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florescentia simplicissima, submultiflora, optime corymbosa, haud profunde immersa; 

 bracteis florigeris maximis sepala fere aequantibus, perlate linearibus, apice late rotundatis, 

 hie brunneo-purpurascentibus, integerrimis vel apice paueidentatis, utrinque sed praeser- 

 tim dorso lepidotis. Flores pedicellis ad 5 mm longis stipitati ad 27 mm longi, albi. Sepala 

 glabra, basi in tubum saepius vix ultra 1 mm longum connata tum ad 13 mm libera, apice 

 breviter acuta nee mucronata, perasymmetrica. Petala ad 18 mm longa, peracuta, altissime 

 connata. Stamina antheris apice minute mucronulatis. Ovarium ad 10 mm longum. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, bei Entre-Rios (Wawra II. n. 146), Restinga 

 von Copacabana (Ule n. 4134); Staat Sao Paulo, bei der Stadt Säo Paulo (Glaziou 

 n. 16 449 a). 



14. A. cyanea (Beer) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX (1896) 67. — Hoplophytum cya- 

 neum Beer, Bromel. (1857) 131. — Nidularium cyaneum Hort. Berol. (non Linden et Andre) 

 ex Beer, 1. c. — Bromelia denticulata C. Koch in Wochenschr. II. (1859) 151. — Nidularium 

 denticulatum Regel in Gartenfl. XIX. (1870) 268. — Karatas denticulata Bak. Bromel. 

 (1889) 4. — Regelia denticulata Lindm. in öfvers. Akad. Holm. 1890, 542. — Bromelia 

 angustifolia C. Koch in Wochenschr. IX. (1866) 183. — Bromelia pauciflora C. Koch, 1. c. 

 — Nidularium agavifolium Hort, ex Bak., 1. c. — Folia utriculum apice constrictum haud 

 formantia, ad 20 subfasciculatim rosulata, linearia, apice sensim acuta et in aciculam 

 filiformem producta, exteriora subinermia interiora reliquis concoloria spinulis valde 

 dissitis minutisque armata, generis minima exteriora raro ultra 0,3 m longa et ad 7 mm 

 lata, triste viridia, subtus pallide lepidota nee zonata. Inflorescentia inter folia intima 

 nidulans nee inclusa, subpauciflora, bene corymbosa, simplicissima; bracteis florigeris late 

 linearibus vel apice paullo dilatatis, obtusis, sepala fere aequantibus, integerrimis, praeser- 

 tim dorso dissite brunneo-lepidotis, ad 20 mm longis. Flores pedicellis ad 4 mm longis 

 stipitati, ad 25 mm longi, violacei. Sepala glabra, apice breviter acuta nee mucronata, 

 basi ad 2,5 mm connata tunc ad 11 mm libera, valde asymmetrica. Petala ad 17 mm longa, 

 breviter connata, apice acuta. Antherae ad 5 mm longae. Ovarium ad 8 mm longum. 



Heimat unbekannt, wahrscheinlich Süd-Brasilien; wurde vielleicht von Sellow 

 nach Europa lebend eingeführt. 



15. A. maeahensis (Ule) Mez nov. comb. — Nidularium maeahense Ule in Ber. Deutsch, 

 bot. Gesellsch. XVIII. (1900) 318. — Folia ad 15 dense rosulata utriculum apice constrictum 

 haud formantia, sublinearia, apice mucrone debili imposito praedita, spinulis parvis remote 

 vel apicem versus densius armata, intima basi fuscescentia nee rubra, subglabra dorso 

 pallidiora, haud vittata, usque^ad 0,5 m longa et 40 mm lata. Inflorescentia submultiflora, 

 simplicissima, foliis intimis subintegris dissite lepidotis cineta, bene corymbosa; bracteis 

 florigeris quam sepala multo brevioribus, ovato-linearibus, cymbiformibus, apice paullo 

 mucronatis, fuscescentibus, dissite lepidotis vel paullo puberulo-tomentellis, ad 30 mm 

 longis et 15 mm latis. Flores pedicellis usque ad 20 mm longis stipitati, ad 28 mm longi, 

 albi. Sepala viridi-fusca, ad 16 mm longa, basi usque ad 1,5 mm connata, lobis lanceolato- 

 ovatis, peracutis, asymmetricis. Petala basi usque ad 6 mm connata, ad 22 mm longa, 

 acuta. Antherae 5 mm longae. Ovarium ad 7 mm longum. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, auf Bäumen bei Nova Friburgo am Alto Macahe 

 (Ule n. 4960). 



16. A. tristis (Beer) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 68. — Bromelia tristis Beer, 

 Bromel. (1857) 30. — Nidularium triste Regel in Gartenfl. XV. (1866) 356. — Karatas 

 tristis Bak. Bromel. (1889) 5. — Regelia tristis Lindm. in Öfvers. Akad. Holm. 1890, 542. — 

 Nidularium marmoratum Hort, (non Morr.) ex Bak., 1. c. — Folia 10 — 12 rosulata, utriculum 

 apice constrictum haud formantia, apicem versus longe paulloque angustata demum sub- 

 rotundata et in mucronem debilem subfiliformem impositum producta, spinulis minutis 

 valde distantibus armata, maculis purpureo-brunneis conspersa interiora haud rubentia, 

 subtus parce lepidota, nullo modo vittata, ad 0,18 m longa et 20 mm lata. Inflorescentia 

 submultiflora, simplicissima, profunde nidulans; bracteis florigeris peranguste linearibus, 

 apice optime rotundatis, membranaeeo-hyalinis, subcarinatis, integerrimis, praesertim 



