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BEOMELTACEAE : TILLANDSIA. 



584 



obtectnni, nd 8 mm. l:itam sennini clilatata, angnftlissime linearia ciasse 

 setiformiu, suhtrianmiluria, acuta, sueto hand ultra 0,2 m. longa, stricte 

 cit'cta, rigidula, glaurest^enti- vireulia, ad 10-uerviiij liiii^atiiii taiialiculala, 

 sicca complicata, dorao h;iud carmata, epi<leriuUlis celliiliH peitTassis fere 

 obUteratis, iutima basi utrim^ue fernigineo-, turn cinereo-IciPidola ponlcnse 

 fuiruracea, supra snt^lubrcsceutia, pcrcleiise immerse punchilata- IXKi.o- 

 RKSCKXTiA subpaaciflora vel pauciflora, plemniqne e spici^j densis, distirbis 

 3— 6-composita compncte panuicniata, raro simplex spicata, folia neijuans 

 7e\ minute ftuperaiifl vel iLs minute brevior in scapi tenuis, recti, dissite 

 floccose lepidoti, vauinis amplexicaulibus srapnmqne omnino iiivolventibnSj 



lancpolatia, summis qnoque longe filiformi-acuminatis, dorso baud liueatis 

 deDsinseule lepidotis vel demum subglabratij*, stride erectis, internodia 

 solemniter superuntibufl imbricatim indnti apice erecta, deusa, ad 50 mm, 

 louga, axi primariu lepidoto demnm glabrato, compresse augulato, vix 

 geDiculalo; secundariis (spicarnm) paullo (usque ad 10 mm,) diwtanter iu- 

 sertis, omuino bracteia obtectis, geuiculati8; bracteis primariis apice luijge 

 teuuitcrque acumiiiatU, ceterum tlorigeris rigide corlaceis ^ late ovatis, 

 acutia, qnaiu maxinie carinatini tomplicutiSj apice paullo brunesceuti- 

 bu8, dorso laevibus vel miuiite solum lin^^atis, sepala aequanlibus 

 et omnino occultantibuH^ lepidotis vel dennnn glahratis omnino similibus, 

 Fi.OHKfl stride erecti ; skpalis llberis, corijiccis, glabris, 10 — 12 mm. longis, 

 valde cnrinatim complicatis, lanceobitis, aontis, snbayiumetricis. Pktai.a 

 violacea, ad 27 ram longa sepala plus qnam duplo fluperaniia, per anlhesin 

 stricte erecta deuseque convotuta tubum oplimniu baaiu versus seusim 

 atteuuatum, aummum intra apicem minute eonstrictum fonnantia hand 

 zygomorpha, libera, aublineaiii^ apice acntiuacula, elignlata. iSiAMiNA libera^ 

 petula exacte uequantia, filamcntia teuuibua, anguslc lincanbua; anthciia 

 1,5 mm. luugis, flubovaliH, apice aciitluaeulis, luisi ad V^ I'cre incisia acu- 

 minutia binin praeditis, paullo infra medium doraiflxis; pollinis grauulis 

 ellipsoideia, utroque polo ncutiudculis, proftiDde snicalis, reti lenuiasimo 

 ornatis. Ovakum in partes 2 divisum, inferioii fertili, prismatito-cylin- 

 driro, multo longiore, superiore sterili trigono-ovoideo, profun<le S-snUato, 

 coriaceOj apice in stylum basin versus incrassatum, tenuem, irinngnlarem 

 aensim trunsennte; stigmatibus petalu superautibuB, tiliformibus, pauUo 

 tortis; plarenlis inleruo partis ovarii fertilis angulo longe lineatim aflixis 

 infime solora fertilibna ovula ad 20 breviter funiculnta, erecta, longe 

 ampullacea , apice oauda temii.H.sima longe appendicnlata prol'erentibus, 

 Capsula ad 19 mm, longa, snbcylindrica, utrinque acuta^ allufacea (hu- 

 luida murina), sublaevis, cudocarpio castaueo, pergameneo, nitido, facillime 

 aolubili; skminiul'S cCj fuaiformibus^ fere 3 mm. longis, l)runueis, superiore 

 polo mncrone stipitifnrmi conspicui*, ucuto, inferiure pilorum uiveoruni 

 apice + eohaerentium exterlornni ad aenjcn solutorunij ad 14 nun. longorum 

 ruina pappifornii appendiculatia. 



A cL Baker BrasUimtns diritttr^ mllu famen hide nondnm ohvia. 

 Leget^nt in Florida: Cabanis , Cnrtiss n. 2848; in AntiUarum insula 

 Cuba: Otto n. 50, GiboHet n.50,54, Rnmon de la Sagra ik 277, Wright 

 n. 683y Poeppig; Jamaica: Eggers n. 3699; Santo Domingo: Eggers 

 n. 2462 y Prenleloup n. 594, Foiteau, Dux Paul de WUrttcniberg n. 154, 

 244; in insula Portorico: Bertvro, Sintenis «, 6411^ Stahl n. 288. Floret 

 Septcmbri—Fehruario. (V. 8. in herb, Bci^ol, Boiss.'Barbvy., Br\iX,, 

 Candvli, Krug. et Urban., Monac.y Petrop.y Vindob.) 



2. TILLANDSIA SELLOA C. Kocn: foliis fasciculatis 

 utriculum haiul etfornianlibiis,setiformibus, quuquaversis, dense 

 lepidotis; iufloresceiitia seapo tenni elata, foliis breviore, 

 paudflora, simplicissima, distiche spicata; bracteis ovaio- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, sepala occultantibus, dorso lepidotis; sepalis 

 liberis, glabris; petalis tubulose erectis; stylo quam petala 

 mitUo breviore, 



Tillamlsia Sclloa C. Koch in Ind sent. hori. Berol 1873. 

 app, p. 7, 



Tillandsia selacea Bah (nee Sw. nee Hook) Bronup. 175. 

 ». 73 (e. p., quoad eit. sijnon. Koch., ceL exchis). 



Epiphyta videtur, dense caespitosa, acaulis, florifera ad 0,25 m, vel 

 infra alta> radicibus fibrosis crassiuaculis, valde llexuosis. F<)ma permulta 

 dense faacirulata, tubnm band furmantia, intima scapum altiu^cule vagi^ 

 nantia, baai in vaginam conspieuam, triangularem, intua infime glabram 



ceterum dense lepidibus magnis, nllutaceis obtectnni, ad 8 mm. latam 

 senaim dilatatis, augualissime linearil)tis, setiforniibus, apice in niiiui per- 

 longnm tenni-siinuinque prodn(tis, usque ad 0,25 m longis, stricte erectis, 

 Iriste subcinereo-virentibns, ad 13-nerviia, concavis, canaliculatis, dorso 

 baud carinalis;, <pidcrmidis rdlulis teuuibus, magnis, subisodiametricis; 

 utrlnqno perdeuse lepidibus niagni.s, allutaceis obtectis + aureo-micautibus, 

 INFT-ORKPCKNTIA pan(!iflora, siniplicissima, distiche spicata, e foliis centralis 

 prodieus iisque paullo superata^ in scapi tenuis, giabri, vaginis amplexi- 

 cnulibus scapumque omnino involventibus, lanceolatis^ acutis inferioribus- 

 que in filuui tcuue produetis, dorso proniinentidiiieatis deusiuscuieque 

 lepidotis, internodia solemuitcr supeiantihus imbricatim indnti apice 

 erecta, densa, ad 45 mm. longa, 8mm. lata, utrinque acuta; rbacbi glabra, 

 conipresse angulosa, minute geniculaUi; luacteis erectis, ovato-lanoeolatis, 

 apice acutisj ad 19 mm. longis, valde cariuutini complieatis, dorso longi- 

 tudinal! ter prominenti- liueatis densiuscule lepidotis. Fj.okks nou nisi 

 deflorati valdeque imperfecte cogniti stricte erecli; skpams liberis, coria- 

 ceis, glabris, 19 mm. longis, lanceolatis, longe acniis, carinato-complicatis, 

 subsymmeiiicis. Pktai,a libera basi G-uervia, fenuissima, elignlata, ce- 

 terum ignota. Stamina ser. I libera, sen II petalis minutissime connata, 

 ceterum ignota. Ovarium in partes 2 divisum ; inferior fertilis prismatico- 

 cylindrica; superior sterilis subaequibmga trigone -globosa , profuude 

 3-sulcata, coriacea, apice iu stylum crassiusculum^ basin versus seusim 

 incvassatum, triangularem, ovarium tolvuu subduplo suptvauteni coutraeta; 

 stigmatibus sepala aequantibus quam petala multo brevioribus, valde pa- 

 pillosO'linibriatis, paullo foliolacee dilatatis, vix contojtis ; placentis in- 

 terno loculorum angulo ovarii partis inferioiis tola lougitudiue lineariter 

 affixis; ovulis qnoque in looulo niultis (nd 20) erectis, angusfe ampulla 

 ceis, brevi.sainie funiculatis iintegumenli.s aequi longis, truncatis, tenuiter 

 cylindricis, niicleo angnstloribus), ajiice rutundatis caudaque teuui 5 — G-pIo 

 breviore appendiculatia. Capscla ad 32 mm, longa, peranguata, acuta, 

 valvia basin usque septieide dehiscentibns spiraliter tortis, allutaceis, sub- 

 laevibns, opacis, intus membrana fusco-brunnea, niiida, facillime solnbili 

 obtectis. Skmina ignota. 



Habitat in Bra^diae proi\ Uio de Janeiro in Serra de Novo FH- 

 burgo: Saldanha in Schwacke herb, u- 4oS6 ; in prov- Parana in sylvis 

 prope Curitiba ley, Sdlow n, 46S4. (Y. s. in herb. BcroL et Schvacke.) 



3. TILLAN DSIA DURA Bak. foliis caiilem ± elongatum 

 obtegentibus, saepius omnibus conspicue arcuatis secundis, 

 peraiiguste triaiigulaiibus, adiiUis supi'a glabiatis subtus ad- 

 pressG lepidotis; inflorescentia scapo ci^assiusculo elata folia 

 manifeste superante, multitlora, simpUcissinia, perdense distiche 

 spicata j bracteis floralibiis ovatis, acuti:? breviterque mucronu- 

 latis sepala superantibus, dorso prope zonam mediam parce 

 argeiiteodepidoiis; sepalis liberis, glaberiimis; petalis tubulose 

 erectis; stamiuibus quam petala perpaullo brevioribus, antlieris 

 apice longe acutis ; stylo autheras superaute. 



Tabula nostra CVIII (habitus et analysis), 



Tillandsia dura Bah. Brom. p. 168. n. 40. 



Tillandsia linearis Waivra (nee Veil nee Bak) in Oesterr. 

 hot. Zeifschr. XXX p. 321 et in Bull Fcder, Soc. HorL Belg. 

 1880. p. 71 et It Sax.-^Coh, p, 174. 



pAXicorA videtur, ad 0,4 m, vel paullo infra alia, eaule niauifeslo, 

 solemniter arcuato, subtus foliorum delapaornm rndimenlis pallidis, mom- 

 branaeeis induto. Folia qo caiilem perdense obtegeuliil, aut omnia erecta 

 aut crebriua conspicue arcuata omnia secunda, perrigida, basi iu vnginam 

 brevem, pallidam, membranaceo-pellucidam, intus glabram dorso lepidoto- 

 brunueam persensim dilatata, perangnste subtriangularia a basi usque ad 

 apicem haxid liliformem attenuata, usque ail 0,2 m, longa, super vaginam 

 ad 11 mm. lata, glaueo-viridia, valde eaualiculata, supra glabrata, subtus 

 lepidibus peradpressis ad tblii basin umbriuis , a medio centro brunneia 

 margine late pallidis dense obtecta. Infi.oucsckxtia miilti (ad 20)-flora, 

 simplicissima perdense spicata, in caulis saepius pauciramosi apice folia 

 manifesle superans, scapo crassiusculo, glaberrimo, usque ad 0,13 ni- longo, 

 vriginis sulworiaceis, ovatis, interioribus mediisque longe amminatis, gninmis 



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