521 



BEOMELIACEAE : YEIESEA. 



522 



10 mm. ilistaiililnis, leliqnis densissime imbricutim sibi incnmbeiitibus 

 ciiartiirei.<, inirpiireis apicem versus viieiitibns, infenie troiicavo-eoiniiliLutis 

 supeiiie rariiiatis, summis apice solemniter uncinatim iucurvis, jjlabratis, 

 dorso perp;irce immerse pnuctnlatis, ad 30 mm. longis sepala apcjuanlibus 

 vel minute snperantilms, Flores + 65 mm. lonj;i, per anthesin siiberecti, 

 brevissinie conice pedieellati; ski-ai-is aequaliter flavis, ad 27 mm. lougis, 

 valde s.-convohitis pyrainidam angustam peracutamque triangidarem eirea 

 petala formantibus, glabris, ovato-laneeolatis, loiige aeutinsculis, manifeste 

 cariuatis, omnioo libeiis. Pktala aequaliter citiiiia, + 52 mm. longa, 

 lineari-lingnlata, apice breviter reflexo-pateute roiimdata manifeste emar- 

 ginataque, super ba.siu ligulis biuia e Inisi ovata loiige acumiuatis, in ala- 

 bastro circumeirca styli basiu touuiventibus aucta. Stamina petala maui- 

 feste superaiitia, filamentis citiiuis graeiliter filiformibiis; antbeii.s anreis, 

 ad couiieetivum viridilms, linearibus, utriiique obtuais, sub medio dor!so 

 iusertis^ poUioe uiihi noii viso. Otaur'm auguste pyramidatum {ex el. 

 Wawua cum sepalis glntiuo.sum), .sensim iu stylum gracileni, trisulcnm 

 atteuuatnm; stigmatibu.s antberas superautibns, per anthesin recurvis, e 

 basi stipitiformi triaugulo-cuueatis, supra papillis longis alI)o-velutiuis, 

 iruttulam succi viscidi aqnei exsudantibus ; placentis interno loculornm 

 an^nlo a bnsi fere nsque ad apicem affixis ; ovulis go, baud caudatia. 

 Capsula fusifbrmis, bia<iteam uonuihil excedena, fusco-alliitacea; valvis 

 basin nsque dehisceiitibus intus veruicoso-atris transverse rugulosis. Sk- 

 MiNA lasironuia, lusca 0,5 mm. louga, apice breviter candienlata, basi pi- 

 lorum flavoscentinm, sericantinm, dtmum puncto bruuueo coalitorum coma 

 15 mm, longa appeudiculata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae proi\ Rio de Janeiro ad Juiz de 

 Wmvra 11. n. 184, nee non ]yropc Castdnovo: Riedel n. 762. 

 Apnli. (Y. s. in herb. Petrop., Vindob. et cult, in Iwrh. Leod.) 



Fora : 

 Floret 



5. VRIESEA INCUR VATA Gaudich.*) foliis super 

 vaginam loiige angustatis, apice late acutiusculis et in acii- 

 minulum brevem productis, dorso baud vittatis; scapo recto, 

 vaginis internodia superautibus ; inflorescentia simplicissima, 

 flabelliformi , subpauci— submultiflora, folia aequante vel iis 

 breviore; bracteolis solemniter distichis, latissime ovatis aoutis- 

 que, carinatis, valde incurvis; floribus erectis; sepalis ovali- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, quam bracteae brevioribus, hand carinatis; 

 petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus petala superantibus, 

 filamentis apice fusiformi-incrassatis iiec dilatatis; ovulis bre- 

 viter cornutis; seminibus apice stipite brevissimo, integro aiictis. 



Vriesea incurvata Gaud. Atl. Bonite, t. 6S; Beer, Brom. 

 p. 92; Wawra in Oesferr. hot. Zeitschr. XXX. p. 184 et in 

 Bull. Feder. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1880. p. 64 et It. Sax.-Coh. p. 162. 



Tillandsia incurvata Bali, in Journ. Bot. 1888. p 49 et 

 Brom. p. 213. n. 244. . 



Tillandsia heterostachys Bah. in Journ. Bot. 1888. p. 166 



et Brom. p. 217. n. 262. 



Vriesea Truffautiana Hort. fide Bale. Brom. p. 213. 



Epiphtta (ex el. Wawra!), acauli.-?, florifera usque ad 0,4 m. alta, 

 rhizomate brevi, ciasso ereetoque, foliorum delapsorum rudimeutis umbri- 

 nis induto, basi radicibus t» crassis, ventre ramulos tenues touiertissimos 

 pinnatim procreautibus praedito. Folia saepius infra 15, rarius 20—30 

 perdenae rosulata, subtus arete conniventia utriculnm manifestum, urcco- 

 latum formuutia, basi in vaginam maximam, viiitlem, late ovalem, mem- 

 branaceo - chartaceam , utrinque lepidibus albidis vel pallide allutaceis, 

 miDutibsimis, immersis dense cousitam palUdeque maiginatam anbito dila- 



' III ¥ 



*) Hnjus speciei bybrida : 

 VRIESEA INCURVATA Gaudich. 9 X V. DUVALIANA E. Mobr. d" 

 Inter parentes optima intermedia praesertim inflorescentiae bractearumque 

 omuino rubrorum forma et V. inmrratam et Duvallanam memoriae revocat. 



YHesea incurvata X 'Duvaliana Rodig. in III. Jiort. n. s. 1888. 

 p. 87. t. 67. 



Vriesea fiilgida Duval ap. Rodig. I. c. 



Arte in caldario Versatiensi Buraliano ciiita. — Non vidi. . 



Bromel, 



tata, extima omnino arrnata, media iulerioraque ab »/« lungit. vel «pi(* 

 saltern ± decurva, super va^inain manifest., lon-i-qm. aoijuhlaU, ensifor- 

 mia, apice late m-utiuscula et in acuminulum l<>nuissimum, bitvem pro- 

 ducta. + 0,3 m. louga. 28 mm. lata, snpra satoratius buMus pallidiaa 

 aequaliter viridia. adulta supra glabra, doreo perobscur^ lepidoU. Ikflo- 

 RKscKNTiA subpaud-submiiUiflora, (-onipIaData densiuscule flabellatim 

 snbspicata simplicissima, n.Iia subaequans v. iis brevier imrissime pauUo 

 longior, in scapi hrevis, recti, validi, v:igiui;i viridibus, late ovatis, apice 

 acutiusculis, dorso pallide iude<iue ubscure lepidotis, et^Us vel suberectii 

 densissirae imbricatini indnti apice elata, vix ultra 0,2 m. louga, 76 mm. 

 lata, circuitn lat* linearis; rhachi subglahra. real*, ±«ugulo8», sueto om- 

 nino occulta; bracteis pulchre aut corallino- aut purpureo-rnlventibus mar- 

 gine angUHte auraiitiacis, dorso dissiie lepidotis, solemniter dislicbin, per 

 antlicsin ad 10 lum. distaulibns erectis, marginibn« saltern prope b:viia 

 imbricatis rb;.chiu fere omniuo obtegeutibus, submembranftceis, qaam 

 maxime concavis onuiiuo complicatis acuteque curioaiiit sepala longe su* 

 perantil)us, a latere visis apicem venus solemniter incurvis leouis uugui 

 instar formatis, a ventre visis latissime ovatis, aciitis, uavicularibua, + 60 mm. 

 longis, 40 mm. lalis intns paullo viscosi^ dissitc lepidoiinpiuidulatiB per- 

 nitidis. Fi.orks ad 50 mm, longi. ppr .intbcsin rrrrti sepalis fere omniuo 

 oMecti, pedicello brevissimo, crasso Mipitatl; skpams cltrinis, valde s-con- 

 volutis couum acutum circa petala formantibus, +36 mm. longis, 13 mm. 

 latis, ovali-Ianeeolatis, apice (aegre explanatis) acutts, coriaoeia, dono pei^ 

 parce briiunee, intns deusius pallide lepidottt viaoosis, Uaad oarinatia. 

 Pktai.a citrioa, apice recurvo, rotuudato minuteque emarginato Tireutfa, 

 linoari-lingnlnta, sepalis 10 mm. longiora, 7 mm. a basi liguUs binis an- 

 gnste triangnlaribus, peniculis (omnino iis a d. Antuihk I.e. depictia forma 

 identicis) aucta. Stamiha petalis 7 mm. longiora, filamentis crassimjculis, 

 apicem versus infra antheratn ulterins (onspicuo fnsiformi-inrnissatisi an- 

 tUeris luteis, optime linearibus, 8 mm. longia, 3 mm. a basi dorsiflsis, 

 nlrioqne truncato-rotnndatis; pollinis granulis eUipsoideiB, manifeste snl- 

 catis, reti regulari, prominente, inoniliforiniter e punctulis lineatim juxta- 

 poaitis formuto ornatis. Ovarium teouiter pyramidatum, sensim in stylum 

 crassinscnlum, augulatum, laxe spiratiter tortum trauaieus; sttgmatibus 

 anthenis solemniter superautibus obovalis, recurvo-explauatiH; placeutia 

 interno loculornm angulo a basi fere uaqnc ad apicem feriilibus uffixis; 

 ovulis CO, erectis, cnuaiiucnlis, breviter oblique cornatlt. Capsdi.a sub- 

 cylindiica, 34 mm. longa sepala pantlo, bracteas vix exccdens, ftpfee acuta 

 perlongoqne rostrata, valvis (ut videtur ad '/< longit. solum debiscentibua) 

 baud tortis; exocarpio allutaceo, vix rngoso, eudocnrpio rrniicoso-nitido, 

 atro. Semina <x, fusco-brunuea, tenuit«r cyliudrica, apice atipile minutis- 

 simo, basi pilorum niveornm sericantium, + 13 mm. longorum coma pappi- 

 formi appendiculata. 



Habitat in BradHac prot\ Rio de .Janeiro, ubi legcrunt prnpr urhem: 

 Riedel, ad Petropolin: Waicra II. n. 86, 95, loco non indicato: Qlaziou 

 n. 13260; nee non S. Paulo, prope Santos: Mosen n. 3714. Fiord Febr.f 

 Martin. {V. s. spont in lierb. BcroL, Haun., Petrop. et Vindob. et cult, 

 in herb. hort. Berol. et Leod.) 



+ 



Var. INFLATA Wawra (spec.) a typo differt vaginis solem- 

 niler inflato-concavis, foliis latioribus, inflorescentia densiore, 

 fructifera quoque vix dissoluta, bracteis minus incurvis, fila- 

 mentis apicem versus hand iucrassatis, 



Vriesea inflaia Wawra, It. Sax.-Coh. p. 161; Ant. Brom. 



p. 28. t. 18. 



Vriesea incurvata E* Morr. (nee Gaudich.) in Belg. hort. 



1882. p. 52. t. 2. 



Vriesea carinata var. inflaia Wawra in Oesferr. hot. 



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



1880. p. 64. 



Tillandsia inflata Bah. Bot. Mag. t. 6882. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro prope Pefropolm : Qtaziou 

 n 2728, nee non ad Tijuca: Wama II. n.219a. Fiord Octobri. (F. «. 

 ^mt. in herb. Brux., Vindob. et Warming, et cult, in herb. Leod.) 



Obb Sine olio dnbio speciem distiuctam dicerem, nisiaemina tyj.ica a 

 cl Wawra collecta in caldario imperiali Viudobonae plantam a cl. Anto.sb 

 depicfam, nullo modo a forma normali disceruendam protulissent. 



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