis. Skmika plerumque 5, subinde 2-C in 

 siugulo loculo, ovala, ol)lu.sa, atrufuscu, utrjnque prominentia parva um- 

 bilicari, quibus cosljie proniinulae. 



Habitat in Bratdliae sfpt^nlriutiaUa prov. Alio Aifuumas in trrra 

 pingui nimis pnfridis terta ml Jlumcn J,,pxira ad Cupati d in rupibuH 

 Araracom-ae: Martim. (V. «. in het^. Brujc. if Momc ; Diugn, Jions 

 fruclHsquc mmc ;j(t insccta dcvastatonm ex d. ScJiuitcs I. c.) 



Ou.s. Vnr. ji. minor ab anlorc laudato oonsiitnta liabilu solum te- 

 nuiore panlloque rtiducto nee cbarartmbns dilTert indcquc nobis omiUcnda. 



2. NAVIA ACArLlS Maux. rhizomate breW nunc 

 brevissimo; iiiliuiesoentia iu foliorum rosulae ccntro nidulante 

 sessili vel scapo bicvissimo (infra 5mm.) stipitata simplici, 

 spicata, capitiformi; staminibus qiiam jtetala satis longioribuH. 



Tabula nostra XCVl Fig. U (analysis). 



Navia acaulis UarL ap. SchulL in R cl S. St^st, VII, 

 p. 1196. 



Dyclda acaulis Bale. Bronu p. 137. n. 33, 



Saxicola (ex cl. martius!), acanlia, florifcra vix ultra 0,15 dk alta, 

 rhizoniule Ijievi uuuc brcvisbimo oblique adsceuileute, foliorum basaibus 

 vestito, nulicum fibras flexuosas nuiuerosas profercuU;. Foma 20—30 

 flense rosulata, hasi in vagina ni breve m, triangnlanm, Hphuiloso-(lciit:itam 

 (lilatata sese ainplexantiri, linrari-laucroloiji, apice perarnia in acinilnm 

 pnngens desinentia, marline spinnlis miniili.^^itjns denRissimisqne, pafcn- 

 fcibu3 serrulafaj + 0,12 m. lon^a, G mm, lata, utrinqae glabra, snpra 

 glaucescenti-viridia secus marginein angnste, Bnbtus omnino fusce»c^ntia. 

 iKFLOHKSCt^NTiA fiubpauci (inlra 20)-flora, iu foliorum rof^ula ceutro uifluhuifi, 

 ^implicissiuia spicata, percontracte capituUforDiis, sulfsemilia vel suipo 

 brevi^simu (vix 5 mm. longu), lauato stipitaUi, usque ad 10 mm. diam. 

 Flori;s densissimc imbiicatij inferiores 2 — S-naiiui fascicniati in axilHs 

 liracteolarum laticculatarum, aeuminatanun, puugentiuni, denticulato-spi- 

 nosanim, patcntiunij acl 5 mm. longarum; superiores solitarii in axilli^ 

 bracteolarum sensini minoruui, omnes ad ba^in Bpalbella singula (propbyllo) 

 ralycem aequanle vel paullo snperant<*, ovala, acnminatn, cucullato-conrava, 

 carinata aucti, solemnifer sessileSj 5 — 6 mm. longi, suberecti vei erecli; 

 skpaus glumaceis, 4 mm, lougis, glaberrimis, lanceolatis, apieem versus 

 longiusoule acutis demumque mucroimtis, carinatis, per autbubiu strictc 

 erectis petala cingentibui*. Pktala vix uou albii, 4,5—5,5 mm. longa, per 

 autbesiu solemuiicr pateulia, tenuissima cocta omnino hyaliua iudeque 

 peruegre inquirtnda, ultra V* tongiludinis in tubum i>orangusluni apicrm 

 versus (ut videtur} seii^im coustriclum iutime connata^ ultra libera paten- 

 tia, angnste lanmdata lougrqtie acuta, ligulis omnino nullis. StaMika 

 petala snperantia filamrntis tenuisftime filifbrraibua petalornm tnbo usque 

 ad fauccm connalis; antberis angnste linearibus hacilliformibus , a 2,5 

 ad 3 mm. lougis, basi rotundatis, apice acutis, mwlio dorsifixis; polliuis 

 granulis ellipsoideis, leviter simpljcisulcatis, omnino laevibus, membraua 

 percrassa praeditis. Ovarium superum, glal>crrimum, lagenarium, sljio 

 tcnuissimo i)erluugoque S— 6pIo brevius; sdgmatibus 3 (lagellifoniiibu.s, 

 antheras snpcranlibus; plactntis iuterno locnlorum angulo lincariler afRxifi; 

 ovulis quoqne in loculo panels (4—6) globosis, nee alatis aec caudatis. 

 Cai'SUi.a fiolemnissinic locuUcida, ad 3 mm. louga, globoso-trigona, pro- 

 funde sulcata, apice brcvi-^^sime roptraia. cinerea, opaca; seminibus reliquis 

 familiae formis peralienis omnino nudis , glalwrrimis , Rubatris , eoni- 

 presse globosis, longitndinalifer multisulcatis testis hoc modo prodeuutibus 

 manifeste rugulosis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae septentrionalis prov. Alto Anmzo^ias in rupibtis 

 ad Araracoara: Martina. (V. s, in liet^. Bnur. d Monac) 



