662 CLXXI. BROMELIACEZE. [Bromeliec. 
9. Portea, C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1850, App. 7T.—Sepala supra perianthii 
basin seu ovarii apicem cyathiformem distincta, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, valde imbri- 
cata, apice obliqua aristata. Petala elongata, libera, erecta, basi intus squamis 2 fim- 
briatis appendiculata. Stamina 3 petalis alte adnata, 3 libera petalis alterna ; antherwe 
versatiles, petalis breviores. Ovarium micum. gipoulis cc-ovulatis ; stylus disait 
stigmatibus linearibus in massam i lutis. Fructus . . .— Caules 
breves, foliis is rosulatis elongati: rigidis pinul tis. Ped lus termi- 
nalis, squamis coloratis spathaceis dont. inflorescentia in -specie typica elongata, 
bracteis b squamis ped nisi , primum imbricatis 
demum spe dissitis. Flores sub bracteis superioribus solitarii, sub inferioribus 2—3-ni. 
Petala iis Billbergic similia, ems non superantia. 
Species 3 v. 4, Ameri Brasili, Walp. Ann. vi. 67. — Houllet in. Rev. Hortic. 
1870, 230, eum ic. Regel, our 1875, 166, 2. 829 (Billbergia). Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 
985 (Hohenbergia). Specimen Uruguayense, Gibert, n. 1414, a Morrenio ad P. Legrellianam (Ort- 
giesiam palliolatam, Morr.). relatum, nobis videtur speciem pluribus notis distinetam indicare. 
Onrrorgsia, Regel, Gartenft. 1807, 193, t. 547, species a nobis non visa, ex eharaetere dato a Portea 
non differre videtur nisi inflorescentia (juniore) abbreviata inter folia sessili, 
10. Ehodostaehys, Philippi in Linnca, xxix. 7, xxx. 201. (Ruckia, Regel, Gartenft. 
1868, 69, t. 571.)—Sepala supra perianthii basin seu ovarii apicem cyathiformem dis- 
tincta, erecta, valde imbricata. Petala libera, imbricata, basi swpius intus glandulis v. 
squamellis 2 parvis instructa. Stamina libera, filamentis filiformibus; antherw breviter 
v. longiuscule lineares, petala sub:equantes v. breviter exsertz. Ovarium inferum, 
ovulis in loculis co horizontalibus v. pendulis ; stylus filiformis, hien vix tortis. 
Fructus . . .—Folia rosulata, longa, linearia, rigidula, sp C: 
terminale, intra folia floralia numerosa involucrantia sessile. Flores in receptaculo 
hemisphzerico v. breviter conico subsessiles, singuli bractea ovata sepius ciliato-denticu- 
lata stipati. 
Species editz 6 v. 7, Chile Colombiz v. Guianze incolw. Judge, Pl. Gui. 1. 49. LinZ^. in Pazt. 
Fi. Gard. ii. t. 65. C. Gay, Fl. Chil. t. 67 (omnes sub Broinelia), quarum nobis adsunt 3, Ziromelia. 
bicolor, Ruiz et Pav.; Morren, Belg. Hortie. 1873, t. 14, foliis anguste linearibus floralibus basi 
rubris ezterum viridibus; ZfccAtia piteairniefolia, Verlot in Rev. Hortic. 1868, 211, cum ic., foliis 
ut in Z bicolore, basí rubris ezeterum viridibus sed latioribus, et. Zrozelia Joinvillei, Morron in 
Belg. Hortic. 1876, t. 10, foliis latioribus, floralibus plerisque viridibus, nonnullis intimis undique 
rubris v. basi viridibus superne rubris. Ziromelia longifolii, Rudge, eztereque nobis non nisi 
je nibus et descriptionibus not: sunt. 
1l. Ananas, Adans. Fam. ii. 67. (Ananassa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub t. 1008, et t. 1081.) 
— Sepala supra ovarium libera, lata, acuminata, carinata, arcte imbricata. Petala erecta, 
leviter imbricata, basi dianti filamentis leviter cohsrentia, ceterum libera, intus 
basi ssepius squamellis 2 minimis instructa. Stamina 3, petalis alterna, libera v. iis late- 
raliter leviter cohrerentia, 3 petalis opposita iisque basi adnata ; antherw lineares, corolla 
breviores. Ovarium inferum, carnosum, rhachi crassa lafa basi adnatum v. ommino 
immersum, ovulis in loculis pluribus horizontalibus v. pendulis ; stylus filiformis, stigma- 
tibus linearibus rectis v. leviter incurvis. Fructus carnosi, ima basi v. omnino receptaculo 
carnoso immersi ; pne ejusdem infl tie cum bracteolis et rhachi v. receptaculo 
in trobilif. connati, v. si partim decidui, basin relinquentes persis- 
tentem. " Semina pauca, ovoidea v. oblonga, compressiuscula, testa tenuiter coriacea 
appressa; embryo juxta hilum parvus, intra albumen intrusus v. semi Homersne. SU SDDR 
brevis. dense v. parce foliatus, foliis longis spi rratis. Infl 
strobiliformis, globosa ovoidea v. oblonga, densissima, floribus quaq; is sub quaque 
bractea solitariis sessilibus v. immersis ; bractez apice tantum. plus minus prominentes, 
swepe spinuloso-dentatz ; summ:e vacuos, plus minus foliaceo-dilatatze, haud raro comam 
viviparam formant. 
