527 



BEOMELIACEAE : YKIESEA. 



528 



tisaima tenui, basi pilorum minute flavescentium, sericantiom, vix nltra 

 12 mm. loiijjorum coma pappiformi auctis. 



Habitat in Brasilia auafrali, loco mihi non cognitn : Burchell n. 3197 

 (fide Baker) et in prov. Rio de Janeiro : Glazio^i n. lo474a. Floret 

 Ocfobri. (V. v, in hart. Berol. et a. in herb. Berol, Leotl) 



10. VKIESEA AMETHYSTINA E. Morr. foliis super 

 vaginam hauil vel vix angustatis, apice persensim acutis, 

 dorso amethystinoconcoloribus; scapo erecto, vagiiiis qiiam 

 inteniocUa brevioribus ; inflorescentia simplicissima, paiici- vel 

 STibpauciflora, laxe pinnata, folia superante ; bracteolis solem- 

 niter distichis, ovatis apiceque acuniine acuto parvo imposito 

 rotundatis, nee carinatis uec incurvis; floribus suberectis; 

 sepalis sublanceolatis, apice acutiusculis, bracteas superantibus; 

 petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staininibus quam petala longi- 

 oribiis, filamentis apice hand dilatatis ; ovulis breviter caudatis. 



Vriesea amethyst'ma E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1S84. jh ^^0. 



t. 15—16. 



Tillandsia amethyst ina Bah. in Joiirn, Bot. 13S8. p. 104 



et Brom. p. 218, n. 266. 



Ehi'UTTA vidotur^ Ijreviter caill««eDS, florifera ad 0,5 ra. altn. 

 Folia 25—30 tlcuse rosnlntft, tQbam vel utriculnm disliiutum hftuil fov^ 

 nuiutia^ biiai in vaginani longam, snbangnste elUpUcaio, chartaceam vel 

 llMiiibranaceo-cliartaorftra, virentem vel dorso saepissinie saturate amethysti- 

 nam, ntrinqne dense lepidibns supra pallide allutateis, sabtus profnude 

 inimerflis bruoneis conspersam, subinflatam sensim dilatata, extlma arcuatim 

 decurva, media suberecta apiceque paullo curvata, intima stricta erecta, 

 super vaginam baud vel vix angustata Ungulata, apicem versus persensim 

 acuta et in acumiuulum tenuem, breviter subfilifornieni producta, usque 

 ad apieem leviter caDaliculuto coucava^ supra htcte viridia adnlLa sub- 

 glabra, subtus lepidibus mioatiMimiSj bruuneis couspersa piibhre ame- 

 tbyytina. iNFLOitESOBKTiA 7 — 9-floraj laxepinnatlm aubspicata simplici«^i[naj 

 luaiiifeste disticha^ folia suhduplo BUperans in scapi gracilis, briinneficenti- 

 amrtby^stini , teretis glabrique, stricte erect i , vaginis subninltis viridibus 

 vel superioribns flavesceutiviridibus, amplexicaulibus, auliovatis apiceque 

 acurainatim acutis, stricte erectis scapoque peradpressia eum tubulose in- 

 volventibus, dorso parce atro-lepidote puuctulatis, quam internodia solem- 

 Dissime brevioribus laxe induti apice elata, usque ad 0,2 m. longa, circuitu 

 late sublinearis^ rhacbi gUberrima, fuaco-brunuea, basi aubtereti rectaquCj 

 apice augulata s;iepiusque minute arcuatim uudulatu; bracteolis iufeiioribus 

 ad 25, supremis ad 15 mm- distautibus, suberectis, vireuti-luteis, uuilo 

 modo imbricatisnec rbacbiu obtegeutibus, ad 22 mm. lougis, 17 mm, latis, 

 ovatis apiceque subrotuudatis sed actimiue brevi latoque, peraeufo auctis, 

 apicem versus caruose obtuse carinatis, sepalorunl medium baud attin- 

 gentibna, Florks pulcberrime lutei, ad 70 mm. longi, crassinscule sub- 

 cylindrice breviter pedicellati; sepams quam maxime s.-convolutis per 

 antbesin tubum snbcylindricum circa petala formantibus, + 30 mm, longis, 

 9 mm- latis, sublanceolatis, apice (explanatis) acuUuscuUs, coriaceis, dorso 

 caruose obtuse carinatis, intua lepidibus multis miuntissimis , bruuneis 

 couapersis. Pktala sepalis usque ad 40 mm- lougiora, lineari-lingulata, 

 apice recurvo-pateiitia rotundata , basi ligulis biuia acutiusculis aucta. 

 Stamina petala iternm conspicue supciuutia, filamentis augubte liuearibus, 

 apicem versus uullo modo dilatatis; antheris luteis, ad 5mm, longis, 

 linearibus, utriuque rotundatis; poUine mihi iguoto. Ovarium subellipaoi- 

 deum, breviter in stylum gracilem contractum ; stigmatibua antberas supe- 

 rantibus, panllo explanatis, obtusis; placeutis iuterno loculorum ai^gulo 

 a basi ad medium fertilibua affixis; pvulis oo, erectis, breviter acoteque 

 caudatis. Capsula cylindrico-fusiformis, praesertim apice acuta et hie 

 pereouspicue rostiatu, ad 45mm. longa; valvis basin usque debisceutibus, 

 recurvis nee non spiraliter tortis; exocarpio allutaceo-brunneo , paullo 

 solora rogoso; endocarpio veruicoso-nitido, peratro. Semina nondum vidi, 



r 



Habitat in Brasilia, loco ignoto, unde cl. Qlaziou in caldaHum 

 Morrenianum iranmisit. Illius in colledione planiarum exiHccatartim 

 non exstat (V. s. in herb. Leod.) 



II. VRIESEA PSITTACINA Lindl.*) foUis super 

 vaginam saepissime minute longeqiie angustatis, apice acutis 

 aciiniinulatisque, dorso concoloribus viridibus; scapo erecto, 

 vaginis internodia superantibus; inflorescentia simplicissima, 

 pauci- vel subpauciflora, laxe pinnata, folia superante; brac- 

 teolis solemniter disticbis, ovato-ovalibus , apice acutiusculis, 

 nee incurvis nee carinatis; floribus suberectis vel patenti- 

 suberectis; sepalis lanceolate - ellipticis, apice obtusiusculis, 

 braeteas superantibus; petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus 

 quam petala longioribus, filamentis apice nuUo modo dilatatis; 

 ovulis breviter cornutis; seminum cauda luinuta, integra. 



Vriesea psittacina Lindl in Bot. Reg. t. 10; Walp. Ann. 

 111. p. 622; Bee)', Brom. p. 96; Watvra in Oestcrr. hot. Zeit.^chr. 

 XXX. p 182 et in Bull FkUr. Soc. hort. Belg. 1880. p. 62 

 et IL Sax.-Coh. p. 154; E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1882. p. 287. 

 t 10—12. fig. 2; Ant. Brom. p. 8. t. 6. 



Vriesea psittacina var. Iractcis cocc'ineis E. Morr. in 

 Belg. hort. 1882. p. 287. 



Vriesea psiiiacina var, nilro - hractcata Hooh. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5108. 



Vriesea Krameri Hort ap. Bah. Brom. p, 216. 



Vriesea psittacina var. exilis Netmiann in Ann. soc. hort. 

 Paris. 1852. p. 265 c. ic col. (fide MorrenJ. 



Tillandsia psittacina Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2841 ; Schidt. 

 in R et S. Sgst. VII. p. 1224. n. 53; Bale. Brom. p. 216. n. 255. 



Epipuyta (ex ell. Lund!, Schwacke!, WawraO, acaulis, florifera 

 nsque ad 0,5 m. vel paiiUo ultra alta, rhizomate sulinullo vel brevi crasso- 

 que, erecto, foliorum delapsornm cicatricibns deuse annulato, radices multas 

 percrassas procreante. Folia sueto 10—20, rarins pauciora perdeuse rosu- 

 lata, auhtus art-te couvergeutia utricnlum perconspicuum, subglobosum 

 foruiautia, basi in vagiuam maxiniam, optime ovalem, coriaceo-chartaceam, 

 vireutem, utrinque lepidibus minutissimis peradpressisque allutaceis dense 

 consitam dilatata, omnia, manifesto decurvata vel intima perpauca solum 



*) Hujus specie! hybridae: 



1. VRIESEA CARINATA Wawra X V". PSITTACINA Lindl. Dnabus 

 in formis mihi ante oculos, quorum altera, V. carinatae propina accedens 

 inflorescentia fere flabellata gandet, sed bracteae, qnamvis basin usque 

 solemniter V. cariyiatac) apice minus iucurvae, fere omnino rnbrae, petala 

 sepalis ad 18 mm. longiora. — Forma altera perpsittacina primo intuitu 

 a V. jpsittaeina aegre distinguitur, sed folia fere omnino V. carinatae . 

 itemque bracteae basi rubrae, a medio citrinae apicem saltern versus acute 

 carinatae summeque niiuute iucurvae. Inflorescentia hie optime pinnata. — 

 Pollen formis binis fere omnino normale, cum grauula perpauca solum 

 corrugata invenerim. 



Vriesea psittacina X hrachystachys E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1879. 

 p. 300 et 1S80. p. 115. 



Vriesea psittacina var. Morrcniana E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1882. 

 p. 287. t. 10—12. fi/j. 3 (forma perpsittacina). 



Vriesea Morrmiana Hort. ap. E. Morr. in Belg. hort. 1H82. p. 1^9. 



Vriesea brachystachys X Krameri Linden in III. hort. n. s. 1S91. 

 p. 39. tab. 135. 



Vriesea cardinalis Duval ap. Aiidrc I. e. 



Arte producta. ~ (V. s. in herb. hort. Berol et Leod.) 



2. VRIESEA [PSITTACINA LiNin,. X CARINAIA Wawraj cT X V. 

 BARILLETI E. Moiui. 9 Planta hybrida e binis Biasiliensibus composita 

 iterum cum specie Ecuaduriensi mixta formam protulit V. Barilleti simil- 

 limam. Inflorescentia dense flabellata bracteia basi pulchre ruheutibuw; 

 folia laete viridia. — Ceterum omuino V. Barilleti. 



Vriesea Morreno—Barillctiana L. Duval in III. hort. n. s. 1889. 

 p. 103. t. 91. 



Vriesea Wittnmcliana Kittel in Gartenfl, t. 1283. 



( V. 8. fruct. a cl. Kittel communic.) 



3. cf. Vriesea simplex Beer. 



