545 



BKOMELIACE AE : VEIE8EA. 



546 



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28. VRIESEA UNILATERALIS Mez: foliis super va- 

 ginam hand angustatis, aequaliter viridibus; scapo erecto 

 vagiiiis imbricalis; iiiflorescentia simplice, siibmultiflora, uui- 

 lateraliter subspicata; bracteolis ovatis; floribus erecto-pa- 

 tentibus. 



Tillandsia unil aler alls Bah in Jonrn. Bof. 1888. p. 105 

 et Brom. p, 218 n. 264. 



r 



Foi.TA ad 12 rosTilata, e hasi 38—50 mm. lata, ol>]oiiga lorata, pedis 

 loDgitudinem excedentia, medio ad 25 mm. lata, temiia Oexibiliaque, snb- 

 glabra, ntrinque pallide viridia. Scapus folia snperans, vagiuis iml)ricatis 

 adpressis iudntus. iNt'LOUBSCENTiA simplex, unilateraJiter (seenmle) spl- 

 cala, 0,15 — 0.2 m. loiiga, floribus 9—12 erecto-patentibus; bracteis flori- 

 geris ovatis, ad 25 mm. longis. Skfala 25 mm. loiiga. Petai.a igaota. 

 Capsulae valvae 38 mm. loiigae, 13 mm. latae. 



Habitat in BrasiUae prov. S. Paulo prope Santos : Burchell n. 3347. 

 Ob.s, Plantain iion vidi; diagu. ex Bakkii, I.e. 



29. VRIESEA CLAUSSENIANA Mez: foliis super 

 vaginam baud angustatis; scapo erecto; inflorescentia sirn- 

 pUce, dense secunde spicata, folia superaiite; bracteolis sub- 

 orbicularibus; sepalis oblongis, obtusis; petalis lingulatis, 



Tillamlsia Clausseniana Bale. Brom. p. 213. n. 243. 



+ 



4 



Folia lorata e vagiua ovata, ad 50 mm. lata in lamiiiam loD^ta- 

 (liuem peOalem baud aequauteiUj medio 38 mm. latam, fexibilem, sub- 

 glubram producta. Scapus fl — I'/a-pedalfs) foliu superaus. Infj.ores- 

 CENTiA dense secunde spieatu simplex, pedalis; bracteis Qorigeris suborbi- 

 cularibusj coriaceis, 25 mm, longis latisqiie, Skpala 25 mm. louga, ob- 

 loTiga, obtufta. Pktala IiDgulata (ex cL Baker 13 ram, longa, id quod 

 in statu evoluto omnino impossibile!) 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Mlnas Geraes m Se^'ra dc Carassa : 

 Claussen. 



Obs. riantam hod vidi; diagn, ex BakkU| 1. c. 



30. VRIESEA GONIORACHIS Mez: foliis super vagi- 

 nam haud angustatis , apicem acutiusculum versus sensim 

 attenuatis, baud pictis; scapo erecto; vaginis internodia 

 aequautibus vel iis pauUo brevioribus; infloresceutia simpli- 

 cissima, multiflora, disticha, pinnata, folia superante; bracteolis 

 suborbicularibus, apice rotundatis, quam sepala permulto 

 brevioribus; floribus suberectis; sepalis late ellipticis, apice 

 rotundatis; petalis latissime lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus 

 quam petala brevioribus, filamentis apice baud dilatatis; ovulis 

 breviter caudatis; semiuum cauda apicali brevi, Integra. 



Tillandsia goniorachis Bah. in Journ. Bot. 18S7. p. 803 

 et Brom. p. 187. n. 127. 



Saxicola (ex cl. GlaziouIJ, acaulis, florifera ad 0,7 m. alta, rhizo- 

 inate crap.so, erecto, strobilacee foliorum delapsornm rudimentis castaneis, 

 rigidiiiscniis obtecto, proles complures proferente. Folia + 20 perdeo-se 

 rosulata, subtns arete conuiventJa utricnlnm manifestom, obcouicum for- 

 mautia, basi in vaginam perconspicuam, ovalem, chartaceo-coriaceam, mar- 

 gine anguste palUdam, apicem versus saepius ± violasceutem, utrioque 

 densissirae lepidibus minutis, adpressis, brnnnescentibus ol>tectani sensim 

 dilatata, omnia stricte erecta, longe triangularia e basi in apicem tennem, 

 periigianm, acutiusculum, uuciuatlm recnrvum sensim angiistata, sicca 

 margine solemiiiter revoluta, ad 0,3 lu. lou*;a, super vaginam 30 mm. lata, 



Bromel, 



ngide coriacea, canesowti-viriaia, utriuque perdense lepidibus e generis 

 mnjoribuR, adpressis, pallidis oblecta vel nouumiquam (praeseriiiu donw) 

 adulta + glabrescenti.i. In-plorksckktu muUiflyra, dense duticbe sub- 

 racemosa Bimplicissima, folia 2-3 plo Mip<TaMiaMpi cnariustuli, ereiU, 

 glabri, apicem versus + glauco-prninoM, vi^nis nniUis Uto onOs, acu- 

 fcis vel supremis subrotundatis, dorso primura deusioacule lepMotis domum 

 glaliratis, siccis lividis, umiabitim brunneo-mar^natis, erectis Rc.ipnm 

 auriculatim ampleclentibus, int^ruodia awiuantibus vel iis pauUo breviori- 

 bus praediti apice erect;), usque ad 0,3 m. Jonga, 4U mm. lata, circuita 

 optime linearis; rliaibi crassa, glaucopruiuosa, subquadraugulari iuttuper- 

 que proininenler liueata, wlemuiter rogolariteniae flezuoae geuituUta; 

 bracteis (siccis saepissime lividis) dorso glEttOhpruinosis, carooM oorimceia 

 percrassis, valde concavis snlwomplicalis, hand cnrinatin, explanatis sub- 

 orbicularibus, apice late rotundatis nee mucronatls, 10 mm. diitMtUiua 

 margiiiibus nuilo modo imbrieatis, intus valde viacosis, pallide crispoU- 

 timque marginatis, dorso pallide punctulatim immerBC, iutus rastaneo- 

 lepidotis, 20 mm. vel paullo ultra longis florcs baud involventibnt, quam 

 sepala permulto Itrevioribuii. Flobks vireutes vel laLeo-vireutea (ex cl. 

 Gi.AZiou!), 40 mm. lougi, mauifeste peicrasstquc podiccUaii, per aulbesin 

 suherecti; srpams s.-convolutis comiui crassinu, obtnaiuKulum circa prUila 

 formantibns, ad 22 mm. longis, IB ram. latis, Ute ellipticU api.e (expla- 

 natis) latissime rotundatis, percrasse carnoae corlards, dorso glabri «, inlus 

 valde viscosis dissite lepidotis, baud carinatis, Pktai,* sopalli -^ 16 mm. 

 lougiora, quoad longitiidinera omnia minute inaetjualia, blissime lingulata, 

 per autbesin omnino erccta tubulosa (ex cl. Gi.Azioul), apice laiisRime 

 rotundata, emarginata, 2 mm. a basi Jiguliii binis mazimia, apice truocatift, 

 latere in acumen atigustum peracutum, lougissimum productia aucta. 

 Stamina petalis + 6 mm. brcviora, per authcain iuclusa, filamentis c^r- 

 nosis, latiuscule linearibus, apice baud, basi valde triangulu - dilatalls; 

 antheris pro speciei baliitu generis maxiniis, 10 mm. longifi, 2 mm. latls, 

 sublinearibus, apice acutiuscuHs, 2 rom. a basi rotur.data, incisa dorsiflxia; 

 polliuis granulis percrasse fusiformibna, utroque polo manifeste acntis, 

 leviter sulcatis, reti crasso, monilifurmiter e ptmctulis percouspicuis com- 

 posito, regulari ornatis. Ovakium pyramidato-ovoideum, sensim in stylum 

 crassum, in aulherarum alliludine valde complanatum altenatum; stiKuia- 

 tibus quam peUtIa miuulii^siuie brevioribus iu infuudibuluni piufundum, 

 latere iucisum, margine pulvinalim papillosum conuatis; plau nils iritorno 

 loculorum ai^;nIo fertiliter a basi paullo ultra medium aHixis; ovulis uiultis, 

 erectis, snbclavatis, apice rotundatis eaudaque complanata, lata, triple bre- 

 viore appendiculatis, integumento exteriore interius pins quam duplo su- 

 perante. Capsui,a basi sepalis persisleutibus, explanatis, subcampanulatis 

 ciucta percrassa, ellipsoidea vel obovoidea, apice acuta nee roatrata, 35 mm. 

 longa, 20 mm. diam.; exocarpio uiabrino, nitldo, et longitudiualiter pro- 

 miuenti-striato et transverse solemnitec rugoso, cndouarpiu atro, pcruilidu ; 

 valva antica basin usque, posticis binis ad medium septicide dcliisceutibus 

 valde concavis, apice sueto ad 5 mm. locuUcide incisis. Skmina percrassa, 

 fufsco-brunnea, paullo curvata, basi longe, apice breviter acuta, ad 5 mm. 

 longa, laevia, nitida, apice cauda obliqua brevi tenuique, basi piloram 

 subferrugineorum, pauIo ecricantium, 15 mm. lougomm coma pappiformi 

 append iculata. 



Habitat in Brasilia orientali ad Bolafoga in monte „Sacchari 



pants": Glaziou n. 1G462 et ad Andamhy Grande in Pcdni do Jlhra: 



idem n. 15471. Fiord Sqitembri, Dccemhri. (V. 8. in kerb. Berol, 

 Bru£., Peirop., Warming.) 



31. VRIESEA PLATZMANNI E. Morr. foliis super 

 vagiuam baud constrictis, apice acutis vel acumine imposito 

 rotundatis, dorso maculatis; scapo erecto, vagiuis omuibus 

 quam internodia permulto brevioribus; inflorescentia simpli- 

 cissima, pauciflora, secunda, folia superante; floribus sub- 

 patentibns vel erectis; sepalis elongate ellipticis, apice rotun- 

 datis; petalis lingulatis, biligulatis; staminibus quam petala 

 brevioribus, filamentis apice baud dilatatis; ovulis conspicue 



caudatis. 



Vriesea Platsmanni E. Morr. in Belg. Horl. 1875. 



p. 349. t 23. - 



Tilltuuhia Plalzmanni Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1888. p. 104 



et Brom. p. 218. n. 267. 



Tillandsia lancifolia Bale. Brom. p. 202. n. 193. 



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