611 



BEOMELIACEAE : TILLANDSIA. 



612 



Habitat i?i rcpublica Mexicann : Aschcnborn n. oS9, Berlandier 

 n. 367. 3238, Bonrgcait n. 96, Humboldt H Bonjiland, lutrwinski, Schmitz, 

 Schiede n. 1003, Seler n. 489. 



Var. p. coNTORTA Andre: foliis irregulaiiier tortuosis 

 insignis ita ut planta oninino conglomerata videalur. 



Tillandsia rect(rvotd L. var. contorta Andr^ in Brom. 

 Andre, p. 65. 



Habitat in Mexico: Andrieux n. 55, Lirhnmvn Brom. n. 10^ Kar- 

 winsM, nee non in Chile: Cuming. 



Var. 7. MiNUTA Mez: a typo differt statura temiiore 

 niinoreque; scapo tenuissimo baud vaginato; floribus semper 

 singulis folia baud superantibus. 



Habitat in Bmslliae amtralis prov. Minas Gcram ad Lagoa Santa : 

 Warming, nee non in Faragnay prope Assompflon: Balama n. 618a. 



Var. 8. MAJTTRCULA Mez: a typo differt sfatnra ut in var. 

 ciliata robustiore; bracteis margiuu panllo lepidotis medio 

 glabratis; floribns certe 15 mm. longis; petalis conspicue lati- 

 oribus, per anthesin patentibus. 



Habitat in Brasilia australi ^ loco ignoto : Tweedie^ nee non in 

 Vrnguay iyi si/lvis ad Hio Uruguay : Tweedie n. 5, ad San Jose: Arecha- 

 .valeta «. 2612, Typum vidi in herbariis ommbus mihi persn-uiatis ; var. 

 a. in herK BeroL^ Brux , CandolL Petrop., Monar ^ Vindab.^ Vratislav. ; 

 var, p. in herb. CandolL, Haun,^ Monac. ct Vindob. ; var, y, in litrb. 

 Boiss.-Barbey^ et Warming,; var, o. in herb, Pdrop, et Turic 



Obs. Varietates a cl, Andri^, Rrom, Andreanae p. 05 enuinerat-ne 

 partim ad species alienas referendae (e. g, var minor,, eaespifosa, brevifnlia)^ 

 partim ex diagnosi collectorum nameris oraif^sis hand recognoscendae. 



33. TILLANDSIA LOLIACEA Mart, foliis dense rosi^ 

 latis utriculum hand efFormantibns, perangiiste triaugularibus, 

 perdeuse lepidibus inaguis obtectis; iuflorescentia scapo tenuis- 

 simo, vaginis pluribus induto stipitata, perpanci (3 — 5)-flnra, 

 simplicissima, distiche spicata, folia siipeianle; bracteis ovatis, 

 acutis, dorso lepidotis, quani sepala brevioribus; sepalis ad 

 2,5 mm. connatis, glabris; petalis lamina aiigusta, subpatente 

 auctis; staminibus qiiam petala triplo bievioribns, antlieris 

 obtusis; stylo staminibus breviore. 



Tabxda nostra CXIV. Fig, II (habitus et analysis). 



Tillamhia loliacea Mart, ap, SchulL in R et S, Syst. 

 VIL p. 1204. n, 11; Bah Brom. p, 189, n, 135, 



Tillandsia undulata Bale, in Joum, Bot, 1S78. j>, 240 

 et Brom. p. 102, n. 15. 



Epiphtta (ex cL Balansa!), acanlis, florifera ad 0,15 ni. alta, vhi- 

 zomate submUIo, radicibn^ multis, brevilms, tenuibna, anhsimpUcibnR, 

 UDdoIatim curvatis, Foma 10^20 dense rosulata, tiibnm vel utnciilum 

 baud formanlia, baiii iu vagiuum parvara, panidam, snbcoriaceam, glabram, 

 latebyalioo-margiuatam, lamiiiue busi baud latiorem prodatla, omnia siib- 

 ereeta vel eretta, saepins arcuata subsecimda, perungiiste triangulariu, a 

 basi x\F:(|ue ad apicem baud filiformeui seusim angustata, ligidiuscula, 

 seabra, valde concava apicem versvis solemniter invoUita, nsque ad 40 mm. 

 longa, Biiper vajiinam 5 mm. lata, caaest-entia, utiinqvie lepidibus niagnis, 

 flaveacentibufi, snbpaleaceis, ad folii raarginpm solemniter patentibus per- 

 deuse obtecta. Inflobksckxtia perpanci (3-5)-aora, simplicisflima, dis- 

 tiebe spicata, in scapi tenuis, glabri, saepissime panllo cnrvati, U8que ad 

 0,1 m. longi, vaginis chartaceis, anguflte ovalibnft, breviter acuHs dorso 



dense lepidotis, promineutivenulosis, stricte erectis scapnm oniuino invol- 

 ventibus ocbreiformibus, iuternodia subae(innntil>us dense induti apice elata, 

 laxa solemniterqiie imdulatiin geini-ulata LoUi iiifloresecntiam exat^te in me- 

 nioriam revocans, tennissima, ad 30 mm. longa^ 4 mm- lata; ihachi inter 

 flores singulos nntla, dense lepidota, valde compressn, geniiflexa; bracteis 

 paleaceis floiibus adpiessis, ovatis, acutis, hand mntronatis^ valde eoncavis 

 uec cariiiatis floris basin iuvolventihns, dorso dense lepidotis pvomiimloque 

 venulosis, + S mm. longis quani sepala solemntter brevioribus, Fkores 

 ex sicco violacei, stride erecti, ad 10 ram. longi, snUsessiles; sepatjs valde 

 sinistrorsnm convolutis tubniu terelem, tenuiter c^onicnm formantibus^ co- 

 riaceis^ ad 9 mm. longis, glaberrimis, aeqnali(er ad 2,5 mm. connatis, Ian- 

 ceolatis, acutis, nee cariualis nee mucronatis. Pktala 10 mm, longa, ex 

 ungue sublineari persensira in laminam angustam, acutam, per anthesin 

 subpateutem dilatata. Stamina petalis su)>triplo breviora, per antbesin 

 tnbo profunde inclusa; iilamentis tenuissime filiformibns; autheris luteis, 

 ad 1,25 mm, longis, bacilliformihus^ ntrinqne obtusis, basi breviter incisis 

 eqnitantibiis; poUinis giauulis raagnis, ellipsoideis, utroque polo rotuadatis, 

 leviter sulcatis, tenuissime reticulatis. Ovauilm crusse cylindricum, apice 

 subito in stylum percrassum, paullo triangularein, minute breviorem con- 

 tractum; stignuttil)us planis, vix divisis, obtnsis, antberas exncte attingeu' 

 tihns; placentis interno loculorum aiignlo nt videtnr circa medium aflixis; 

 ovnlis subniultis, crassc nmpnllaceis, longe candatis. CapsuIiA tennissime 

 cylindrica, usque ad 45 mm. longa, apice breviter sed manifeste rostrata; 

 valvis nsque ad basin debiscentibus recurvis, baud tortis, exocarpio murino, 

 laevi ab eudocarpio veinicoso, fnsco-brunneo hand solulo. Semina ex affinibus 

 maxima, tenuissime fnsi(ovmia. 5 mm. longa, apice stipite tenuissimo non- 

 nonquam fere aequilongo saepius l)reviore, basi pilorum fluvescentium, 

 sericantiumi ad 25 mm, longorum coma pappiformi aucta, 



Per Americam cisandinam axistralem late dispersam legerunt in 

 BrasUiae prov, Buhia^ in rupibus montis Sancti: Martins; loco non indi- 

 cato: Glaziou n, 13241; in repxiblica Uruguay ad ostia fiuminis Ipane 

 prove Villa-Coneepcion : Balansa n, 619 et ad Assomption: idemn. 619a; 

 in Argentinae prow Gran Chaco prope coloniam Bcsistenciani terrltorio 

 Misionum: Niederkiny nee non in syha prope JiiachuHo, prow Corrientes: 

 idem. Floret Janwmo—Majo. ( V. s. in herb. Berol, , Boiss-Barhey,^ 

 BriiXj Candoll,^ Hieron-, Leod-^ Monac.^ Pctrop,^ Warming.) 



34. TILLANDSIA POLYTRICHIOIDES E. More. 

 foliis minutis caulem tenuissimum elongatumque dense vesti- 

 entibus, qnaquaversis, temiissime sabulatis, usque ad 15 mm. 

 longis, lepidibus maximis dense obtectis; iuflorescentia scapo 

 tenuissimo, plurivaginato elata perpauci (2— 4}-flora, distiche 

 spicata simplicissiraa, folia superaute; bracteis late ovatis, 

 acutis, parce lepidotis, quam sepala brevioiibus ; sepalis ad 

 1,5 mm. connatis, glabris; petalis lamina sublanceolata sub- 

 patentiqne auctis; staminibus quam petala subduplo brevioribus, 

 antheris acutis; stylo staminibus breviore. 



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 * 



Tabula nostra CXI V. Fig. Ill (habitus et analysis). 



Tillandsia 2>olytric}iioides E. Morr. in Belg. hort. ISSO. 

 pag. 240. 



Tillandsia hryoides Bak. (nee Gris) Brom. p. 160. n. 2 

 (e. p., dHoad clt. sijnon. Morren. et no. Glaziov. 3124). 



Tillandsia tricholepU Bak. in Joiirn. Bot 1878. j>. 237 

 el Brom. p. 160. n. 3. 



EpiiMiYTA, omniiio eiiuk'SLeus floviieva nsque ad 0,13 m. alta, tle- 

 billiina teniiisqno, dense glomeratuu avbovum raniis insifleiis, haltilu om- 

 niuo Polytrichi. Foi.ia co v.iginis pnrvis, subovuHhus, omuuio mciuhranuceis 

 pelliK-idisqne, glabris caulem filil'ormeni usque ad 90 mm. lou^uni sed 

 8aepis.sime breviorem omuiuo oI)tegentia dens'ssima qitaqn.iveraa, omnia 

 auberecla vei erecta, panllo rigidiiiscnla, tennissime siibnlata, nsque ad 

 15 mm. loDga, apieem versns senaim peratuta, biuiiuescentia, lepidibus 

 maximis, subjerrugiueis, sub lente paleateo-pateiitiiMia densisfime obteela 

 ftavfuraceo-tomeutosa. Isfloukscentia perpauci (2 — 4)-flora, siinpliclssima, 

 e caulis semper cumohi ramulisque supevati apice prodieua priiuo intuitu 



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