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529 



BROMELTACEAE: VRIESEA. 



530 



suberecta summoque apice solum rerurva, snper basin eaepissime minute 

 longeque angustata ensiformia, apice mauifeste acuta et in acuniiuulam 

 (enuem producta, ± 0,5 lu. Jonga, 22 mm. lata, utrinque aequaliter satu- 

 rate viridia vel subtus paullo pallescentia, mauifeste canaliculuto-coiicaTa, 

 adulta utrinque glabiata, chartacea. Inflokesckktja pauci (7— 14> vel 

 subpaucidora, complauata perlaxe distiche subspicata, simplidssiraa folia 

 numifeste superans in scapi gracilis, erecti, glabri, vaginis mnltis raenibra- 

 iiaceis, iuferioiibus vireutibuSj superioribus luteo-rubentil»us vel pulchre 

 rubiis, eiectis scapum tubulose iuvolveutibus, elliplicis, late acutis, dorse 

 luftMioribus dense, supremis perpaice lepidotis, iuteiuodia mauifeste sn- 

 perantibus imbricatiiu iudnti apice data, usque ad 0,3 m. louga sed eae- 

 pissime brevior, ad 70 mm. (petalis ueglectis) lata, circuitu saepissime iri- 

 augulaiis; rhi^chi corallina vel purpurea valde auguluta nudalatiiuque geui- 

 culata, bracteis nullo modo indata; hracteis nut basi solum purpuieis apice 

 citriuis aut omuino purpureis, dorso glabris, submenibranaceis, complicatis 

 nee tainen revera carinatis, ante anthesin flores omniuo iuvolventibus, so- 

 lemuiter distichis, per anthesin 20—25 mm. distjmtibus marginibus niillo 

 modo imbiicatis, ovato-ovalibus, apice late acutiusculis, baud iucurvatis, 

 iutus dissite lepidotis, + 40 mm. lougis quara sepala minute solum brevi- 

 oribus, Fj.O[it:s suberecfi vel patenti-subereclij 60 mm, longi, breviter 

 cnisseque pedicellati; sepalis pulchre citiinis, s.-convolutis conum latum 

 circa petala formautibus, 39 mm, longis, 13j5 mm. latis, lanceolato-ellipticis, 

 apice (explanatis) obtusiusculiSj iutus lepidolo-punctulatis, baud cariualis, 

 Petala apice macula virenli praedita caeterum citriua^ lineari-liugulata, 

 apice recurva, rotuudata emargiiiataquCj prope basin ligulis binia suboviitis^ 

 obtusiusculis aucta. Stamina petalis + 4 mm, longiora, filameutis crassius- 

 culis, apice nullo modo dilatatis; antheris 6 mm, longis, linearibus, utrin- 

 que truncatis emarglnatisque, 1 mm, a basi dorsifixis; polUois granulia 

 ellipsoideip, mauifeste sulcatis, reti proiniuulo ornatis, Ovariuu ovoideo- 

 pyramidatum, profunde 3-sulcatum, breviter in slylum antberas subaequan- 

 tem vel ininutissirae superantem attenuatum; stigmatibus Jatis, oborafis, 

 per anthesin explanatis; placentis interne loculorum augulo a basi ultra 

 ^/4 longit. lertilibus affixis; ovulis cd, breviter ciasseque oblique cornutis. 

 Cafsula perangtiste ovoidea, + 35 mm. longa, sepalis persistentibus bre- 

 vior, apice louge acuta rostrataque, exocarpio allutaceo, valde trausverse 

 rugoso; endocarpio vernicoso-nitido, atro; valvis basin usque dehiscentibus, 

 Semina teuuissima, bruunea , + 3 mm. longa, apice cauda miuuta, tenui, 

 basi i)ilorum niveorum, + 14 mm. longorum coma pappiformi appendieulata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae orimtalis prov. Rio de Janeiro ubi ipsa in 

 vicinitate urbis leg. Glaziou n. 10464^ in re&tinga: Lund ( Warming ^ herb. 

 «, 2166); ad Caminho dos Inforeados: Schwacke herb. n. 6353 et in 

 Corcovado monte: Warming herb. n. 3173. Item prope urbem legerunt 

 Meyen, Riedel, ad Petropolin : Wawra IL n, 2; ad Tijmam: Wawra IL 

 n- 216. Floret JanuariOy Augusta. (V^s, in herb. Bcroly Leod.j Pctrop.t 

 Schwacke., Vindob., Warming.) 



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Var. DECOLOR Waivra, a typo differt inflorescentiae rhachi 

 bracteisque virentibus; floribus mauifeste minoribus (sepalis 

 25 mm. baud escedentibus). Folia quoque coiispicue breviora 

 angustioraque. Petalorum ligulas, quas dicit cl. Wawra ob- 

 coi'datas, apice rotundatas nee emarginatas inveni. 



Vrie^ea psUlacina var. 

 ZeiU'chr. XXX. p. 183 et 

 p. 63 et It. Sax.- Cob. p. 156. 



decolor Wawra in Oesferr. hot 

 in Bull Feder. soc liort. Belg 

 t. 33. fig. A; Ant. Brom. p. 6. t. 5 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Canlagcdlo: Wawra 32. 

 n. 266; loco non indicafo leg. Schott n. 75. (V. s. in herb. Vindob.) 



12. VRIESEA RECURVATA Gaddich. foliis super 

 vaginam minute longeqae attenuatis, apice rotundate acutis 

 et in acuniinulam tenuem productis, dorso coiicoloribus viridi- 

 bus; scapo erecto, vaginis internodia superantibus; inflores- 

 centia submultiflora, simplicissima, laxe pinnata; bracteolis 

 solemniter distiohis, elongate subobovatis, apice rotnndatis 

 manifesteque lecurvis, hand carinatis; floribus patentibus; 

 sepalis oblongo-laneeolatis, acutis, bracteas aeqnautibus ; petalis 

 lingulatis. 



BromeL 



Tabula noitfra XCVIII (hihitm et analysis). 



Vrie.<^ea recunafa Gandkh. Voy. BonUe, i. 69; Beer, 

 Brom. p. 03. 



TiUatidsia recurrafa Bah. (nee Linn.) in Journ. Bol. 

 188S. p. 106. 



Tillaudsia decurraia Bah. Brom. p 216. n 258, 



Ei-iPHYTAl, acaulis, florifera ad 0,4 m. vel paullo uUr» alU, iliiio- 

 mate percrusso, subtus nndo cu-atricibus olwwuris annnlato, Biipra adaoea- 

 deute folioriim delapsorura vagiius oblecto. Foi.u panes (5— 10) i>erdon»e 

 rosuliita, subtus arete couuiveiitia tiibum brevem sed manifesuim, sub- 

 cyliiidiicum foriiiautia, basi in vagiuam percouapicuam, ovalem, chartaceam, 

 piilliilam, utiinqne lepidibus miuulissimia, adpresais, aUuUCflis deuse co»- 

 sitam dilatata, at ex sicco vidtlur oiuuia islricto etetla, exteriora ijalt*;m 

 super vaginam minute lougeque an^u^t*U subcuKiformia, apici- itiuulfctto 

 rotundate acuta et in acninintilnm lenoML ptodaetft, ± 0,6 m. longa, 29 mm. 

 latT, utrinque aequaliter trlste viridia (vel supra mncnlis minntissimis 

 subatris conspersa?), adulU glabrata, chartwea. Ivn.o»MOtKTi\ 8—18- 

 flora, comphmata per antbesin laxe distiche Rubspicata, simplipisslma, 

 foliis brevior, in suapi gracilio, erecli, glabri, vagioia oo subniembranaeelfi, 

 stride eiectis scapum adpresse tubulose iavolveutibus, lanceolalo-cllipticii, 

 apice rutuudatis impusilcque ucumiuutis, dorso dense luiuutishitue lepidutis 

 interiiodia mitiiifcst* snpcnmlibuf iiiibiivatim iuduli apice data usquo iid 

 0,24 m. longa, sed SMpius brevior, per anthesin ^t«Ul nc^flectiit} ad 0,1 m, 

 lata; rhachi valde angnl.ita, fere oninlno recta, ant^> anlliesin bradflis 

 inarginibuR imbricatis oblecta , per anthesin omiitno nuda; bracfeli (at 

 ex aicco videtur aequaliter pnlcherrime purpureis) dorso glabria elepanter* 

 que proniinulo-venosis subcoriaceis, convolutis florein fere omuino celan* 

 tibus valde concavis nee carinatis , solemniter distichis, ante anthesin 

 strtct« crectls marginibusqne imbricatis apice solemniter recurvo-pnten- 

 tibufi, per anthesin + 11 mm. distautibus solcmuishime paleutibus luar- 

 giuibusque nullo modo imbricatis, apice manifeste rccurvis, elongate sub- 

 obovatis, explanatis apice rotundatls, maigiue insiguiter Iraii-iverse undo- 

 lalis, iutns viscosie dense lepidoto-puuctulatiSj 50 mm. longis, 25 mm. Utis, 

 fiepala exacte aequantibus. Florks per anthesin •riemniter patentcR, 

 53 mm. longi, manifnte Biibgraciliterque obconiee pedicellati; skpaus ■.- 

 coijvoliitis tubnm cylindricum circa petala formaniibut, 44 mm. longis, 

 10 ram. latis, oblongo-laneeolatis, apice optime acutis. intus (ut videtur 

 vi.scosiB) lepidoto-punctulatis, mauifeste obtuse carinatis. Pktai.a eepalis 

 ad 9 mm. longiora, apice rotuadata, ob statum putridum cum geuitalibus 

 baud inquireoda. 



Habitat in Brasilia ^ loco ignoto : Riedd ; in prov. Bahicmi leg 

 Blanchct n. 20S4. (V, 8. in herb. Candoll d Petrop.} 



13. VRIESEA CONFERTA Gaidich. foliis super vagi- 

 nam minute angustatis, apice late acutis, dorso concoloribus 

 viridibus; scapo erecto, vaginis internodia superantibus; in- 

 florescentia multiflora vel permultiflora, simplicissima, pinuaU, 

 folia superante; bracteolis solemniter distichis, obovatosemi- 

 orbicularibus , brevissime acuminatis, ante anthesin apice 

 rostratim incurvis demum rectis, baud carinatis ; floribus sub- 

 erectis vel suberecto-patentibus; sepalis latissime lauceulatis 

 acutisque, bracteas superantibus, baud carinatis; petalis lingu- 

 latis, biligulatis; staminibus quam petala longioribus, filamentis 

 apice baud dilatatis; ovulis apice umbonatis. 



Vriesea conferfa Gaud. All. Bonite t. 65; Beer, Brom. 

 p. 93; Wawra in Oesterr. lot. Zeitschr. XXX. p. 184 et in 

 Bull Feder. Soc. hori. Belg. 1880. p. 64 et IL Sax.- Cob. 



p. 162; Ant. Brom. p. 3. t. 3. 



Vriesea conferfa var. recurvata Wawra II ce. p. 184, 



65, 163. 



Tillnndda ensiformis Bah. (nee Veil) Brom. p. 216. 



n. 257 (e. p., quoad cit. synon. Gaudichaud., rel exclus.). 



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