605 



BEOMELIACEAE : TILLANDSIA. 



606 



chartaceo'coriaceis, cineieis perdense obtecto, basi glomeratim radices miiltas 

 breves, auhHimpIice.s, crassinsculas procreante; caule brevi vel subuullo 

 recto vel arcnato. Foua miilfa caiileiu dense obtegentia, exteriora arcn- 

 atim decurva, modia intimiiqiie recta snljcrecta, rarissime omnia paullo 

 arcuata snbsecunda, basi in vaginam brevem, pallidam, niem!*ranaceo- 

 ppllneidani, intus saltern glabram, qnani laminae pars infima hand vel 

 vix latiorem sul)obs('nram producta, perangnste triangnlaria a basi asque 

 ad apieein hand filifornipm sensim angustata, valde canaliculato-concava 

 sicca + involuta snbulata, usque ad 0,14 m, longa, super vaginam ad 

 13 mm. lata, triste viiidia sicca ferrugineo-caneseentia, lepidibus perad- 

 piessis ad folii basin lerrugiueis, supra flavido-einereis deusissime obteota 

 sicca subserieantia. Inflorkbcentia subpauci (5— 20)'flora, simplicissima, 

 quaquaverse spicala, in scapi tenuis, gbd>ri, + 0,1 >ii- Imigi, vaginis mem- 

 branaceis pulclire vioIaseenfi-rul)ris vel roseis, late obovatis, perlonge acu- 

 minalis, dorso praesortim ad basin acuminis peidense lepidoli item + le- 

 pidolis reliquum glabris, scapura involventibas, snbinflatis perdense im- 

 bricatim induti apice elata, densius laxiusve brevlter cylindriea, apice 

 rotnndata, nsque ad 55 mm. longa, 35 mm. diam., rbacbi glabenimaj an- 

 gnlata, fere recta; braeteis perconspicuis, saturate roseis vel purpuraseen- 

 tibns, latissime lineari-ovalibus, apice (explanatis) rolundatis mucroneqne 

 imposito praeditis, valde coneavis nee carinatis^ glabria, prominnUi-venu- 

 losis, + 20 mm. longis, sepala solemniter siiperantibus. Floiiks puleher- 

 rime violaoei, erecti, + 24 mm, longi, sessiles; skpaus ruheutibns, slnistror- 

 sum tegentihus nee coutortis, memhraiiaceis pellucidis, glaberrimis, antico 

 + 16 mm, lougo fere omniuo libero, ovato-Ianceolato, late acnto, hand 

 rawcronulato, posticis biuis altissirae (ad 2 mm. ah apice) eonnatis + 17 mm. 

 lougis, apice subrotuudatis minuteque mncronulatis, + carinatis, Pktai.a 

 + 23 mm. longa, ex ungue late lineari in lamiuam ellipticam, aentius- 

 culam vel lotundatam, per anthesin subpateuteni dilatala. Stamina pe- 

 talis ad 8 mm, breviora, per anthesiu subinclnsa, 3 longiora, 3 breviora; 

 filamentis linearibns^ in ^/^ altit. laqueuni manifestnm formantibus, an- 

 theris Inteis paullo ultra 4 mm, longis, late linearibus ntrinqno obtusis, 

 basi ad ^ji incisis eqnitantibus ; pollinis grannlis crasse ellipsoideis non- 

 nuUis fere globosis, profuude sulcatif^, perregiilariter reticulatis, Ovaiuum 

 ovoideum, triangulare, apice l)reviter in stylum elegautem, undnlatim cur- 

 vatura attenuatnm; stigmatibus antheras superantihns brevissimis, erecti?, 

 baud coutortis; placentis interuo loculorum angulo prope basin affixis; 

 ovulis multis, cylindiicis, apice solemuiler obtusis nee caudatis; iutegu* 

 mento exteriore iuterius paullo superanle basi late truncato. Capsui.a ad 

 18 mm. lougUj subclavdta, apice cotunduta stylique rudimcnlis mucrouata, 

 valvis basin usque dehisceutibus, baud vel vix tortis; exocarpio cinereo 

 paullo ruguloso ab endocarpio fusco - hrnnueo , vernicoso baud fioluto. 

 Skmina fusifoimia, brunneu, + 2,5 mm, longa, apice miuute pallida ura- 

 bonata, basi pilorum niveoruraj sericantium, usque ad 10 nmi. longornm 

 coma pappiformi aucta. 



Habitat in Americae aitstralis repxihlica Argentina ad Concepcion^ 

 arhoribtis sylvamm prope Jlumen Gtialeguaychu innascens: Lorentz fl. 

 Entrer, n. 493, 641, ad Jlumen Ctrroyo Tala: idem n. ]?06; ad Jlumen 

 Parana: Steltzner n. 1510; loco non indicato: Ttvecdie ; prope Tucu- 

 7nan: Schnyder n. 2; in Uruguay prope Montevideo: Arechavaleta n. 1091, 

 1863^ 2613a. — A cl. Baker e Brasilia indicatur^ id quod mihi adhuc 

 vix veHsiniile videtur. Floret Octobn, NovembrL (V. s. iri Imh, BeroL^ 

 Candoll.^ Sieron., Pttrop., Turic.^ Vratidav.) 



21. TILLANDSIA BICOLOR Brongn. foliis canlem 

 bieviorem longioremve obtegentibus quaquaversis, subulatis 

 vel peranguste triangularibiis, peradpresse lepidotis; inflores- 

 ceiitia scapo conspicuo elata pauciflora, simplicissima quaqua- 

 verse spicata, folia superante; braeteis late ovato-ovalibiis, 

 apice miicrone imposito subrotundatis , sepala aequantibus; 

 sepalis antico libero, biiiis posticis ad 3,5 ram, ab apice coii- 

 iiatis, glabris; petalis lamina ovali, subpatente praeditis; 

 staminibus qiiam petala multo brevioribus, antheris apice 

 louge acutis; stylo quam stamina couspicue breviore. 



re- 



Tillandsia hicolor Brongn. Voy. Cociuille p. 185. 

 Anoplophytum hicolor Beer^ Broni. p. 4L 

 Tillandsia siricia Bak (nee Soland.) Brom. p. 198. 

 Pv ^tioad syn^ ciL Brongn^ el Beer.^ cet. exclus.). 



t 36, 



n. 177 



Epiphtta, caule breviore longioreve sed in pKiutis satis robustis 

 semper conspicuo, hand dorsiventrali, recto vel paullo cnrvato, subtus 

 nudo infima basi quaqnaverse radices teuues, subfiimplicefi proferente, 

 supra longiuscuJe foliis indnto. Folia cc, caulem quaqnaverse obtegentia, 

 inferiora deflexa, media superioraque erecta, rigidiuscula, basi in vaginam 

 brevem, brunuesceutem, vix pellucidam, latesubtriangubirem, basi glabram 

 suhito dilatata, apice baud pungeutia, usque ad 0,11 m. longa, viva glau- 

 cesceiitia sicca subbrunnea^ valde canaliculata praesertim apicem versus 

 compli^ata, utrinque lepidibus peradpressis , centre solemniter brnnneis 

 margine angnste pallidis pcrdeuse obtecta subopaca. IsFLoaiiscKNTiA pauci- 

 (8— 15)- flora, simplicissima spicata in caiiUb simplicis vel pauciramosi 

 apice folia paullo quidem sed tamen constanter superans, scapo tenui, 

 glabro, virente, usque ad 80 mm. longo , vaginis (superioribufi saltern) 

 pulchre roseis, tenuiter niembranaceis, ovalibus, apice in acumen longnm 

 tenueque, lepidotura, Tiride productis, glabris, scapum subiuflate invol- 

 ventibus, quam iuteruodia multo longioribus, stricte erectis imbricatim 

 induto data, per anthesiu hreviter cylindrica, usque ad 40 mm, longa ; 

 rbacbi virente, glal>ra, vix geniculate, valde angulata; braeteis magais, 

 pnrpnreo-roseis, menibranaceis, lat« ovato- ovalibus, apice snbiotundatis 

 nuuToneque imposito praeditis^ coneavis nee carinatis, solemniter qaaqoa- 

 vei^is, ad 13 mm, lougis sepala exacte aequantibus, baud punctulatis, 

 expresse prominenti-venosis. Fr,oaKS erecti; skpalis 13 mm. lougis, lenu- 

 ihns pellucidis, glabris, carinatis, antico libero, lanceoluto, longe acuto, 

 posticis binis usque ad 3,5 mm, ab apice connatis, subrotundatis vel hre- 

 viter acutis, manifeste mucronulatis- Petala usque ad 22 mm, longa, 

 ex ungue liueari in lamiuam ovalem, per autbeaiu subpatentem, acutam 

 vel acuminulatam seusim dilatata, libera eligulataqne, Stamika petala 

 ad ^/4 longit- aequantia, per antbesia floris o fauce minute promiocutia, 

 filanu'utis late linearibus, super medium minute curvulis, liberis; antheris 

 luteis, 3 mm. longis, angustissime liuearibusj apice longe acutis, basifixis; 

 pollinis granuHs optime ellipsoideis, utroqne polo rolnndatis, perprofunde 

 sulcatiSj reti den^issimo praeditis quasi immerse punctulatis. Ovaridm 

 percrasse obovoideuu!, suhito in stylum tenuem, filiformem, 3-plo longiorem 

 contractum; stigmatibns quam antherae brevioribns brevissimis, erecLis, 

 tmucatia; placentis interuo loculoruni angulo prope basin iineariter afdxis; 

 ovulis quoque in luculo subpaucis (+ 10), subclavatis, brevissime funicu- 

 latis, apice umljonatia nee caudalis, basi truncatis integumeuto iuteriore 

 exlerius superante. 



Habitat in Brasiliae australis prot\ St Catharina: D'Urville, nee 

 non in prow Rio Grande do Sul: Sellow n. 2239. (V.s. in herb. Berol) 



Obs. Tillandsiae dianthoidexie sine dubio perproxima, differt tjimen 

 evidenter sepalorum longitudine, habitu magis ad T. pulchellam vergente. 



28. TILLANDSIA STKEPTOCARPA Bak, foliis fas- 

 ciculato-rosulatis, utriculum haud efformantibus, quaquaversis, 

 substipitifoimibus, dense lepidoto-villosis; infiorescentia scapo 

 recto elata foliaque longe superante, multiflora vel submulti- 

 flora, e ramulis 3—8 distichis composita panniculata; braeteis 

 floralibus ovato-lanceolatis, louge acutis, quam sepala brevi- 

 oribus; sepalis liberis, glabris; petalis lamina latissime obovata 

 rotundataque patenti praeditis ; staminibus quam petala per- 

 multo brevioribus , anlheris obtiisis ; stylo quam stamina 



breviore. 



Tabula nostra CXIII {habitus et analysis). 



Tillandsia streptocarpa Bak. in Journ. Bot. lSS7.p.241; 



Brom. p. 175. n. 72. 



TUlandsia Baheriana Britten in Journ. Bot, 1S88. p. 170; 



Bak. Brom. p, 165. n. 25. 



Tillamhia tricholepis Bak. Brom, p. 165 (nomen) nee 



ibid. p. 160. 



Epiphyta, acaulis, florifera ad 0,4 m. alta, rhizomate brevisfiimo 

 crassoque, foliorum senioriim reflexorum vaginis pallidis indnto. Folia 

 10—20 fascicnlttto-rosulatn, tnbnm liaiul formanlia, basi in vaginam per- 

 conspicuam, late ovalem pallidain, intus glabram snbnitidamqne, dorso 



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