Aregelia. 



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Subgen. II. Canistropsis Mez. 

 Subgen. Canistropsis Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 214, sub Nidularium. 

 Inflorescentia e ramulis brevibus, corymbose florigeris composita; petala basi brevi 

 saltem spatio connata. 



31. A. Burchellii (Bak.) Mez nov. comb. — Aechmea Burchelli Bak. in Journ. Bot. 

 n. s. VIII. (1879) 231. — Nidularium Burchelli Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 

 101. — Bromelia aurantiaca Burch. ex Bak., 1. c. — Cryptanthus emergens Lindm. in Svensk. 

 Akad. Handl. XXIV. (1891) 



19, t. 2, flg. 1—12. — Nidu- /\\ /| 



larium emergens Mez in Mart. \\\\ xr^ / I« 



Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 621. 

 — Nidularium pubisepalum 

 Mez, 1. c. 246. — Folia pauca 

 utriculatim rosulata, super 

 vaginam longe manifesteque 

 angustata ensiformia, apice 

 persensim acuta in acumen 

 filiforme debile desinentia, 

 margine spinulis minutis sub- 

 serrata, nunc utrinque nunc 

 subtus saltem rubentia vel 

 purpurascentia, nullo modo 

 vittata, ad 0,4 m longa et 

 45 mm lata. Inflorescentia in 

 foliorum exterioribus conco- 

 lorium vel paullo aurantiaco- 

 coloratorum centro nidulans 

 aliquid caule brevi elata, e 

 ramulis brevibus quidem sed 

 tarnen manifestis, apice flores 

 subumbellatos gerentibus 

 composita, subpauciflora, ca- 

 pituliformis ; bracteis flori- 

 geris cum axibus dense ferru- 

 gineo- vel umbrino-lepidotis, 

 optime serrulatis, sepala 

 medio vel ultra aequantibus, 

 recurvis. Flores pedicellis 

 fere nullis subsessiles, ad 

 23 mm longi, praeter petala 

 omnibus partibus brunneo- 

 lepidoti, albi. Sepala basi 

 ad 2 mm connata, lobis ad 



10 mm longis e lineari-subovali longe acutis vel acutissimis, subsymmetricis. 

 brevissime tan tum connata, ad 18 mm longa, lobis per an thesin patentibus, optime 

 acuminatis. Antherae utrinque obtusae. Ovarium ad 7 mm longum. 



Brasilien: Prov. Säo Paulo, zwischen Santos und Säo Bento (Burch eil n. 3314 

 e. p.), bei Santos (Mosen n. 2979), bei Cubatäo (Burchell n. 3487), Alto da Serra 

 (Wacket). — Ich habe die Species fast gleichzeitig aus dem Garten der Univers. Wien 

 und von Wacket lebend erhalten. 



32. A. microps (Morr.) Mez nov. comb. — Nidularium microps Morr. ex Bak. Bromel. 

 (1889) 5, nomen, et ap. Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 218. — Nidularium micro- 

 cephalum Ule in Ber. Deutsch, bot. Gesellsch. XVII. (1899) 4. — Folia subpauca breviter 



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Fig. 14. Aregelia microps Mez. 

 A Habitus. B Flos. — Icon. origin. 



Petala basi 



