Bromeliec.] CLXXI. BROMELIAOCEJE. 6603 
Species 5 v. 6, Americze tropic incole, v., si formas cultas 4. saiive pro speciebus distinctis 
deseriptas retineas, usque ad 8 v. 10 zstimantur. Jte. et. Schult. Syst. vii. 1283. Morren, Belg. 
Hortic. 1872, 1. 17, 19 ; 1878, 140, 4. 4, 5. DC. in Mem. Soc. Phys. Gen. vii. 161, cum tabb. 2... Bof. 
Mag. t. 1504, 5020. 
Auctores plures genus limitant ad 4. sativum, Schult. ; hz species, originis adhue incertz, a tempo- 
il iquissimis culta et vari prebens, insignis est syncarpio maximo sueculentofere 
semper coma coronato, Forms sic dict» in America australi sylvestres, v. ab incolis pro fibra cultze, 
syncarpio multo minore minusque suceoso nec eduli gaudent. Ab his generice distinguere nequimus 
AcaxrHosrACHYUuM, Link, Klotzsch et Otto, Ic. Pl. Rar. i. 24, t. 9, strobilo minore angustiore vix 
eomato, sed florum structura omnino 4. sativi, et; bractece, basi cum fructu connatze, in receptaculo 
cum pericarpii basi persistunt post lapsum partis maximze fructus. JEchinea. Veitchii, Baker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 6329 ; Morren, Belg. Hort. 1878, t. 9 (Chevaliera), ch preebet, A4canthostac], 
sed caulis seu scapus florifer preter squamas vaginantes aphyllus est. CHEvArzEma, Gaudich, Voy. 
Bonite Bot. t. 61, 62, species 2 Brasilienses a nobis non vism, ex iconibus multo melius ad Ananas 
quam ad ZEchmeam referendze videntur. 
12. 3&chmea, Ruiz et Pav. Prod. 47, t. 8; Syst. Veg. 83; Fl. Per. et Chil. iii. 97, t. 264.— 
Sepala supra ovarium libera, sepius lata, valde imbricata. Petala libera v. basi median- 
tibus fil tis leviter coh tia, erecta v. apice breviter patentia, intus basi sepius 
squamulis 2 instructa. Stamina 3 petalis alterna libera v. iis leviter cohzerentia, 3 petalis 
opposita iisque basi adnata; antherw lineares, corola breviores. Ovarium inferum, 
swpius 3-quetrum et basi attenuatum, loculis cc- rarius 2-3-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmatibus linearibus v. oblique dilatatis plus minus spiraliter convolutis. Fructus 
brevis, sepalis coronatus, carnosulus v. siccus, indehiscens y. alaterefissus. Semina nume- 
rosa, parva nunc minima, oblonga v. fere linearia, recta v. incurva, teretia v. angulata, 
nuda v. appendice parva cellulosa coronata ; embryo juxta hilum ssepius longe acuminatus 
non v. vix albumini intrusus.—Herbre ssepius brevicaules, foliis confertis v. rosulatis longis 
rigidis plus minus spinul iis. Ped lus (excepta ZE. paniculata) terminalis, 
floribus nunc in spica simplici quaquaversis, nune in ramulis panicule sspius angusto 
distichis v. quaquaversis, intra bracteas sessilibus v. rarius pedicellatis. — Bractece sepius 
parvi, rarius flores subsup tes imbricat 
Species ad 60, Amerieze australis ineole. Baer in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1879, 129 (excl. sp. n. 11 ad 
13 quas ad Ananas referimus). Wawra in. GEsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1880, 116. 
Genus in sectiones sequentes pro maxima parte a Bakerianis mutuatas dividimus :— 
1. Amphilepis. . Spicze plures, simplices v. rarius 2-fidze, comp Secus p lum seu pani- 
cul axin sessiles v. peduneulatze, Braetew sub floribus ovatze, complicate, rigidze, striatze, bifariam. 
imbricate; bracteole minime. Species 3, Indie occidentalis incole, . 
2. Platyech Spice in panicul implieem dispositz.  Bractem bifariw, sub floribus nune 
membranacez latissime laxze subbullatze, nune late striatee subcarinate, v. fere cartilaginéze com- 
plicato-carinatz enerves. Sepala oblonga, mucronata. indl in Paat. Fl. Gard. iii, t. 80. (Bill- 
bergia). Vell. Fl. Flum. le. iii. /. 138 (Tülamdsia). Bot. Mag. t. 5441. Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. 
1.269. Morren, Belg. Hort. 1881, t. 13. 
3. Pironneawa. Spice breves, in panicula simpliei sessiles v. peduneulatze. Bractez quaqua- 
verse, confertz, imbricatz. Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 40. . Reichh. Iconogr. Exot, t, 239, 240. Lodd. 
Bot. Cab. t. 801 (ommes sub Bromelia) — Vell. Fl. Flum. Ic, iii, t, 135 (Tillandsia), Bot. Mag. 
1.5668. PinRoxwEAvA, Gaudich. in. Voy. Bonit, Bot. t. 63. 
4. Euechmea. Panicula longa, laxa, ramulis brevibus paucifloris eymoso-ramosis rarius 1-floris, 
floribus dissitis, lateralibus secsilibus, terminali v. solitario infra braeteam pedicellato. Bracteze 
iformes, cuspidate. Hue species typicá Flore Peruvianeme, ZE. paniculata Ruiz et Pav. t. 264, 
scapo laterali, et AE. platynema, (Pironneaua, Gaud. in Voy. Bonit. Bot. t. 64), quoad inflorescen- 
tiam et braeteas JE. paniculate conformis, sed peduneulus centralis et flores minores. 
5. Lam, Panieula longa, laxa, ramulis brevibus v. laxifloris Ewcchmec, sed bractem 
minutz v. 0, et flores interdum parvi. Zev. Hortic. 1875, 311, cum ie. Bot. Mag. t. 4293, 5235. 
LawrRococcus, Beer, Bromel.108, Regel, Gartenfl. t. 539, 694. Morren, Belg. Hortic. 1861, £. 11. 
Wawra. in Pr. Mazim, Reise, Bot. 162, 1. 28.  AwpRorxrIs, Brongn. in Morren, Cat. Brom. (nome 
tantum) ez Morr. 
