Museo] CLXX, SCITAMINEJE, 607 
3-loculare, loculis multiovulatis; stylus filiformis, elongatus, subangulatus, stigmate 
oblongo-clavato breviter 6-dentato. Capsula ovoideo-3-quetra v. oblonga, loculicide 3- 
valvis. Semina in quoque loculo numerosa, 2-oc-seriatim superposita, transverse oblonga, 
arillo fimbriato-lacero subinclusa; embryo . . .—Caulis nune brevis foliis subradi- 
calibus, nunc erectus lignosus (usque ad 30-pedalis) cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum 
annulatus. Folia magna conferta, flabellatim bifaria, petiolis longis basi concavis vix 
vaginatis. Scapi v. pedunculi in axillis superioribus petiolo breviores v. longiores. 
Bracteze spathacese, plures, cymbiformes, acuminatze, bifariam patentes. Flores in spatha 
plures, magni, brevissime pedicellati, intra spatham brevissime racemosi, perianthiis longe 
exsertis. 
Species 2, altera Brasiliwe borealis et Guianz, altera Madagaseariw ineola. Horan. Prod. Monogr. 
BSeitam. 48. L. C. Rich. in. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xv, Suppl. 12, 19, t. 4 ad. 8 (Urania)... Sonnerat, 
Voy. Ind. Or. iii. 244, 1. 124 ad 126. Jacq. Hort. Schaenbr, t. 93, KEndl. Iconogr. t. 42, 
PuxxakoseznMUx, Endl. Prod. Fl. Norf. 95, in Adnot, ; Miq. Stirp. Surin. 212, t. 62, 63, genus 
propositum fuit ad speciem Americanam charaeteribus minimi valoris a Madagascariense separatam. 
Utraque variare videtur caule nune brevissimo nune lignoso oc-pedali. 
On» CLXXI. BRONIELIACEZ. 
Fndl Gen. 181. Lindl, Veg. Kingd. 147. 
Flores regulares, hermaphroditi v. rarius abortu dioici. Perianthiwm superum. semi- 
superum v. inferum, duplici serie 3-merum, exterius calycinum, e sepalis 3 liberis v. 
rarius basi in tubum connatis, sestivati lüto-imbrieatis ; interius corollinum, e 
petalis 3 unguibus sepius in tubum conniventibus v. connatis, laminis erectis v. patentibus 
ivati luto-imbricati Stamina 6, intra basin corolle affixa, nune omnia 
libera, nune 3 sepalis opposita libera, 3 petalis opposita iisque plus minus adnata, nunc 
omnia corolle alte adnata specie sub apice tubi affixa; filamenta filiformia v. crassi- 
uscula. Anfherc lineares, rarius oblong:e, nunc medio dorso affixce versatiles, nune prope 
Ui LACUNA 
basin v; rarius ima basi affix:e, erectze, loculis 2 paralleli tigui gi ter dehis- 
centibus, « tivo inappendieulato. Ovarium inferum semisuperum v. si superum lata 
basi i, 3-loculare. Stylus elongatus filiformisque v. abbreviatus, i lum preter 
ramos subnullus ; stigmata (v. styli ramuli stigmatosi) 3, brevia v. linearia, 
introrsum papillosa, erecta v. recurvo-patentia, haud raro sigillatim torta v. omnia in 
massam ovoideam contorta. Ovula in quoque loculo oc, srepius numerosa, angulo centrali 
affixa, anatropa, ascendentia horizontalia v. pendula, interdum ad. chalazam breviter 
appendieulata. |^ Fructus nunc carnosus perianthio toto emarcido v. sepalis solis coronatus, 
indehiscens v. a latere irregulariter ruptus, nunc siccus, ab apice libera septicide v. rarius 
loeulicide 3-valvis. Semina oblonga ovata v. linearia, testa membranacea undique nucleo 
appressa v. apice basique rarius ci i in appendiculam produéta. Albumen 
farinaceum, eopiosum. ' Embryo parvus, rarius lineari-acuminatus, juxta hilum in cavo 
o v. sulco albuminis collocatus, rarius longius intrusus. 
Herb epiphyticze v. saxicolre, rarissime terrestres, caule proter scapum v. pedunculum 
florentem. sepius brevi, rarius elongato undique foliato. Folia &wpius ad basin caulis 
dense rosulata, interdum longissima, nunc rigida pungentia et margine spinuloso-serrata, 
nunc mollia angusta integerrima seepeque furfuracea, rarius secus caulem pendulum sparsa. 
Inf ti inalis v. rarissime lateralis; spicata v. varie panieulata, pedunculo v. 
scapo interdum valde elongato squamis bractesformibus instructa. Bractez primarie 
haud raro amplae, coloratze, imbricafe dissitre v, exteriores i d tes, interdum parvae 
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