Pitcairniea.] CLXXI. BROMELIACEJE. 607 
19. Eneholirion, Mart. in Schult. Syst. vii. 68, 1233. (Prionophyllum, C. Koch, App. 
iv., Sem. Hort. Berol. 1873, 3.)—8Sepala libera, brevia, ovata, imbricata. Petala multo 
longiora, libera, angusta, erecta V. à basi subpatentia. Stamina libera, filamentis fili- 
formibus ; anther:ve dorsifi Ovarium superum, làta basi affixum, elongatum, in stylum 
brevem productum, loculis: oo-ovulatis ; stigmata linearia, erecta, subtorta. Capsula 
anguste 3-gona, in valvas introrsum clausas seu carpella distincta septicide dehiscens. 
Semina parva, brevissi stipitata, apice inappendieulata.—fFolia rosulata, 
longa, angusta, rigida, valide spinuloso-serrata. Racemus terminalis, simplex v. 
parce ramosus, longus, dense floril d diccllisrfascidulafi i is 
P T J 
Species ad 6, Brasilienses, Praeter speciem typieam £. spectabile, Mart., hue pertinere videntur, 
Dyckia montevidensis, et D. catharinensis, C. Koch. É 
Encholirion Auguste, Schomb., est. Caraguate species, 
90. Dyckia, Schul. Syst. vii. 65, 1194.— Sepala libera, ovata, imbricata. Petala 
longiora, basi angustata, superne latere uno valde dilatata, convoluto-imbricata, demum 
patentia. Stamina libera v. basi cum petalis breviter connata, filamentis filiformibus v. 
crassiusculis ; antherz prope basin affixie. Ovarium superum, lata basi affixum, 3-quetrum, 
elongato-pyramidatum, loculis oc-ovulatis ; stylus subnull igmatibus linearibus sub- 
tortis. Capsula 2-sulca, septicide 3-valvis, valvis alte 2-fidis. Semina (in D. rariffora) 
plana, perp margine io a nucleo solubili uno 
latere in d parvam at to; embryo basi ex albumine prominens, acumine 
secus marginem extenso.—fFolia dense rosulata, i 1 inul rrata. Spica in 
scapo (an semper 1) axillari elongata, simplex v. ramosa, floribus sessilibus dissitis bractea 
parva stipatis. 
Species ad 6, Brasiliane. — Bot. Mag. t. 3449. Bot. Reg. t. 1182. — Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 924. 
Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 236. 
In D. rariflora, Schult., stamina basi cum petalis in eupulam connata, in ewteris speciebus a basi 
libera. In D. frigida, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6294 (GannrLiA encholirioides, Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, 
Bot. t. 115), filamenta crassiuseula, libera. Huie etiam valde affinis est ex deseriptione, CorrEN- 
nonria florida, Schult. Syst. vii. 64, 1193. Navia, Schult. l.c. 68, 1195, ex deseriptione includit 
species 2. Dyckie fructiferz, | Fruetum speciei typiee Dyckie auctor non vidit. 
21. Hechtia, Klotzsch ex Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Münch. iii. 939, t. 6.—Flores 
abortu dioiei. Sepala libera, ovata, imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, breviter connata, 
in limbum subcampanulatum patentia. Stamina in flore d, staminodia in flore 2, ima 
basi coroll: adnata, filamentis czeterum liberis, corolla parum breviora ; antherz oblong:e, 
prope basin affixsee. Ovarium in flore 9 pyramidato-3-quetrum, lata basi affixum v. toro 
breviter immersum, 3-loculare, co-ovulatum ; stylus brevis nune brevissimus, stigmatibus 
li ibus ; ovarii rudimentum in flore d' s:pe stylos 3 nudos filiformes fert. Capsula 
profunde 3-sulea, fere 3-partita, septicide 3-valvis, valvis subclausis (v. carpellis distinctis), 
marginibus tantum in axi coh tibus demum solvendis integris. "Semina subsessilia, 
linearia, ascendentia, testa appressa plerumque ultra nucleum in appendicem brevem pro- 
dueta.—Folia dense rosulata, longa, rigida, valide spinoso-dentata. Pedunceulus termi- 
malis, prelongus, simplex v. parce ramosus, floribus secus rhachin glomeratis parvulis, 
l lis dissitis ilibus hine inde in spicas breves abeuntib Flores d fceminei 
similes nisi paullo minores. 
Species 2 v. 3, Mexicane. H. Ghiesbrechtii, Lemaire, Illustr. Hortic. x. t. 378, Bot. Mag. t. 5842, ab 
H. glomerata, Ziuec., non differre videtur, et auctor ipse ad cam reduxit Dasylirion pitcairniefolium 
ab eo prius editum. .H. cordylinoides, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6504, est species inflorescentia laxiore 
ramosiore et floribus minoribus ( d solis adhue notis) insignis, —H. stenopetala, Kl., nobis ignota est. 
H. pitcairniafolia, Verl., est Rhodostachyos species. 
