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IlBOMELIACEAE:- YRIESEA. 



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Tkiijus hi. TILLANDSIEAE. 



CONSPECTUS GENERUM BRASILlENSIllM. 



A. Petala basin usque libera. 



1. Petala intus ligulata XXVIII. 



2. PeUila intus nuda. 



a. Semina (coma pappiibrmi excepta) matura vesti crasse coacta induta 



b. Semina (coma pappifoi'mi excei)ta) matura nuda ^ 



B. Petala altiuscule in tubum connata 



VRIESEA LiNDL. 



CATOPSIS Oris. 

 TILLANDSIA Li.nn^. 

 XXXI. GARAGUATA Lindl. 



XXVm. YEIESEA Lindl. 



Vkiesea Linill. in Bot. Reg. (1843) i. 10 d Ve(j. Kgd. (1847) 

 2). 148; Gaudich. Voij. Boniie, Atl t. 05—70; Walp. Ann. 

 hot. III. (1850) p. 622; Bear, lirom. (1857) p. 21, 91; Waivra, 

 It. Sax.-Ci)h. (1883) p. 155; Wiffm. in Ejigl et Frantl, Nat. 

 Fflanzmfcm. 11. 4 (1888) p. 57. — Encuolihii spec. Linden 

 et Andre in III. Horl. 1871. p. l.'iO. t. 70 et Flor. Mag. 1874. 

 t. 116; Hort. ap. Ant. Brom. i>. 27 et ap. Bah. Brom. p. 220; 

 Lihon ap. C Knch in Ally. Gartenz. 1857. p. 22 et in Lind. 

 Cat. 1SG2. p. 30; Blutzm. Faramiyua p. 45. — Massangkae 

 s^wc. Carr. in Bev. Hort. 1878. p. 175. fig. 33; Hort. ap. 

 Bah. Brom. p. 224. — Tillandsiab spec. Bah. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1887. I p. 140 et in Bot. Mag. t. 6882, 6945 et in 

 Journ. Bot. 1887. p. 303, 345 et 1888 p. 48, 49, 80, 82, 

 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 128, 137, 139, 166 et Brom. p. 191, 

 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 

 224, 225, 226, 227, 230; W. Bull ap. K Motr. in Belg. 

 Hort. 1885. p. 57; Britten in Journ. Bot. 1888. p. 172; 

 Oris, in Goett. Nachr. 1864. p. 19; Hooh. in Bot. Mag. t. 2841, 

 6898; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. Hort. Bcrol. app. 4. p. 5 et in 

 Wochenschr. 1868. p. 91; Linden et Andre in Linden, Cat. 

 1873. p. 9 et in III Hort. 1873. p. 78, 1874. p. 123. t. 179 

 et 1882. p. 120; E. Morr. in Belg. Hort. 1874. p. 291. t. 

 12—13 et a}). Bah. Brom. p. 229; Megel in Garfenfl. 1869. 

 p. 84; Schult. fil. in B. et S. Sgsl. VII. p. 1224, 1225; Veil 

 in Flor, Flnm. III. t. 129, 130, 142; Wawra in Ocsferr. 

 hot. Zeitschr. XXX. p. 222 et It. Sax.~Coh. p. 171. 



Plores liermapliroditi. Sefala semper libera, 

 soleiimiter sinistrorsum convoluta, syuimetrica vcl sub- 

 symmetrica, apice (explanatu) plerumque rotuudata nuu- 

 qiTam mucronata, dorso saepissime glabra vel subglabra, 

 intus semper fere lepidibus minutissimis, brunncis vel 

 alutaceis vcl rarius pallidis sub lente punctulata vis- 

 cosaque. Petala in aestivatione dextrorsum convoluta, 

 solemniter basin usque libera filameutorum omnium 

 basin includcntia, lineari-lingulata vel late linearia, 

 rarius obovata vel fasciata, apice rotundata saepissime- 

 que emarginata tnbulosc erecta vel apice paullo recurvo- 

 patcntia vel rarius lougc exserta spiralitcr torta vel 

 flaccidedependentia, nonnunquam secundarie zygomorpbc 

 ad f disposita, ligulis binis saepissime alte adnatis, suoto 

 triangularibus acutisquc, rarius ligula unica apice bi- 



partita, rarissime ligula unica integerrima, late triangu- 

 lari aucta. Stamina 6 sub antbcsi porrecta vel inclusa, 

 petala superantia vel iis breviora, biseriatim sepalis et 

 turn petalis altornautia; filaraentis saepius complauato- 

 linearibus, rarius crassiusculis filiformibus, apice non- 

 nunquam incrassatis vcl dilatatis, ser. I. semper liberis, 

 ser. II. petalis saepissime quamvis breviter basi con- 

 natis ; antheris conspicuis , prope basin dorsifixis , ^ 

 linearibus; pollinis granulis rctatis, sulca simplici longi 

 tudinali auctis. Ovarium omnino superum vel non 

 nunquam in Ye — V^ ^^t^^- periantliio cinctum somi- 

 supcrum glabrum, pyramidatum ; stylo antlicras acquante 

 vel superante ; stigmatibus saepius infundibuliformi- 

 connatis, nonnunqviam brovibus subpatentibus, rarissime 

 elongatis stipitiformibus, rccurvis. Placentae lincares. 

 OvuLA 00, adscendentia, saepissime caudata. Capsula 

 matura semper fere basin usque in valvulas 3 lignosas 

 septicide deliiscenSj apice acuta et plerumque styli per- 

 slstcntis rudimentis + rostrata, exocarpio alutaceo vel 

 bruuneo, rugoso, intime cum endocarpio veriiicoso-nitido, 

 subatro cohaercnte. Semina oo, plerumque fusiformia, 

 tcnuissima, recta vcl rarissime paullo curvata, apice 

 Cauda saepissime Integra ex ovuli appendicula orta, 

 basi pilorum sericantium, niveorum vel flavescentium vel 

 ferrugineorum, ex integumentomm cellularum scriebus 

 dissolutis forinatorum coma obverse pappiformi, extime 

 puncto crassiusculo coalita appeudiculata. 



Heubae liaplohioticae, saepissime acaules, nonnun- 



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quam caide crasso hevique rarissime hngiore elatae, 

 rhizomate Irevi, eredo vel suherecto. FOLIA perdense 

 rosidafa ha-v in vaginam amplexlcauJem vel semiamplexl- 

 catdcm, intus Jiaud villosam sed lepidibus mimitissimis 

 peradpressis vel immersis sub lente dense consitam, plenim- 

 que utriculum ad aquam coeli recipiendam diuque ser- 

 vandam peridoneum formantem dilatata, atit Ungulata aut 

 rarius ensiformla apice acumine imposito rohmdata vel 

 acuta, omnino inermia, adulta glabrata vel minutissime per- 

 adpresseque +_ lepidola, saepius vltlls transversalihus geni- 

 culato-undulatis saturate viridibus vel hrunneis vel suhatris 



