597 



BROMELIACEAE : TILLANDSIA. 



598 



eliihris consiti apiee data, ad 30 miu. longa, 25 nun. tliam., siiliglobosa 

 ohtnsa; rhadii glabra p^iiUoque aiigulafa, recta; bracteis amplis, hit* 

 ovalilins, ai>icc rotuutJalis mn* roiieqiu^ conspiouo iiuposito auctis, pnlchie 

 lubris, glaberrimis, membraniRois, ail 17 imu, longis sepala fiolemniter 

 superantibus quam petala paullo brevioribus, Florks erecti, quaquaverse 

 dispositi, 20 mm. longi, sessiles; ski-aus U m. lougis, siuiHtrorsuni legeu- 

 libiis nee coutorlis, stiicfe ereetis, laneeolatis, peilonge acutis apice mani- 

 feste miurronatis, snbcoriaceis obtuseqne carinatis, ghibrrrimis, symmetrieis, 

 omuilMis aequaliter intima basi solum minute counatis, Pktala ex statu 

 sicco valde luanco roseaj ad 19 mm. longa^ ex ungue late liueari in bimi- 

 nam auguste ovalem, rotundatam, baud emaJginatani, per autbesin sub- 

 patentem, dilatata. iStamina petalis ad 2,5 mm, breviora^ per antbesin 

 bis patontibns paiiUo porrecta ; filamentis linearibas, recti's, petalis ad- 

 pres.sis; antberis luteis, 2,25 mm. longis, anguste lineariljos, utriuque 

 obtusus, ill Ve altit, dorsifixis ; polUuis graunlis crasse ellipsoideis fere 

 globosis, profuude sulcatis, rati laxiusculo, irregularit^r curvalo praeditis. 

 OvAKiUAj obovoideum, subito in stylum gracilem, triaagulareiu, apice cla- 

 valim iucrassatuni contiaiUnn; stigniatil)us anlberas exaele alliugenlibus 

 brevibuSj lincaribuSj erectis, baud torlis; placenlis iuterno loculorum augulo 

 prope basiu affixis; ovulis panels, brevis.sime caudatis, crassiusciilis. 



Specimen cognitnm lancum , nee coUccfore 7}ec loeo hiscripto. Ex 

 afjinitate Brasiliensem esse snspicor. (V. s. in herb. Berol.) 



Obs, a el. Bakkr cum T. hraehypliylla confnsa, insignitor difTrrt 

 indorcscentia simpliei, sepalis aequaliter snbliberls. 



18. TILLANDSIA POHLIANA Mez ii. sp. foliis dense 

 rosulatis utriciilmii haiul eiformantibus, qnaqiiaversis , com- 

 plicatis in apicem filifonnem angustatis, utrinqvie leyitlulis 

 siibsei'icantibus; inflorescentia scapo brevi stipitata, paiici- 

 vel subpauciflora, simplici^^sima laxiusciile quaquaverse spicata, 

 foliis breviore; biacteis aniplis flores superantibus, late aciiiis, 

 dorso molliter lepidotis; sepalis liberis, (torao molliter lepi- 

 (lotis; petalis lamina obovata praeditis; staniinibus quam 

 petala multo brevioribus, autheris obtusis; stylo anlberas 

 paullo superante. 



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Tabula nostra CXI (habitus et analysis). 



Epiputta videtnr, .ictinlis, florifeia ad 0,2 m. nlta, ihizoiiiate per- 

 lougn, Uorizuiitiili, uudOj IbUonim delapsovum eitiiUiicilms pfcidense anuu- 

 liito, venire dissite ladiees niultas elongatas, tcinics, serpeiitino-ciirvulas 

 profercnte, Foi.ia oo perdeiise rosulata, tubiim vel uiricnluni baud for- 

 mantin, basi in vaginam parvam anf^nstamtj^ue, charfai^eain, bninneBconloni, 

 ntrinqne lepidotam, lamina vlx latiorrni producta, exteiiora niedinque 

 snbpatentia intima erecta, rigida, qiinin niaxime canalienlato-concava sicca 

 saltern omnino complicjita, apieem temiispimnni, loiige filifomiem versns 

 persensira angustata, ad 0,2 m. longa, super vaginani 8 mm. lata, sicca 

 flavido-incaua, utriuque lepidibus pal!idis, minutissime palaeaceopaten- 

 tilius densissime obtecta obscure snlisericantio. Ikfloresckktia pauciflora 

 vel subpauciflora, laxiuscule quaquaverse apicata, simpUcissima, in scapi 

 validi, glabri, ad 0,12 m. longi, vagiuis ut videtnr roseis, membrauateis, 

 late ovatis, perlonge lenuiterque acuiuinatis, dorso dense lepidolis, stride 

 eiTctis paulJoque inflatis imbvicatim iudati apice data foliisque solemniter 

 superata, fere 35 mm. longa, 40 mm. lata; rliacbi gluberriiua, angulata, 

 vix geuiculatu; bracteis amplissimis flores longe sujierantibus, subcoriaceis, 

 solcmiiiler late acutis, coucavis nee carinatis, longitudinaliter venoso- 

 strintis, dorso solemniter molliter lepiflotis, ad 21 mm. longis, svibpaten- 

 tibus. Fi.ouKR suberecti, 19 mm. longi, sessiles; sepalis valde siniatrorsura 

 convolutia conum crassnm circa petala formantibns, rigide cori;iceis, 15 mm. 

 longi.*!, dorso prope apicem marginemque molliter lepidoto-tonieutellis, la- 

 tissime suborbicnlari-ovalibus apice rotnndatis mucronuloque molli, imposito 

 auctis, baud carinatis, aequaliter basin usque liberis. Pktai.a ex sicco 

 aJba, 18 mm. longa, ex nngue latissimo, lineari persensini iu Jaminam 

 anguste obovatam, late rotund.atam dilatata. Stamina petidis ad 5 mm. 

 breviora, filamentis late linearibus, prope apicem solemniter uudulato- 

 curviilis; antheris Inteis, linearibus, 3,5 mm. longis, utriuque obtnsis, prope 

 basin dorsifixis; pollinis granulis ellipsoidei.s, leviter sulcalis, den.siasiaie 

 reticulutis. Ovarium globosum, breviter in stylum validum (au senipor? 



medio paullo fistulose incrassalum) attenuatum ; etigmatibus antheras 

 paullo superantibus, crectis, baud coutortis; plaeeotis iuterno loculorum 

 auRulo circa medium affixis lalis, ovulis co, confertissimis, brevibus eras- 

 si use ulisqne, Cauda permisea, duplo longiore appendiculatis. 



Habitat in BrasUia loco jwti indicato: Glaziou n. 73242; ad San 

 Miguel: Pohl n. 365S; nee nan in BrasiUne Argentinacqm covfimhtis in 

 prov. Con-ientes ad Esferos y Paso de Ibet-d • ^'icderlcin n. 670 (1209) 

 et ad Sa7i Prdro, territorii Missionum : idem n. 1213; wc non tn Giaco 

 central ad Villa Formosa, in sylva jyassim arbores illusfrans: Kurtz 

 herb, n.vma. Floret Martio, Octobri, Novcntbri. (V.s. in herb. Berol, 

 Ktaiz., Hieron. ct Vindob.) 



19. TILLANDSIA HILAUIEANA Bak. foliis tenuiter 



adpresse lepidotis; inflorescentia scapo brevi elata simplicis- 

 sinia, quaquaverse spicata; braeteis ovalis vel oblongis; sepalis 

 oblongis, ar-ntis; petalis breviter exsertis. 



TiUamlsia IHJairaiiia Bale. Brom. p. iOO. n. ITS. 



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Foi.iA laneeolnto - acuminata, 75 mm. longa, basi 6—8 mm. lata," 

 rigida, a basi ad medium supra fere plana, teuuiter a<lprcsse lepidota. 

 ScAPrs folia subaequans. iNKi.oiiKsrKXTiA slmiilicissima, laxe quaquuverse 

 8i)ioata, 25—38 mm. longa, braeteis scnrinsis, pallide viridibus, ovatis vel 

 oblongis, 18— 25 mm. longis. Sepai.a oblonga, acnta, 12,5 mm. longa. 

 i'KTAi.A rubra, lireviter exserla. 



Habitat in Brasiliac prov. Minas Geroes: St. Rilaire n. 508. 

 Obs. Non vidi; diagn. ex Baker, I.e. 



20. TILLANDSIA LANGSUORFFll Mez n. sp. foliis 

 den.se rosulatis utriculum hand eiformantibus, omnibus aequa- 

 liter curvatis subsecuiidis, peranguste subtriangularibus, dense 

 lepidotis; inflorescentia scapo brevi stipitata 20— 30-flora, 

 simplicissima quaquaverse dense spicata , folia superante ; 

 braeteis amplis, glabris, latissime ovatis breviterque acutis, 

 sepala longe superantibus; sepalis aequaliter ad 2mm. con- 

 natis; petalis acutiu^culis, suberectis; stylo petala subaequaute. 



EiMi'HYTA videtnr, acaulia, florifera ad 0,16 m. alta, Kouis mnltis 

 perdensc rosnbdis, tubnm vel utriculum baud formautibuSj a basi vix 

 vaginata persenpim uaqne ad apicem subpungcntem , hand filiformem 

 angu5;tala subtrinugulnria, perngida, omnia aeqnaliter cnrvata subsecundaj 

 ad 0,1 m. longa, bnsi 10 mm. lata^ sicca canescentia, valde concava^ dorso 

 linea media praesertim apicem versus conspicne prorainula insignia, utriu- 

 que lepidibus prope lolii l)asin mnjnsculifl, ferrugineis, toinenti brevLssirai 

 speciem praelientilius, apicem versus peradpressis, ceutro brunneis margiue 

 angnsfe albidis peidense obtectia. Ikflouksckntia 20— 30- flora, quaqua- 

 verse deuse spicata, simplicissima, e foliis centralis prodiens eaqae con- 

 spicue superans iu scapi ad 80 mm. longi, glaberrimi, validly foliolis sub- 

 erectis, e vagina ovali, glabra, nt videtnr subijifiata in laminam crassam, 

 dense lepidotaju acumijiatim trauseuutibus laxe indnti apice elata, sub- 

 cjiindrica, ad 50 mm. longa, 22mra. diam,; rbncbi glabra, angulosa, sub- 

 recta; braeteis amplis, membrnnaceis, glabris, venoso-striatis, latissime 

 ovatis, breviter acutis, ad 15 mm. longis sepala (et ut videtnr petala) 

 superantibus. Fi.okes permanci solum cogniti vix 15 mm. longi; sepaus 

 sinistrorsura imbricatis nee coutortis coriaceis, glabris, subovatis, perlonge 

 neufif^, hand curinatis, aequaliter ad 2 mm, connatis, 10 mm. lougis. Pk- 

 TAI-A fere 15 mm. longa, angusta, apice acutiuscula ibique per autbesin 

 snberecla. Stamina ob insectarura devastatiouem fragmentarie cognita 

 filamentis augaste liuearibus; antheramm fragmenfis iu sepalorum apicis 

 allitudine iuventis formam liueaiem indicautibus. Ovarium ignotura; 

 stylo giacili; stigmatibus petabi aequantibus, patentibus, Cafsula cylia- 

 diica, 43 mm, longn, apice breviter pcracnta raanifesteque rostrata; exo- 

 carpio lividoallulacco ab endorarpio atro baud solnto; valvis basin usque 

 debiscentibus paullo tortis. Semina (enuissime clavata, brnunea, fere 

 4 mm, longa, apice canda snbdnplo bieviore alba, tenuissima, basi pilorum 



