519 



BUOMELIACEAE : VRIESEA. 



520 



talis; scapo adsceiulente, vagiiiis intcniodia paullo snpeiaiitibus; 

 inlloiescentia siniplicissima, flahelUfonni, paiicifluia vel suli- 

 pauciflora, tbiia siiperante ; bractfolis solemiiiter distieliis, tri- 

 aiigulai'ibus apiceqne acutis, caiiiiatis, valde int-urvis; floribus 

 subpatentibus, scpalis siiblanceolatis, acntiusculis,qiiam bracteae 

 brevinribus, carinatis; petalis lingulatis, biligulatis ; staniiiiibus 

 petala supeiantibiij5, filanieiitis apice baud dilatatis; ovulis 

 breviter cornutis; seininum caiida apioali brevi, Integra. 



+ 



Vriesea carinata Wmrrn in Oesterr. hot. Zeitschr. XII. 

 p. 340 ei XXX. p 183 el in Ihill Yhler. Soc. Hort. BeJg. 

 1H80. p. 63 et It. Max. p. 754. /. ^0 et It. Sax.-Coh. p. 157; 



Aid. Broni. p. 9. t. 7. 



Vriesea psittacina var. curinnla E. Morr. in Behf. hort. 



1SS2. p. 287. t. 10—12. Jig. 1. 



TillamJsia carinata Bah in Journ. Bol. 18SS. p. 49 et 



Brom. i>. 212. n. 239. 



Vriesea hrach/sinchys licgel in Garlenfl. 1806. j). 258. 

 t. 518 et Ind Sent. Jiort Bdrop. 1866. p. 81; Hook in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6014; liev. Hort. 1875. p. 331 c. ic. 



Vriesea psitfaclna var. hrnchgslachys E. Morr. in Belg. 



hort. 1870. p. 161. t. 8. 



Vriesea eryfhroflnctylon E. Morr. in Belg. Hort. 1875. 



p. 362 (nomen lantum). 



Vriesea psittacina var. erytkrodactylon E. Morr. in Belg. 



Hort. 1882. p. 287. 



+ 



EniMiYTA (ex cll. Gr^Azinu!, Wawra!), acaulis, florifera 0,3 m, haud 

 exretlens snf^pissime minor, rhizom.ite brevi, snl)tns nndo ck^atricibus nnuii- 

 Iftto, supra foliorum delapsornm nulimpntia pallide allntacei.s induto, ra- 

 dices multas crassinsciiliis proereante. Folia 8—14 (raro plura) penieiisn 

 rosnlata, Hubtu.s arcto couiiivenlia utriirulum maiiitcsturn, saepius fere bul- 

 bosura, ovoideiuu vel subglo)>o.sum fonnuiitia) basi iu vaginaiu maxiinatu, 

 ovalem, tbartaieam^ pallide vireuicm vel batpius vioIuaLcnteai, utiiuciue 

 lepidibiis pallidis, imniurr^is dense coiisitam dilulata, exlima decnrva, media 

 iuteiioraiiue «ubererla erectiuiue Rnmmo apice solum reeurvata, Hu;iuUita, 

 apice acutiuscule rotmulata iU'uniimilfMine tenui hnposito ancta vel longe 

 teuuiUrfiue acata, ftd 0,2 m, loii;;a, 17 nun. lata, aequaliter laete viridia, 

 suljtns + pallc8centia, late canalitulatocoucava, adnlta ntrinque glahrata 

 vel anbtus paree lepidotii, sicra temiiler menibvanacea et lineis undnbilis, 

 irregulariler iuterrnptis, trausversalibu^ saei»ist*inie insignia, Inflorksckn- 

 TiA speeimiuibua eiiUis usque ad 20-, e patria ;illatis laro ultra 10-flora» 

 eomplanala distiche subi^iiicala denaissime tlabellata, 6irupliijis::>ima, sueto 

 folia mauifeste superaus iu seapi gracilis, saepis^siine oblique ad?4ceudeutis, 

 glabri, vagiuis multis teiiuitcr nicnibrauiuci-:), bu?si pulthre purpura^^centi- 

 bae apiei^ virenlibus, ereetis, scapuru tubulose iuvolventibn?, ellipticiSj 

 Inugius bnviusve acutis, subglubris, interuodia panllo solum superau- 

 tibus inibriratim induti apiec elata, raro ultra 60 mm. louga, (lloribus 

 negleetis) 50 mm. lata, apiee late triauj^ulatim incisa; rhacbi purpurea, 

 valde augulata, regulnriler uudulatim genieulata bractearum imbricatarum 

 margiue induta; braeteis baai purpureia, per colorem aurantiacum flavum- 

 qne apicem versus in viridcm trauseuntibuH, glabris, submembranaceis, 

 quam maxime carinatis, wniplkatia, ante authesiu tloves omnino celautibus, 

 soleuiuiter di^sticbis, per anthesiu + 5 mm. distautibuis margiuibus imbri- 

 eatift, optime trianguluribus e basi in apicem acutum seusim angustatis, 

 a latere viais quaui maxime a 7^ louglt, rosLratim incurvatis, iutus paullo 

 TtBCOBifi dissiteque puuelulali«, florigeris ± 44 mni. longis, 16 mm. latis 

 sepala snperantibus, Fi.orkr subpatentes, 58 mm. longi, brevissime crasse- 

 qne oiiconiee pedicellati ; sepams pnkhre citriuis, laxe s,-couvolutis tnbum 

 cylindricnui eirea petala formaulibus 31 mm. lougis, 7 mm. latis, sublan- 

 ceolatis, apive (explanatis) aeutiusculiM ntrinque perparce lepidotis, valde 

 carinatis. Pktai^a apice macula sordide tristeque virente praedita reliquum 

 eitriua, lineari-lingnlatiL, apice recurvatu, rotuudata, sepalis ad 17 mm. lon- 

 giora, ligiilis binia busi petalis longiuscule aduatiy, ovato-ovaiibua, late 

 rotundatls anrfa. Stamina petalis usque ad 5 mm. longiora, tilamuntis 

 crnRsinscal^ apire band dibitatis; antb*^ris 6 mm b»ugift, lineavibub utvin- 

 quo trnnealis et + emarginalis; pollinis ^nniulifl ellip^^oideift, snleatispro- 



miueutique reticulali;^. Ovarium ovoideo-pyramidatnni, lu sfylum graci- 

 lem transient; stigmatibus antberas siiperanf ibus, infuudibulum margine 

 explanatum, pulvluiitim p:ii>ilIo8um formautibus: plaientis iuterno loeu- 

 lurum angulo ferlililms usque ad apieeju affixis; ovulis cc, brevissime 

 crasseque obKque cornutis. CAT-srhA angustc ellipsoidea, apice longe acuta 

 nee rostrata, 28mm. louga, cxocurpio brunueo-allutaeeo, valde trans- 

 verse rngoso, endocarpio vernicose iiitidOj alterrimo; valvis basin usque 

 debiscentibns septis retro involulis. Semina x , fusiiuimia, brnnuea, ad 

 3,5 mm. lon^a, apice cauda leiiui brevique, ba.si piloruin nivconim, + 10 mm. 

 lougorum, puncto crasso bruDueo line coulitoruju coma pappifurmi appeu- 

 diculata. 



Hahitat in BrasUiae prov. Rio de Janeiro, tibi legit loco non indi- 

 cato: Lhotzky ; prope PdropoUn : Waiora d M(dy n. 443, Waura TL 

 n. 4, Glazioii «. S020. In proi\ S. Paulo prope Santos rrescit , unde 

 atlidit Mosen n. 3715, projje S. Paulo; Sellow n. 5S76^ Floret Martio ad 

 MajntiL (V. V. in hort Berol, Vratisl et siccam in herb. BeroL, Boiss,- 

 Barbey., Candoli, Haun,^ Monac, Vindok, Warming,) 



4, VRIESEA PAUAIBICA Wawua*): foUis super 

 vaginam hand angustatis, apice late acutis mucronuloque im- 

 posito acniiiiimtis, dorso liaud vittatis; scapo erecto, vagiins 

 inteniodia siiperantibus; inflorescentia siniplicissima, flabelli- 

 fonni , subpaucitloi a , ibliis breviore ; bracteolis solemiiiter 

 distichis, apicem versus carinatis, iiicurvis; floribus subereetis; 

 sepalis ovato-laiiceolatis, longe acutiusculis, bracteas subae- 

 qnantibus vet iis i)aullo brevioribus, carinatis; petalis liugu- 

 latis^ biligulatis; staminibus petala superantibus, filamentis 

 apice baud dilatatis; ovulis baud caudatis; seminibus apice 

 caudicula brevissima, simplici auctis. 



Vriesea paraibica Wawra, iL Sax.-Coh. p. 160. t. S3, 

 fig. B. et L 36. Sect, B.; Ant. Brom. p. 4. t. 4. 



Tdlandsia paraibica Bah in Journ. Bot. 1SS8. p. 82 



et Brom. p. 212. n. 241. 



Vriesea carinata var. condricta Wawra in Oesterr. hot. 



Zeitschr. XXX. p. 183 et in Bull Feder. Soc. Hort. Belg. 



4 



ISSO. p. 64. 



Tillandsia carinata var. constricta Bale. Brom. p. 212, 



n. 239 in noia**). 



Vriesea squamosa E. Morr. ap. etfich Bah. Brom. p. 212. 



Epiphyta, acaulis, florifera usque ad 0^25 m. alta, rbizomate bre- 

 vissimo, crasso, erecto, foliornm delapsorum rudimentis annulato, radicilms 

 paucis, percrassis^ ramulos co tenuissime fUiformes dimittentibus, Foua 

 5 — 15 perdense rosnlata, subtus arete conniventia tubum brevem efforman- 

 tia, basi in vagivv.nu eonspituani, praesevtim margine + pallidam^ auguste 

 ovalem, ex icoue cli, Wawka 1. c. inflatam, cbartuceam, ntrinque lepidibua 

 minulissimiSj sub leule foveolaruni speciem pniebentibus, brunueseentibus 

 dense consitam dilatalu, omnia + decurva vel intima suberecta, lingulata, 

 apice late subrotundatinique acuta mucronuloque miti imposito acuminata, 

 ad 0,2 m. longaj 30 nnn. lata, supra saturate subtus pallidius viridia, 

 sicca chartacea, supi'a glabra, dorso lepidibus miuutissimis subntris vel 

 sal unite brunneis dissite x>ii"i^'tulata, iNFLoaKSUKNTJA 8-^12-floni, qiiara 

 maxime complanata distiche spicata, siiupUcissima, e foliis centralis pro- 

 diens eaque subaequans in scapi ghiberrimi, recti, ad 0,13 m. longi, viridis, 

 vaginis inflatis, amplexicanlibus, late elliplicis vel obovatis, apice rotun- 

 datis vel breviasime mucrouulatis, dorso lepidoto-punctulatis, viridibus 

 vel supremia minute rubeutibus, strictc erectia scapum late tubulose am- 

 plecteutibus, interuodia superantibus dense induti apice elata, ad iJO mm. 

 louga, 34 mm. lata, subelliptica, a medio et basiu et apicem versus angu- 

 stuta hie demum lotuudata ; rhaclii virentej comprefaso-augulata, dense 

 geniculata; braeteis iniiiiiis 2 — 3 iiunnuuquam panllo remotiusculis, ad 



*) llujua speciei hybridam if- Y. carinata Wawra. 

 **) yed idem eadem in pagina minute infra nr. 241 synon. cit, 

 recte ad Y. paraibicam Irahit. 



