Disteganthus. 



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Trib. IL Poratae Mez. 



Trib. Poratae Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 179. 



Pollinis granula poris praedita. Ovarium inferum. Fructus baccatus, indehiscens. 

 Semina nuda. 



Subtrib. a. Disteganthinae Mez. 



Subtrib. Disteganthinae Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 60. 



Inflorescentia lateralis e rhizomate erumpens, trophophyllis carens, anaphyllis 

 purpureis cincta, simplicissima, globosa. 



8. Disteganthus Lern. 



Disteganthus Lern, in Fl. des Serres III. (1847) t. 227; Beer, Bromel. (1857) 160; Benth. 

 et Hook. f. Gen. PI. III. (1883) 661; Wittm. in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II. 4. 

 (1888) 45; Bak. Bromel. (1889) 18; Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 60; Harms in 

 Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. XVa. (1930) 137. 



Fig. 11. Disteganthus basi-lateralis Lern. A Habitus. B Flos. C Stamen. D Ovarium longit. sectum. 



See. Fl. Serres t. 227. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala fere ad 3 / t in tubum cylindricum connata, lobis erectis, 

 sinistrorsum convolutis, apice spinulosis. Petala dextrorsum convoluta, ex ungue lineari 

 in laminam ellipticam, apice acutam, patentem dilatata, haud zygomorpha, libera, eligulata. 

 Stamina e corollae fauce vix emergentia; filamentis linearibus, summo apice minute in- 

 crassatis, brevibus, liberis; antheris ellipticis, medio dorsifixis; pollinis granulis poratis. 

 Ovarium plane inferum in tubum epigynum maximum latissime cylindricum vel infundi- 

 buliformem, annulo prominente apice fere clausum transiens; stylo elongato; stigmatibus 

 linearibus, spiraliter tortis; placentis interno loculorum angulo apice affixis; ovulis paucis, 

 subglobosis, exappendiculatis. Bacca exsucca. 



Herba late stolonifera e rhizomate tenui repente hie trophophyllorum fasciculos hie 

 inflorescentias proferens. Folia manifeste petiolata, margine serrulato-spinulosa, laminis 

 ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis. Inflorescentia subgloboso-strobiliformis, simplicissima spicata, 

 anaphyllis late squamiformibus triste sanguineis cincta. Petala lucide lutea. 



