i 



539 



BROMELIACEAE : VRIESEA. 



540 



ftindibulum margine unaulosom, pnpillosnm formantilms; placentis interno 

 loculoram angalo a basi ad "(* iilttt. fertiliter affixis; ovulis a=, tenuibus, 

 breviasime fnniculntis, apice in candam tenuera, aequilongam productis, 

 iiitcgumento exteriore interius longe Ruperante basiu versus carapanulutira 

 dilatato, truncato. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Botafoga : Martins, 

 prope Copacahana: Ghtziou n. 12225, ad Pdropolin: idi-m n. 143^3, 

 16471. Fiord Septirnhri—Octohti, Decnnbri—Januario. (V. 8. in herb. 

 BeroL, Monac, Tetrop., Warming.) 



22. VRIESEA PROCERA Mez: foliis super vagiiiam 

 hand iingustatis, apicem versus persensim minute angustatis 

 (lenuim rotundate acutiusculis acumiiiulaiiue parva auctis, 

 dorso viridibus concoloribus (vel minute transverse pictis?); 

 scapo erecto, vaginis internodia superantibus vel summis ea 

 exacte aequantibus; infloresceiitia co-flora, laxe ample panni- 

 culata, folia superante; bracteoli.s dlipticis, apice late aciitis, 

 baud incurvis nee carinatis, quam sepala brevioribus; floribus 

 patentibus; sepalis oblongis, apice late rotundatis; petalis 

 lingulatis, biligulatis ; staminibus petala sine dubio superantibus, 

 filumeatis apice baud diUtatis; ovulis longe caudatis ; seminum 

 Cauda apicali Integra. 



Tillandsia procera Mart, ap Roem. et SchuU. St/st. VII. 

 p. 1224. n. 51 ; Bah Brom. p. 225. n. 296. 



Epiphyta (ex cU, MARXiust, Sai.zmann!, WawiiaI), acuulis, florifera 

 sat'pius ultrii 1 m. alta, rhizoiiiiite brevi, percrasso, erecto, vaginariiiti 

 (leliipsarum rudimentis bnmneis obtccfo. Folia ad 20 perdense rosulataj 

 wibtus arete convergentia ntricalum mimifestura, basin versus sonsim atte- 

 noAtiun formantia, basi in vaginam confipicnniiij snbovalem, rigide coria- 

 ceam, apice intns saepins violasceiitem, ceterum utrinque castaaeain, lepi- 

 dibiis ininntissimis, bninneis, panctuliformi-immeLsis dense coDsitam sensini 

 dilalata, apicera vernns persensim minute angustata sublingulata, detnum 

 rotundate acutiuscula acuiuiuubique parva^ tenui aucta^ margiue prope 

 apicem (sicca) semper fere aicuatim reflexa» + 0,4 ni. louga, super vaginam 

 60 mm, lata^ utriuque aequaliter laete viridia, subtas pallidiora, ob Incem 

 visa veuuli^s uudiilatis tenuitiaimis tranaversalibus praedila, valde latec^ue 

 c^iuulicnlato-coneava, adolta glabvuta, chartacea. iNFLOitBSCETfTiA cc-fiora, 

 usque ad apicem e raniulis elongatis, perlaxe diaticbe 7-"4-flori3 compo- 

 eita, pannicolata, folia manifesle superans in scnpi crasei (usque ad 9 mm. 

 diam."), erecti, glabri, foHolis maltis e basi omniuo aniplexicanli scnpnm- 

 que lubulose involvente in laminaiu foliis rosulae omnino aequalem, sub- 

 erectani, internodia snperantem vel (summis) exacte aeqnantem dissite in- 

 duli apice elata, + 0,5 m. longa^ 0,13 m, diam., perlaxa; axibus glaberrimis, 

 primario valido, tereti, secundariia tenuisaimis, valde angulatis, patentibus, 

 10 mm. a basi prophyllo tubulose erecto peradpreasoque , ochreiformi 

 jwaeditis; bracteis subcoriaceis, primariis infima basi amplexicaulibus 

 marginibus angiilo acuto ibi coalitis, dorsp (iuferioribus saltern) lepidoto- 

 punctulatia, valde cuucavis, ovato-triLuigulaributi, acutis tenuibsimeque bre- 

 viler mucronulatis; bracteolis florigeris dorso glaberrimis iiitidisque, mar- 

 gine raaniffste undulatis, per anthesin 20—30 mm. distantibus UKugiuibus 

 nuUo modo imbricatis, ellipticis, apice late acntis, nullo nmdo iucurvatis, 

 inttts fere omnino glabris, + 28 mm. longis, 13 ram, latis supromis quoqne 

 quam eepala manifeste (ad 3 mm.) brevioribus- Flokks patentes, 28 mm, 

 loDgi, pedicello couspicuo, obconico elati; skpams (citrinis) valde s.-convo- 

 lutis couuiu augustum circa petala forraanti bus, 23 mm, longia, 8 mm. latia, 

 oblongis, apice (explanatis) late rotundatis, iutus parce lepidoto-punctulatis, 

 baud carinatis, Prtala citrina sepalis + 6 mm, longiora, lineari-lingu- 

 lata, apice optime rotundafa, peralte (10 mm. a basi) liyulis binis, teuuis- 

 aimi?, lanceolatis, acutis aucta, Stami.va (floribus imptrfectis moIuui mihi 

 perscrutatis) petalis manifeste (3,5 mm) breviora a me visa, st-d per an- 

 tbesin vix nou petnla superantia, filamentis tenuibus^ apice nullo niodo 

 dilalatia; antheris fere 5 mm. longis, linearibus, utrinque obtnsis, 1 nun. 

 a baai dorsifixis; polline mihi ignoto. Ovarium anguste pyraraidatum, 

 vaMe tnangulare, persensim in stylum gracillimum transiena; stigmate ab 

 antberis aupecato; plaeeutis interno loculorum angulo a basi ad medium 

 ftrtiltbua afCxisi ovulia cc, ercctis, gracilibus, perlonge tenuiter caudatis* 



CAPStfLA tenuiter cyliudrica, + 50 mm. longa, sepalis (nunc explnnatiSj 

 aubcampauulatis) cincta, patens, apice acuta rostrataque, exocarpio allutaceo, 

 apicem versus rubente, endocarpio vernicoso-nitido, atro, Skmin'a tenuiter 

 fusilbrmia + 4 mm. longa, atra, apice cauda maxima, spiraliter torta, 

 basi piloriim brannesceotiam, valde sericantium, + 25 mm. longorum coma 

 pappiformi uppendicnlata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Bahia, uhi in arboribus ad Jlumen Ita- 

 hype leg. Martins et loco non indivato: Salzmann n. 541. (V. s. in herb. 

 CandolL, Monac.) 



+ 



Var. DEBiLis Me0: foliis multo brevioribus (0,2 m.), scapi 

 vaginis internodia baud aequantibus, bracteolis apice nonnuUis 

 minutissime incurvulis a typo diflfert. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Bumio (mihi ignot.) : 

 Mikan. (V. s. in herb. Yindob.) 



Var. GRACILIS Gaudich. (spec.) a typo manifeste differt 

 floribus saepissime suberectis, bracteis sepala nonnunquam 

 subaequantibus. — Utraque differentia variabili, quam primo 

 intuitu speciem distinctam appellares varietatem , specifice 

 distinguere non potui. 



Vriesea gracilis Gaudich. Bonite, t 67. 

 Tillandsia gracilis Grls. fide Bale. Brom. p. 225. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro: Gaudichaud, Neres- 

 Armond 'n. 390-, Wawra II. n. 515; in Restingn prope tirbem: Lund 

 in herb. Warming, n. 2169 et Minas Gei-aes ad Juiz de. Fora : Wawra 11. 

 n- 203j nee 7>on S. Paulo prope Santos: Mosen n- 3249. A cL Glaziou 

 horto PetropoUtano trudita^ in collectione sicca r^on conseivata. Floret 

 Fehruaj'ioy Martio. (V. s. in herb. Harm., Petrop., Vindoh. et a cL 

 Neves-Armond herbaria meo commxmieatam.) 



23. VRIESEA SAUNDERSIl E. Monii. foliis super 

 vaginam nullo modo angustatis, apice obtusiusculis acumine 

 imposito, maculis triste purpureis consitisj scapo erecto, vaginis 

 quam internodia longioribus; inflorescentia submultiflora vel 

 multiflora, laxe panniculata, folia superante; bracteolis solem- 

 nissime distichis, ovato-ellipticis, apice rotundatis, hand in- 

 curvis, minute obscureque carinatis, quam sepala brevioribus; 

 floribus suberectis; sepalis ellipticis, apice late rotundd-tis, 

 vix carinatis; petalis lingulatis; staminibus petala superantibus?, 



filamentis apice baud dilatatis; seminum cauda apicali tenui, 

 Integra. 



Vriesea Saundersil E. Morr. in Bely. hori. 1S75. p. 349 

 (nomen). 



TiUandda SaundersU C. Koch, Ind. Sem. hort. BeroL 

 1873. app. IV. p. 6; Bah. Brom, p. 230. n. 319. 



Enclwlirion SaundersU Andre iii III. Hort. 1873. p. 124. 

 t. 122 ; Bev. Hort. 1872. p. 300. 



Sine ullo dubio EPipnTTA, araiilis, florifera ad 0,5 m. alta. Folia 

 ad 20 perdense rosuLita, suhtns arete conniveutia xitricnlum mauifestissi- 

 mum, Lyatbiformem, solo rotundate iusidentem eflFormantia, basi iu vaginam 

 perconspicuam, elongate ovalem, ebartaceara, basiu versus + bruunes- 

 centem, dorso maculis paivis triste purpureis dense obtectam, utrinque 

 lepidibns njiuulisriimis peradpressisqiie, inferioribua allutaceis, superioribus 

 centre bruuueis niaigine late pallidis deuse obtectam, paullo inflatam bre- 

 vitpr dilatata, omnia solemui.ssime arcuatiin decurvafa apiceque saepius 

 + revolnta, super vnyiiiam nullo modo angustata lingulata, apice obtusiaa- 

 cula indeqne sensim in acumen aiijjiistissimum impositum angustata, 

 ± 0,3 m. louga, super vaginam 44 mm. lata, supra ylauco-viridia adulta 



