587 



BROMELIACEAE : TILLANDSIA, 



588 



flora, E5inipUcissima laxe disticbe spicata; bracteis floralibiis 

 late ovatis, acutis, apict^ pauUo incurvis, dorso dense lopidotis, 

 sepala superantibus; sepalis liberis, dorso lepidoto-tomentellis; 

 petalis tubiilose erectis; staminibus petala sino dubio supe- 

 rantibus. 



Tabula nostra CIX (habitus et analysis)* 



KpumiytaI, iicaulis, ilorifera a<l 0>2 m, alta, rhizomate iiullo, radi- 

 cilius grucilibuft , eloiiguti^i , piiutiramosis , subrettif^. Folia 10—15 pen- 

 dense roBulaia, extinui quain ni;ixime coDcava brevia subsqnaniiformia, 

 reliqua subtns intime imbricata utiicuhun perconspininm, anguste ovo- 

 ifknni fannantia, basi in va^inam niaxiniam perelongatamqiie, snbovalem, 

 coriaccam, infime glabram reliquum \\\i\x^ omnmOi dorso quoad a foliis 

 reliquis tecta lepidihus umbriuis peradpressis deose obtectam sensim dila- 

 tata, extima arcnatim recurva, media intimaque subereuta irregnliiiiter 

 curvata, rigidiust:ula, valde canaliculato-t^ucava apicein saltern longe cras- 

 seque subfiUformeui versus involuta, e basi perlouge acuta i usque ad 

 0,2 m. loiiga, sicca bruunescentia, dense lepidihus bruuneseentibus, per- 

 adpressis obtecta apicem versus subglabrescentla. Inflokksckntia sub- 

 paud (G— 8)-/lora, siuipliti^.siiua laxe distidie spieatn, e foliis centralis 

 proditus eaquc subaequauft vel iis miuute brevior in scapi cra^sinseuli. 

 diaaite lepidoli, cnrvi, ad 80 mm. longi, vaginis late ovatis, infeiioribus 

 acnminatis, Bummis arutis, dorso dense pnllide lepidotis veniilosisque^ 

 margine (siccis) anguste pellueidis, coriaceifl, quam iuternodia multo lon- 

 RioribuH, paullo inflatis imlnti apioe ehita, laxe disticha compbinata, ad 

 90 mm. loDga, yO mm. lata; rharhi dissite iepidota, compressa augulata, 

 vix geniculata; bracleis coriateis, late ovatis, acutis, cariuatim complicatia 

 apice rostratim paullo iucurvis, doiso dense lepidotifl pallidis, conspicue 

 prouiinulo - venulosis, ad 25 mm. lougis sepala solemuiter superantibus. 

 Fiacres manci solum cogniti stride erecti, subse^isiles, ad 33 mm. longi; 

 s^rAMH sinistrorMum intime couvulatia conuni angustuni circa petala for- 

 jnautibnsj coriaceis, fere 24 mm. lougis, dorso lepidototomentellis, laevibns 

 vel minute solum venulosis, oblongo-ovalibns, jicutis, ut videtur liberis. 

 Petala sepalis ad 10 mm, longiora, per anthewin striate ereeta tnbum 

 cylindricom efformantia, snmmo apice paullo patent ia, lingnlata, apice 

 (explaDflta) subrotundata. Stamjna perimperfecta solum cognita sino ullo 

 dubio petala superantia; filameutis perlonge liberie, graciliter filifonnibus; 

 antheris ob inseclarum devastationem non visia. Ovarium ovoideum, 

 loogitudinaliter trisulcatnin, seusim in stylum perlongum, graciUin trans- 

 iens; stigmate, placeulis ovuli,sque iynotls. Capsula maxima (ad 30 mm. 

 longa), cyliudrica vel prismatica, ba-si brattea ficpatisque pcrsistentibus 

 cincta, apice styU rudimento aciito lunge ro.strata; exocarpio allutaceo, 

 aeiris mediis i)rominen(ibns 3-iineato, laevi opacoque ; endocarpio atro 

 peraitidoque, ab exoearpio baud soluto; valvis non vel vix tortis, Skmina cc, 

 rusIformiaT brminea, ad 4 mm. longa, apice appendicula tenui, paullo lon- 

 giore, basi pilorum paullo flavescentium, sericantinm coma ad 15 mm, 

 louga aucta. 



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Habitat m Brasiliae srpfcmtrionalis proi\ Para; Sieher, (V. s, 

 in hef'b. Bmx.) 



Obr. Sine ullo dubio T. bracteatae Kb, insulam Sto. Domingo 

 (Ebrenberg 221, Kggcra 3855, Dux Paul de Wiirtfemberg) et Floridam 

 (CuTtisa 2845) incolenti peraffimX differt foHis longioribns nee recarviR 

 bracteis minus lepidotis. 



8. TILLANDSIA BULBOSA Hook, foliis dense rosii^ 

 latis basi iitriculum maiiifestum, biilbosum effoiinantibus, qua- 

 quaversis, substipitifoimiLiis, adpresse lepidotis; inflorescentia 

 scapo brevi, foliato stipitata foliis niiilto breviore, rarius sim- 

 plice disticbe spicata, saepius e spiels 2—6 disticbis composita 

 panniculata; bracteis florigeris iatissime ovatis, acutis, baud 

 mncronatis, sepala superantibus; sepalis binis posticis ad 3 mm. 

 a basi inter sese connatis, exteriors latere glabris; petalis 

 tubnlose erectis; staminibus petala snperantibus , antheris 

 nuicronulatis; stylo antberas superante. 



Tillandsia Imlhosa HooL Exot. fl. t. 173; Bah. Brom. 



p. 173. n. 65. 



TiUamhia htdhosa var, BrasiUensis Schiilt. fil in B, et S, 



SysL VIL i?. 1211. 



Tillandsia hulhosa var. picfa Hook in hot. Mag. i. 4288; 

 Ami. Gand, III. L 255; Fl d. Serves 1847. L 9. 



Flatystachys hidhosa Beer, Brom. p. 83. 



Tillandsia erythraea L'mdl. ap. ? Beer^ Brom. p. 83. 



Flatystachys erythraea Beer^ Brom. p. S3. 



Tillandsia inanis LindL in FaxL FL Gard. I. p. 159. 



103—104. 



Flatystachys inanis Beer, Brom. p. 83. 



Tillandsia eminens LindL h c. p. 160. 



Tillandsia pnmila LindL I. e. 



Tillandsia paucifolia Bah. in Gard. Ghron. 1879. IL p. 749. 



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Epithyta (ex oL Martius!, Pokppig!) et simul saxioola (ex cb 



\Vui.T>RcnT-AEr.Er !), subaeauli^, florifera usque ad 0^3 m. alta sed plerum- 



que (specimina Brasiliensia omnia) minor, 0,15 m. metiens, rhizomate 



nnllo, radicibufl co, percrassia, multiramosis, untlulatim flexuosis. Foe.ia 



8—15 perdensr rosulata, subtus bnlbum epigaeum maximum, nonnunquam 



diam. 60mm., Kueto hand ultra 30 mm, formantia> basi iu vaginam maxi- 



mam, suborbicubirem, inflato-concavam, rigidam, in planta viva pallidam 



niargiue saepius rubro-lineatam, utrinque sed praesertim dorso lepidibus 



peradpressis, pallidis vel brunncsceutibus obtectam dilatata, extima pauea 



deflexa vel palentia, inteiiora suberecta irregulariter undulatim curvata, 



perrigida, quLun maxime canaliculata omnino + involuta^ snbstipitifortnia, 



apicem obtu-^e pungeDtem nee fililbrmem versns pcrsen>im attenuata, 



usque ad 0,4 m longa sed saepissime breviora, ad vaginae apicem ad 



10 jum, lahi, viva saturate vel triste virldia, sicca + caneseentia, lepidibns 



niinntissimis, adpressis, pallidis vel paullo brnnnescentibus perdeuse obtecta. 



Inflorksckntta submnlti- vel multiflora, raro simplex saepissime e spicis 



2—6 disticbis densisque composita laxe panniculata, in scapi usque ad 



0,14 m longi, foliis nornnilibus similibns, supremis saepissime rubro-viren- 



tibus, rarius saturate incarnatis usque ad apicem vaginati, validi apice 



elata foliis subduplo supcrata^ usque ad 0,12 m, longa ^ si composita 



saepissime breviter pyramidata; axibus dissiic cano-lepidotis, vi vis earn sis, 



fiecuudariis valde compressis, vix geniculalis; spicis singulis 5— 8-floris, 



sublanceolatiSj utrinque acutis, manifrfste complanatis, flmiferis ad 50 mui- 



lougis, 12 mm. latis, si plures rluubidi pinnatim (nee digitatim) insertis; 



bracteis primaviis e basi late ovata, perlonge acuininatiSj floralibus dense 



disticbis imbricalim sibi incumbentibnsj coriaceis, Iatissime ovatis late 



acntiSj baud mncronatis, carinatim complicatis floris basin celantibus, 



dorso dense lepidotis, saepissime puUhre rubentibus, ad 15 mm. longis 



?epala solemniter superantibus. Fj.orks stricte erecti, ad 30 mm. longi, 



sessiles; sepai-is ruhris, valde sinistrorsum eonvoluiis connni angnstum 



formantibus, cnriaceis, ad 13 mm, longis, extcriore latere glaberrimis, 



iutua parce dissiteque brunneo lepidotis, subovalibup, apice rotuudalis mu- 



croneque minuto imposito anetis, baud eariuati?, an tico basin usque li hero, 



posticis biuis fere ad 3 mm. a basi inter sese connatis, Petala violacea, 



+ 27 mm, louga, ex ungue lineaii pert^t-nsim in lamiuam sublanceolatam, 



acutiusculam, per amliesiu stiicte erectam summeque solum minute re- 



curvulam seusim dilatata tubum claviforuiem formautia. Stamina petala 



multo superantia 3 lougiora, 3 paullo brevioraj per anthesiu longe por- 



lecta, filameiitis saturate violaceis, basi tenuibus linearibus, apicem versus 



incrassatis; antheris luteis, 2 mm. lungis, ellipticis, utrinque acutis apioe- 



que tenuissime et saepius obscure mucronnlatis, pauUo infra medium 



dorsifixis; pollinis granulis ellipsoideis, utroque polo saepius acutinseulis, 



leviler eulcatia densissimeque reticulatis. Ovarium perangnste pyrami- 



datum, sensim in stylum gracilem attenuatum; stigraalibus antberas longe 



superantibus plerumque coutortis; placeutis interno loculorum angulo a basi 



usque ad medium affixis; ovulis muUis, mani Teste candatis. CAPSur^A 



cylindriia, u^^que ad 40 mm, longa, apiee peracuta rostrataque; valvis lere 



usque ad basin dehiscenlihas, torlis; exucarpio allnfaceo ab endocarpio 



subatro, vernicoso hand soluto. SemjKa fusilormia, brunnea, 3,5 mm. louga, 



apice loiige caudata, basi pilorum flavidorum, ad 24 mm. longorum coma 



pappiformi appendiunlata. 



Habitat in America tropica usque ad Bahiam late secus maris 

 litora dispersa. Legerunt in republica Meoricana: Karwinf^ki; in Antil- 



