591 



BROMELTACEAE : TILLAISTSTA. 



592 



ex ungue luto linoari in liiminam angiiste ovnlera, rotnndatani, oblique 

 emargiiKifaiii, pfr.'mthesiusnhprectamclilatata. Stamina petalia .1(12—2,5 mm. 

 breviora, per anthcsin sabinvlusa; filamentis liuearibus, basin versus vakle 

 dilatatis, in V* aHid. umliiUitis; autheris liiteis, 2,5 mm. longis, angu.ste 

 liTiearibiis, apice acnlin.'^culis, in ^4 loiigit. rloraifixis; polliuis granuUs 

 crasse ellipsoideis, otroque polo rotiiiulatis, profuntle sukatia elegant crqiie 

 reticulatis. OvAitiuM ovoiileum, triaugulare breviter in stylnm crassius- 

 cnlum, triane^Hlarem atteuiiatnm ; atigmatil>u.s autbenis exacte aequantibHS 

 linearibus, erectis, baud contorlis; plaeentis interuo loculorom angulo basin 

 inter mediumquc affixis; ovulis crasse clavati.s, hrevifersed miuiife.ste can- 

 datis. Caphula cylindrica, 37 mm. tonga, lineis 3 prominentibu.s valvn- 

 Iftrum iu medio piaedita, apice breviter acuta rostrataqne, allatacea, infinia 

 basi transverse rugnlosa ceterum laevis; valvnlis ultra V< ^ong'*- (iehisceii- 

 tibns recnrvifi nee tortis; endocarpio vcmicoso-brnnneo ab exocorpio hand 

 •soluto. Sbmika tenniter fusiformia, Iininnea, fere 4 mm. longa, apice can- 

 data, pilorum flavescentiuro, sericanlivim coma ad 27 mm. longa, pappi- 

 formi aucta. 



HabUaf in BrnsiUne prow liahia, loco ignoto: Blanchet n. 9S5 ; in 



j))-or. Rii> de Janeiro Uijn-unt prope. urhcm : Lufuhnnth; ad Cmtiinovo : 



Riedd n. 540; prope Sao Chfisfnvno : Glaziou n. 11676 (e. p., herb. 



Petrop., Warming.)- Floret Julio. (V. s. in hcrh. Candoll, Petrop. et 



Warming.) 



11. TILLANDSIA FLUMINENSIS Mez n. .'^p. foliis 

 dense rosuktis utiicuUim haiul effonnaiilibu^ , quaqiuwersis, 

 e late lineari perlonge aciitis, dense lepidibus maxiniis ob- 

 tectis ± seiicantibus; inflorescentia scapo elata, niultiflora, 

 compacle e spicis 6 — 10 composita panniculata, folia sub- 

 aequante vel minute superante; bracteis floralibus late ovatis 

 breviterque acutis, dorso lepidotis, sepala superaiitibns; sepalis 

 connatis , antico cum reliquis ad 1 mm. , posticis inter s(^se 

 ad 2 mm. connatis, dorso pauUo lepidotis; petalis laniinii late 

 ovali, suberecta; staminibus qnam petala brevioribus, antlieris 

 longe acutis; stylo antheras superante. 



Epii'iiyiA vel aaxicola, acatilis, florifera ad 0,12 ni. alta, fomi.? co 

 pordense rosulatis, tubnra vel utriunlum baud roniianlibua , vagina aub- 

 unlla, ntrinque lepidula paullo aureo-micnnti, aubcori.i<:e&, nullo modo 

 dilatatft et n lainiufl aogre discertiend^, exteriora mediaqne reflexa, in- 

 teriora aoberecfa et praosertiin apice iucurva, sicca cbaitacea, ad 0,1 m. 

 longa, Rupei basiu minute Rolum dilatata vel primnm late linearia turn 

 perlonge acuta apice craase subfiUformia, + canaliculato-concavn, lepidibus 

 maximis, margiQalibu.s paullo pateotibus zonnm nugnstisaimam saepiu.a 

 obscuram pellucidaui formantibus, reliquis adpre.ssis, aubpaleaceis, aureia 

 densissime iuduta + aericautia. Inflorksc1';ntia raultiflora, e spicis 6—10 

 ad 40 mm. longis, maniic.ste complanatia, subaequalibus composita pauui- 

 colata, e foliis centralis prodiens eaqne anbaetpiau-S vel ujiuute snperans 

 in acapi plerumqoe incurvi, :id f>0 mm. longi, dense lepidoti, foliolis per- 

 multis e basi late ovali perlonge tenulterqne acumiuatis, dense lepidibus 

 ferrngineis obtectia, summis inflorescentiam dimidio aequantibua, wem- 

 brauaceia, erectia, snbinfliUis perdense induti apice elata, nd 60mm. 

 longa, 50 mm. diam. ; axibua dense lepidoto-tomeutosia secundariis com- 

 pressia, paullo geuicalatis; spicis aingnlis perdensis, aublanceolatis, apice 

 acQtia ecectisi biacteis primariia foliolis scapalibus isomorphis sed breviter 

 acuminatis vel acutia, sfcundaiiia solemuitev distiche dispositis, late ovatis, 

 breviter acutia panlloque muciouulalis, dorao dense ferrugiueo-lepidotis, 

 soleraniter complicato-carinatis, coriaceis, ad 15 mm. longis sepala solem- 

 inter snpcrantibns. Fi.ouks erecti, ad 16 mm. lougi, ses.-silea, ante antheain 

 bracteis perdense sibi incunibentibns omnino obtecti , per anthesiu paullo 

 proniinentcs; skpai.is 10 mm. longis, ainistrorsnm tegentibus uec contortis, 

 ereclis, snbovalibus, acutis miteque panllo mncronnlatis, coriaceis, com- 

 plicatim cariuatis, dorso margineque paullo lepidotis, longitudinaliter 

 conspicue liueatis, symmetricis, antico cum reliquis ad Inim., posticis 

 bini.s inter sese ad 2 mm. connatis. Pbtai.a fere 15 mm. longa, ex ungue 

 late lineari in laminam late ovalem, rotundatam, oblique emarginatam 

 per anthesin suberectam dilatata. Stamina petalis ad 3 mm. breviora 

 per antheain subinclnsa; filamentis Uncuviims, basiu versus dilatatis, 

 rectis; autberis Inteis, fJ,25 mm. longis, unguslo linearilms, longe acutis 

 in Va longit. dorsifixia; pollinis graunlia spri-iei praccedentiB. Ovarium 



triangulo-subglol)osuin, subito in stylum crassinsculum, triangularem con- 

 tractum; stigmatibas antheras mauifeate anperantibus, Ijreviter linearibus, 

 erectis, hand contorti.s; pbicentis interiio loculonim angulo a basi ultra 

 medium affixis, longe papillosis; ovnlis mnltis, cylindricis, aubsessilihns, 

 apice breviter sed manifesto c;indatis, integnmeuto exterioie Itasi trimcato 

 interius longe superaufe. 



Uuhitfif in BrasiUae prov. Rio de Janeiro circa urhem : Lusrhnatk. 

 (V. s. in Jiei-b. Petrop.) 



Obs- IVraffinis siue ullo duhio T. Gardncri ^ diffeit in.signiter 

 spicLs elongatis, plurifloris. 



12. TILLANDSIA REGNELLI Mez n. sp. foliis dense 

 rosulatis utiicailum liaud efformaiitibus, quaquaversis , e late 

 lineari perlonge acutis, dense lepidibus muximis obtectis + 

 sericantibus; inflorescentia scapo recto elata, submnltiflnra, 

 digitatim e spicis 5—10 composita panniculata, folia aequante; 

 bracteis floralibus late ovatis, longiuscule acutis paulloque 

 mucronatis, dorso dense lepidotis, sepala superantibtis; sepalis 

 niargine fimbriatis ceterum glabris, antico cum reliquis ad 2, 

 posticis inter sese ad 3 mm. connatis; petalis laming ovali, 

 suberocia; staminibus quam petala brevioribus, autheris apice 

 longe acutis ; stylo antheras superante. 



Tabula nostra CX (habitus et analysh). 



SAXicor.A (ex el Rkc^n'kli.!), ucaiiHs, florifera ad 0,17 m, alta, rhizo- 

 niate brevissimo. Fot.ia cc perdense rosulata, tubnm vel utrieulnm baud 

 formantia, vnginft brevissiniS, membranacea, paUida, peUncida, glabra, 

 nnllo modo dibttata et a Umiua aegre discernenda, exteriora patentia, 

 media iuterioraque snlierecta et erecta , vix cnrvata, sicca chaiiaoeo- 

 coi'iacea, ad 0,17 m, loiiya, super basin baud dilatata ad 40 mm. late 

 linearia, inde apicem usque perseasiiu angustata demuin longe subfili- 

 formia, su\}plana, lepidi\>us maximis, marginidibus valde patentibus zouam 

 angustam pellucidam formantibus reliquis adpressis, subpalaeaceis, flavidis 

 deusissime induta + seiicautia, IxthoiiESCKXTA submultifloia, digitatim 

 e spicis 5 — 10 ad 30 mm, longis, crassis fere teretilms composita panni- 

 culata, e foliis centralis piodiens eaque e\:icte aeqnans in scapi recti, 

 ad 0,12 m. longi , ferrngineo-leindoti , foliolis perniultis e basi ovata per- 

 longe angnsteque acumiuatis, ptudense lepidotis ferrngineis, suramis in- 

 florescentiam ad ^/a aequantibus, chartaceis, stricte erectis, vix inflatis 

 imbricafim indnti apice eluta, ad 45 mm. longa lataque, compaete sub- 

 digitata; axibus dense feirugineo-lepidotis secundariis quara maxime com- 

 plauatiS) reclis; spicis singulis perapproxiniatim insertis aequilongls, per- 

 crasse ancipiiibus, basi longe apice breviter acutia, ad 5-floris; bracteis 

 primariis foliolis scapalibus isomorphis sed brevins acuminatis vel superi^ 

 oribus aculiSj scLUudariis -solemniter distiche dispositiSj late ovatis, longiuscule 

 acutis paulloque mile mucrouulatis, dorso margineque dense ferrugiueo- 

 lepidotis, valde coucavis subcomplicutis nee earinalis, coriaceis, ud 15 mm, 

 longis sepala solemuiter snpcrantibus. Flouks erecti, ad 18 mm, longi, 

 sessiles, ante anthesin bracteis intime sibi accumbentibus omuino obtccti, 

 per anthesin minute proniinuli: sepalls fere 14 mm. longis ^ valde sini- 

 strorsum contort is conara obtuse triaugularem formantibus, lutissime 

 ovatis, acutis miteque paullo mucrouulatis, coriaceis, obtuse basiu versus 

 cariuatis, margine paullo fimbriatis ceterum omnino glabnitis, hand liueatis, 

 symmetricis, antico cum reliquis ad ^2, posticis inter sese ad 3 mm. con- 

 natis. Pktala 17,5 mm. longa, ex sicco saturate rosea, ex nngue late 

 liueaii iu laminam ovalem, apice rotundatam, cucnllatam indeque acutae 

 speciempriiebcntem productaper anthesiu subineiusa; filamentis nt ex sicco 

 videtur3altioribns, 3 huniilioribus, 4 mm. longis, antheris linearibu.^, lunge 

 acutis, iu '/s altit. dorsifixis; poUine mihi non viso. Ovaiuum elongate 

 eUipsoideum vel breviter cylindricum, apice subito in stylnm crassiusculum, 

 infra stigmata paullo clavatim incrassatum contractum; stigmatibus an- 

 theras ad 2 mm, suporantdjus, brevibus, hand conlortis; plaeentis interuo 

 loculorum angulo basin inter mediumque affixis; ovulis muUis, crassius- 

 culis, manifeste caudatis. 



Habitat in BrasiVar inov. Minas Gnats ad Caldas, lateribns 

 rupinm apricorum iima^rens: RpgneU 111, 7i. 179S. Fiord Junio. (V-s, 

 in herb, BeroL) 



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