531 



BHOMELIACEAE : VBIESEA. 



532 



EriPHTTA simulque terrestris, acaulis, florifeni ad 0J5 no. alta seil 

 saepius humilior; rhizoiuate nullo vel subuullo. Folia + 20 perdense 

 rosulata» s^ubtus arete ironuiveutia utricuhuu oluoDicuin breviorem longi- 

 oreiuve fonuautin, basi in vagiuam exterioribus paullo inliatam, exacte 

 ovdlem, membranacram, pallide virideni, utrinque lepidibns minntissimis, 

 peradpressis, pallide brnnnoia dense eonspcrsani dilatataj exteriora media- 

 qne detiirva, intiraa suberecta, super vaginam niiuutisaime constricta, 

 obscure ensifornna, apite late acuta sensim in nuicronem debilem desi- 

 nentia, ad 0,4 m. loajja, 32 mm. lata, sicca thartacea, leviter oanalioulato- 

 conc-ava, supra saturate subtus pnllidiua aeqnalitcr viridia, adulta utrinque 

 subglabra, sicca venulis nervos transverse connecteutibus + obscuris in- 

 signia. Inflokkscbxtia CO (25— 45)- flora, comphmiita, di-stiche spicata, 

 simpliciflsima, folia mauifcste superan«<, In scapi crassi (ad 8 mnh diam.), 

 reeti^ deuais^iinie fuliolis omnibus stricte erectis adpressisque, inlferioribns 

 lateacutis, snperiuribns subrotundatis inucronatisque, ovjito-ovalibn.s, dorso 

 lepidibus brnnnescontibus conspersis, hand tongluliniifis iiubricatim per- 

 dense induti apice elata nonnnnqnnm pnnllo ultra 0,4 ni. longa, florifera 

 ad 0,12 m, lata, circnitii late linearis apice plerumque truncata, rbachi 

 cras.sa, aubquadrangulari, glabra niccaqne, recta; bracteis per anthesiu 

 erecto-pateutibus Iructiferis saepius patentihus, + 10 mm, distanliims basi 

 marginibna sese attingentibus, glabris sirciftqae purpurcis vel atropurpureis 

 |H)8l antbesin viresceutibus, explanatis obovato-semiorbioulariljus, bievis- 

 sime acuminatis, ante antlicHiu apice nistratim incurvis deunim retitis, 

 ad 40 mm. longis quam sepala paullo brcvioribus, Fi.ouks GO mm. longi, 

 pererasae consptcne pedlcellati; skpaMs aurantiaco-miiiiatiS} qiuun maxime 

 s,-convuhiti?^ coiium obtuse triangularem rectum, apice baud obliqnnra 

 circa petflla formantibus, ad 50 mm. longis, 11 min. latis, lalissime lan- 

 CWlatls acutisque, symmrtricis, hiuid carinatis. Pktata citriua vel aurea, 

 ftppala longo *^uppranlla. Iigulac*'0-linenria, npice revoluta subobtusiiquej 

 basi ligulis binis maximiJ^, ex nngne anguato tiiangularibus longrqne acn- 

 tis aucta, aeqailonga, Stamika petala munifeste superautia , fibnuentis 

 filiforuiibns, apice baud dilatatis; antheris luteis, crasi^is, late linearibuSf 

 utrinque truncatis emaigiuatisque ; polline geueris uormali, OvAiiurM pyra- 

 midatnm sensim iu stylum crassiusculuni, trisulcatum trau-sieus; stigma- 

 tibus auLberas louge snperantibus, obcordatisj apice emarginatin, infundi- 

 buliformiter counatis; placentis interno loculoium angalo a basi usque ad 

 apicem affixis; ovulis co, obovatis apice nmbonatis, Capsula 50 mm, louga, 

 10 mra. lata, obtuse triangulnris, ultra calycem por:si.stentem, desiccatum 

 Til promlnens; valvis ltgno.se induratis, transverse rngosis. Skmina co, 

 tennissirae fusiformia, pilorum coma flave?=5ccnte, 



Jinbitat in BrasiUac prow Rio de Janeiro ad Entre-rios : Watvf^a IL 

 n* ISSOy 126b; in montis Itatiaiae regtonibns hand elevalis : idem IL 

 ft. 422; loco non indicato leg. Sellow. (V. s. in herb. Berot et Vindob) 



14. VKIESEA ENSIFORMIS Beer: foliis super vagimim 

 perlonge minute angustatis, apice late acutis, dorso concolori- 

 bus viridibus; scapo erecto, vaginis internodia snperantibus; 

 inflorescentia multi- vel permultiflora, simplicissima, pinnata, 

 folia superante; bracteolis latissime ovatis, apice acuminula 

 percrassa, saepius obscura, minuti.^sime incnrva praeditis 

 ceterum rectis, baud carinatis; floribus per antbesin sub- 

 patenlibus; sepalis ovalibus, apice obtusiusculis, baud carinatis, 

 bracteas paullo superantibus; petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; 

 staminibus petala snperantibus, filamentis apice baud dilatatis; 

 ovulis oblique cornutis. 



Vriesea ensiformis Jker, Brom. p. 92. 



Tillanihla ensiformis Veil Flor. Fhim. HI. i. 129 • 

 Bak Brom, p. 216. n. 257 (e.p., exclns. ciL sijnon. GmaUchaucl). 



Vriesea Warmlnyii K Morr. in Belg. hort. 1SS4. ^). 200. 

 t 12—13. 



Tillandsia Warminijii Bak. in Journ. BoL 1S88, p. 104 

 et Brom. p. 219. n. 270. 



Epipuyta, acaulis, florifera ultra 1 m. alta, rhiznmate bievissimo, 

 crusso, erecto, foliornm delapsorum vaginis rudimentariis induto. Fojja 



5—10 pcrdense rosnlnta, subtus arete conniventia tubuiu obconicum for- 

 mantia, l*asi in vagimim permanifestam, late ovalem, margine pallidam, 

 dorso + violascentem, chartaceo-coriaceam, utrinque lepidibus miiiutissimis, 

 dorsalibus sub lo:ite fove^olarum speciem praebentibus, brunneis denbe con* 

 sitjim dilatata, exteriora pnuca a medio pateulia vel + decurva, iuteriora 

 plura suberecta et ereeta, super viigimuu perlonge minuLe coustiicta sub- 

 eusiiormia, apice lale mauifeste acuta conspicueque mucronata, usque ad 

 7 m. longa, 42 mm. liaa, supra saturate subtus pallidius viridia, sicca co- 

 riaceo-cbartacea, couspicue caniiliculato-concava, adulta glal^ra, Infloeiks- 

 CGNTiA 20— 24-flora, plaua^ disticlie spicata simplicissima, folia longe sn- 

 perans in scapi cinssi, stricte erecti, glabri, valde glutinosi, vaginis inferi^ 

 oribus solemnifer violaceis, superioribus virentibus, plus quam amplexi* 

 canlibus margine solemniter seso tegentibus, subovatis, late acutis minute- 

 qne mucrouatis, margine pallidis, glabris, dorso dissite immerse punctu- 

 laiis superioribusque valde glutinosis, omnibus stricte erectis scapumque 

 adpresse involventibus inter sese couglutinatis dense induti apice elata, 

 ad 0,4 m. longa, 90 mm, lata, circuitu lanceolata, apice acuta; rhacbi 

 glaberrima, subquadrangulari, ut videtur virente, recta, valde glutinosa; 

 bractels per antbesin + 15 mm. aequaliter distautibus, rigidis, margine 

 prope basin saepius anguste violascentibus (ceterum virentibus?), concavo- 

 complicatis, glaberrimis, intus omnino, dorso prope basin viscosis, ad 50 mm. 

 longis, latissime ovatis, apice acuminula percrassa, saepius obscura, minu- 

 tissime incurva praeditis ceterum rectis, quam sepala j)*'!^!!^ bievioribus. 

 Flouks per autliesin subpateutes, fere omnino bracteis involuti, ad 50 mm. 

 lungi, percrasse conspicue pedicelhiti; skpalis crasse coriaceis, quam 

 luaxime s.-couvolutis conum anguatumj paullo sursnm curvatum circa 

 petala formantibus, glal)errinus, viscosis, + 40 mm. longis, ovalibus, apice 

 (expianatis) obtusinsculis, baud carinatiSj liberis, Petala lutea (ex cL 

 Glaziou!), sepalis 6 mm. longiora^ liueari lingulata, apice subpatentia rotun- 

 data manifesteque emarginafa, basi ligulis biuis perelongatis, 11 mm, longis, 

 tenuissirais, e basi longe coutracta triangubiribus, acutis, ovarii apicem 

 omnino velautibus aucta. Stamina petala ad 4 mm, superautia, filamentis 

 linearil)us, basi + incrassatis paulloque dilatatis; autbeiis luteis, 9 mm, 

 longis, per anlhesin (ut videtur) in fascem legularem congUitinatis, line- 

 aribus, utrinque acutiusculis, 3 mm. a basi dorsifixis; pollinis grauulis 

 optime ellipsoideis, maximis, profunde sulcatis, reti teuuissimo sed per- 

 ex^jresso, regiilari ornatis. Ovarium conicum, persensim in stylum eras- 

 siusculum, trisulcatum transiens; stigmatil)us autheras superuntibuSj mihi 

 nondum visis; placentis interuo loculorum angulo a basi fere usque ad 

 apicem affixis; ovulis oo, crassie, apice oblique coruutis. 



Habitat in Brasilia loco mihi ignoto : Qlaziou n. 13260 (herb. 

 Warming.), 1H263 (het^b. Berol) ; ad PetropoUn : idem n. 16463, Floret 

 Decembri. (V. s. in h€7*h. cit. spontaneam et cult, in herb. Leod.) 



15. VRIESEA CORCOVADENSIS Mez: foliis super 

 vaginam baud angustatis, sensim acutis, dorso viridibus con- 

 coloribus; scapo erecto, vaginis quam internodia longioribus; 

 inflorescentia parce laxeque panniculata, submultiflora, folia 

 superante; bracteolis late ellipticis, apice acutiusculis, concavo- 

 complicatis apicem versus paullo carinatis, quam sepala longi- 

 oribus; iioribus distichis, suberectis ; sepalis anguste ellipticis, 

 apice subrotundatis; petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus 

 (evolutis nondum visis sine dubio petala superantibus) fila- 

 mentis apice hand dilatatis; seminibus cauda apicali longa, 

 integra auctis. 



Tillandsia Corcovadensis Britten in Joitrn, Bot. 1888. 

 p. 172; Bak. Brom, p. 191. n. 144. 



Tillandsia veniricosa Wawra (nee Grls.) in 

 Zeitschr. XXX. p. 222 et in Bull. Feder. Soc. 

 1880. p. 71 et It. Sax.'Coh. p. 171. 



Oesterr. hot. 

 Hort. Belg. 



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Epiphtta (ex cU. Gi.aziou!, "Wawiia!), acaulis, florifera + 0,4 m. 

 aUa, rbizonoate primnm gracili, horizoulali, undo, kaiapbyUorum delapso- 

 rum cicatricibns obscure annulato, turn valde iuciass;ito, erecto, snhturbi- 

 nato, vapiuis rndiiuentarie persistentibus, castaneis dense sfrobiliformiter 

 luduto. Foi.iA 20-40 penlenae rosulata, subtus arete conniveutia utriculum 



