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XXIX. CATOPSIS Griseb. 



Catopsis Gris. in Goetlwg. Nachr. 1844. p. 10. 21 et Fl. Br. 

 W.-Ind. Isl (1864) p. 590 ; Benlh. in Benth. el TIooJc Gen. 

 III. (1883) p. 670; Wittmack in Engl, et Trantl, Nat. Fflayizm- 

 fain. II. 4. (18S8) p. 59; Bah Brom. (1889) p. 153. — 

 PooosPERMUM Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. I. p. 827. — 

 TossACiA Kl. ap. Beer, Brom. (1857) j?. 9. 20. 21. — Til- 

 LANDSIAE Spec. Cham, et Schdl. in Linnnea VI. p. 35 ; Griseh. 

 in Goett. Nachr. 1864. p. 16; Hook Exot. Fl. t. 218; Li., 

 Kl, Otto, Ic. t. 40; Sw. Prodr. p. 56 et Flor. Ind. Occ. 



I. p. 588. 



Plores hermaphroditi. Sefat.a libera, sinistrorsum 

 convoluta, asymmetrica vol suLasymmetrica, apice (ex- 

 plauata) obtusa vel acutiuscula, glabra vel dorso lepi- 

 dota. Petala in aestivationc dextrorsum convoluta, 

 solcmnitor basin usque libera filamentorum omnium 

 basin includontia, lingulata vel ovato lanccolata, rarius 

 angustiora lincari-lingulataj apice acuminulo imposito 

 rotundata vel acutiuscula , per anthcsin apice paullo 

 patcntia e sepalis minute solum emergentia, eiigulata. 

 Stamina 6 sub antbesi iuclusa petalisque multo breviora, 

 biscriatim sepalis et turn pctalls alternantia ; filaincntis 

 linearibus et + complanatis , ser. I. liboris , ser. II. 

 petalis altiuscule connatis ; antheris ovatiSj hand procul 

 a basi dorsifixis ; pollinc sulcato retatoque. Ovarium 

 supcmm, glabrum , ovoideum vel pyramidatum; stylo 

 antlieras aequante; stigmatibus linearibus. Placentae 

 lineares. Ovula subpuuca, brevissime funiculata, apice 

 longe caudiita, intcgumcntis perelongatis iuteriore ex- 

 terius superante. Capsula medium usque vel ultra 

 septicide dehisccns ^ acuta ; cxocarpio saepius rugoso ; 

 endccarpio facillime dissolute , brunneo , vernicoso. 

 Semina ampullacea vel ovoidea, crassiuscula, appendice 

 apicali maxima pappiformi, e filis tenuissimis, sericanti- 

 bus formata, basali stipitiformi vel conica, facile item 

 in fibros dissolvenda aucta, testa crassa fibrosa, facile 

 separanda cincta. 



Herbae haplobiottcae, acaulesj epiphytne, rJiizomafe 

 hrevi nunc brevissimo, radicibus paucis. Folia per- 

 dense, rosulata, basi in vaglnam amplexlcauleni vel semi- 

 amplexlcaulem, utrinque lepkUhus parvis conspersam nee 

 villosam, utriculum plerumque angustum ad aquam coeli 

 recipiendam servandamque idoneiim dilatata, Unearia, 

 apice acumine imposito rotundata vel breviter Jongitisve 

 acuta, integerrlma, adulta glabrata vel praesertim dorso 

 lepidibus mlnutls adpressisque consita, nonmmquam macidis 

 brunnescentibus ornata. Inelorescentia in scapi tenuis, 

 erecti vel saepius nidantis penduJive, folioUs vagini- 

 formibtis + dense obtecti apice aut simplex laxe spicata 



aut saepius e ramis spkatls flores quaquaversos gerenti- 

 bus composita panniculata. Flores sessiles j petalis 

 albis vel virentibus, 2)arvi indecorique. 



Genus ad species paiicas solum Antillanas, Mexicanas, 

 Andinas limitandum Tillandsiae sine ullo dubio peraffine 

 characteribus diiferentialibus adhuc indicatis, e funiculi longi- 

 tudine ovulorumqiie situ desumptis omnino fictitiis non nisi 

 semiuum uiaturorum tt^sta orassa separaudum. Arboiibus 

 epiphytae, speciem unlearn latissime per Americam tropicam 

 dispersam in Brasiliae fines dimittunt. 



Species Brasiliensis: 



CATOPSIS NUTANS Bak. foliis subpaucis, dense 

 cratorifurmi-rosulatis , apice rotnudutis acuminuhitisque ; in- 

 floreaceiitia aut simplid spicata aut e spicis 2 — 3, rarissime 

 pluribus coinposiia panniculata, erecta; bracteolis quam sepala 

 duple brevioribus; floribns ad 10 mm. longis; sepalis valde 

 asymmeti'icis concavisque , obtasis ; petalis ovato-lanceolatis ; 

 ovulis infra appendicem valde constrictis. 



Tabula nostra CVll (habitus et analysis). 



Catopsis nutans Bah. (nee Grw.) in Journ. Bot. 1887. 

 p. 176 et Brom. p. 156. n. 13. 



Tillandsia nutans Sw. Prodr. p. 56 et FL Ind. occ. I. 

 p. 588; Willd. Spec. II p. 13; Alt. Hort. Keiv. ed. 2. II 

 p. 203; Smith in Bees^ Cycl. n. 9; Schult. in B. et S. Syst. 

 VII. p. 1321. n. 43. 



Tussacia nutans Beer ap. Bale. Brom. p. 156. 



Pogospermmn mdans Bromjn. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5. 

 I. p. 327. 



Tillandsia sessHiflora R. et P. Flor. Peruv. III. p. 42. 



t. 271; Schult. in B. et S. SijsL VII. p. 1226. n. 55. 



Tussacia .•^essdi/lora Beer, Brom. p. 101. 



Pogospermum sessiUflortim Brongn. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 

 5. I. p. 327, 



Benealmia pemlula Gaertn. fide Bak. Brom. p. 156. 

 Catopsis nitida Gris. Cat. Cub. p. 255. 



Epiphyta, acaulis, florifera saepisKinie vix ultra 0,2, uonnnnqnam 

 usque ad 0,4 m. alta, fouis snbpancis (4—10) perdeuse rosulatis, snbtus 

 arete couniventi-imbri<atis craterum mauifestum foimantibus, subereetis 

 vel erectis, basi in vagiuatu latiusculam , amplexicaulem , virentem vel 

 pivnidam, iutegerrimam , lepidibus minntis peradpressis , niargine palHdis 

 medio bruuueis utriuyue deuse eousilain, eliipticani peiaensim dilatatis, 

 siieto vix ultra 0,14 m. loDgis, 22 mm. latis, late linearibus, apice soleiu- 

 niter rotiindati.s mncroiieque miti imposito ucuminulatis, iutegeniinis, 

 iitriiiqne laete viiidibus siibgbibratis vel lepidibu-s peradpressis obsciirisque, 

 centro + brnnnescenlibus cousptrsis. iNfi.ouicscKNTiA aut simplex spk-ata 

 aut e spicis 2— 3, rarissime phnibus, siibaequalibus composita pauuiculata, 

 pauciflora— submultiflora, e foliorum cratero eentnilis prodiens enque + 

 snperaiis in scapi teuuis, erecti (nnnqnam pemlnli vel notantis), glabri, 

 vagiuis amplexicanlibus, glalms, subovalibus, apice acutis, involntim 

 seapum amplectentibus ejusque internodiis multo breviorlbus laxe imluti 

 apice elata, laxiuacnla; rhachi glabra, recta, flores quaquaveisos gerente; 

 bracteis subereetis, flores axiliares recipientibus iisque intime adpressis, 

 ovato-eHiptitis, obtusiusculis, quani sepala subduplo brevioiibus. Fi-orks 

 subsessiles, per antliesin ail 10 moi. long), deilorati couspicue aucli, glubri, 

 snberecti; hki'ai.is gbibris, coriaccis, ad 7,5 mm. lougis, suborbicularibus, 

 apice obtasis, siuistrorsuui convolutis latere dextro in aUuii percouspicuam 

 dilatatis valde asymmetrlcis, per antbe.siu arete imbricatis valdeque con- 



