70 Carl Mez. — Bromeliaceae. 



data, spinulis usque ad 2 mm longis distanter armata, ad 0,5 m longa et 80 mm lata. In- 

 florescentia scapo crassiusculo, dense ferrugineo-lanato stipitata, ultra foliorum rosulam 

 optime elata, multiflora, basi ramulos paucos brevissimosque, dense umbrino-tomentosos, 

 flores apice subumbellatos gerentes procreans; cyathidii foliis per anthesin eburneis, recur- 

 vis, apice haud pungentibus, margine nunc subinermibus nunc dentibus paucis parvisque 

 praeditis; bracteis florigeris late triangulo-lanceolatis, apice peracutis minuteque mucronu- 

 latis, praesertim dorso apicem versus lanatis. Flores ad 27 mm longi; sepalis ad 14 mm 

 longis, liberis, basi lanatis, apice longiuscule triangulo-acutis et in spinulam minutissimam, 

 haud pungentem desinentibus, asymmetricis. Petala sepalis paullo longiora, ad 20 mm 

 metientia, libera, virentia, acuta. Stamina filamentis ser. I. liberis, ser. II. cum petalis 

 peralte connatis; polline 2-porato. Ovariumlanuginosum, ad 7 mm longum. 



Brasilien: aus dem Staat Bahia lebend von Linden eingeführt. — Ich habe die Art 

 bisher noch nicht erhalten können; was unter dem Namen angeboten wird, ist alles 

 C. ro8eum. 



Subgen. III. Gravisiopsis Mez nov. subgen. 



Petala libera, aurantiaca, apice spinulosa; pollinis granula poris multis dissitis insignia. 



13. C. aurantiacum Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. (1873) 257, t. 15; Garr. in Rev. 

 Hortic. XLIX. (1877) 246, c. xyl. — Aechmea aurantiaca Bak. in Journ. Bot. n. s. VIII. 

 (1879) 235. — Gryptanthtts clavatus Brongn. ex Morr., 1. c. 258. — Folia multa, linearia, 

 apice manifeste acuta et in mucronem herbaceum, filiformem producta, spinis ad 3 mm 

 longis densiuscule armata, ad 0,5 m longa et 33 mm lata. Inflorescentia scapo longo, glabro 

 stipitata, submultiflora, basi tantum ramos paucos brevissimos glabros, apice flores sub- 

 umbellatos gerentes procreans, subclavif ormis ; cyathidii foliis rubro-aurantiacis, latissime 

 subovatis, apice acuminulatis, integerrimis ; bracteis florigeris subovato-lanceolatis, per- 

 acutis et in spinam pungentem desinentibus, dense lepidotis. Flores ad 35 mm longi, 

 aurantiaci; sepalis ad 17 mm longis, liberis, glabris, spina validissima imposita apice sub- 

 rotundatis, perasymmetricis. Petala libera, ad 20 mm longa, erecta, apice in spinam per- 

 manifestam producta. Stamina filamentis ser. I. liberis, ser. II. cum petalis fere apicem 

 usque connatis; polline multiporato. Ovarium glabrum, ad 10 mm longum. 



Brasilien: Staat Pernambuco, bei Dois Irmäos und Iguarasso (R i d 1 e y u. R a m a g e). 

 — Durch Porte nach Europa lebend eingeführt; häufig in Kultur. 



Hybridae. 

 Canistrum roseum x N idularium bracteatum — cf. supra, p. 64. 



Subtrib. c. Aechmeinae Mez. 

 Subtrib. Aechmeinae Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 179. 

 Inflorescentia scapo manifesto raro brevissimo ultra folia elata, nee corymbosa nee 

 distinete involucrata (haud cyathidium). 



12. Andrea Mez. 



Andrea Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 114; Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. XVa. (1930) 142. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala basi breviter connata, subacuta apiceque minute mucro- 

 nulata. Petala infima basi saltem brevissime connata superne alte tubulose conglutinata, 

 ex ungue lineari in laminam subovalem, apice acutam, per anthesin suberecto-patentem 

 producta, eligulata, haud zygomorpha. Stamina inclusa filamentis ser. I. basi breviter 

 cum petalis connatis superne liberis, ser. II. peralte cum petalis connatis; antheris in Vs 

 longit. dorsifixis; pollinis granulis utroque polo uniporatis. Ovarium optime inferum, 

 sessile; tubo epigyno magno, anguste infundibuliformi ; stylo antheras paullo superante; 

 stigmatibus leviter contortis; placentis interno loculorum angulo medium inter apicemque 

 affixis; ovulis multis, obtusis. 



