Hohenbergia. 79 



° Bracteae florigerae ad 25 mm longae flores aequantes vel superantes 



26. H. antülana. 



Hie inserta 27. H. attenuata. 



°° Bracteae florigerae ad 7 mm longae floribus multo breviores 



28. H. virens. 



Subgen. I. Eu-Hohenbergia Mez. 

 Subgen. Eu-Hohenbergia Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 124. 

 Ovula caudata. In foliis fasciculi sclerenchymatici a fibrovasalibus independentes 

 multi adsunt. 



1. H. oligosphaera (Bak.) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 124. — Aechmea 

 oligospkaera Bak. Bromel. (1889) 48. — Ae. glomerata C. Koch (non alior.) ex Bak., 1. c. — 

 Ae. oligosepala Ind. Kew. 1. Suppl. (1906) 12, sphalm. — Folia linearia, apice rotundata 

 impositeque mucronata, spinulis 1 — 1,5 mm longis bene armata, ad 55 mm lata. Inflore- 

 scentia 2-pinnatim panniculata, e strobilis 30 — 40 mm longis, subglobosis, glabris, 7 — 12- 

 floris, ternis vel quaternis dense glomeratis, breviter stipitatis composita ; bracteis primariis 

 infimis maximis strobilos longe superantibus ; bracteis florigeris purpureis, e fere orbiculari 

 longe acuminatis et in acumen pungens desinentibus, ad 30 mm longis. Flores petalis 

 neglectis ad 22 mm longi; sepalis sat inaequalibus, binis posticis ad 18, antico ad 15,5 mm 

 longis, sensim aciculose acutis, glabris. Petala caerulea. 



Venezuela: in der Umgebung von Caracas bei Dosuguaros (Gollmer); Trinidad 

 (Britton, Freeman und Howell n. 2581, Broadway n. 3961, 8203); Tobago 

 (Broadway n. 4517, 4834). 



2. H. stellata Schult, fll. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. VII. (1830) 1251. — Pironneava 

 roseo-caerulea C. Koch in Wochenschr. IV. (1861) 189. — Hohenbergia erythrostaehys Brongn. 

 in Journ. Imp. Soc. hortic. Julio 1854, c. flg.; Lern, in Rev. Hortic. XLI. (1869) 217 c. xyl. 

 — Aechmea glomerata Hook, (non alior.) in Bot. Mag. 3. ser. XXIII. (1867) t. 5668. — Hohen- 

 bergia glomerata Bak. in Saund. Ref. Bot. IV. (1871) sub t. 284. — Pironneava Morreniana 

 Regel in Gartenfl. XXIII. (1874) 257, t. 805. — Aechmea longisepala Bak. Bromel. (1889) 

 48. — Folia latissime linearia, apice breviter acuta vel subrotundata, subpungenter mucro- 

 nata spinulis infimis usque ad 3,5 mm longis armata, metralia, ad 75 mm lata. Inflorescentia 

 tri-vel in speeiminibus debilibus bipinnatim panniculata, e strobilis inferioribus mediisque 

 distantibus, subovoideis, glabris, sessilibus vel brevissime stipitatis, acutis, ad 40 mm 

 longis composita; bracteis primariis quam strobili axillares brevioribus; bracteis florigeris 

 saturate purpureis, e late ovato longe acuminatis in mucronem filiformem vix pungentem 

 desinentibus, ad 17 mm longis. Flores ad 23 mm longi; sepalis aequalibus, ad 13 mm 

 longis, sensim acutis in spinulam vix pungentem desinentibus; petalis cyaneis. 



Trinidad (Fendler n. 841 e. p.). Brasilien: Staat Bahia, in Urwäldern bei 

 Sincorä (Martius), Bolandeiras bei San Salvador (Werdermann n. 3188a), ohne 

 Standortsangabe (Blanchet n. 241). — Nicht selten in Kultur, z. B. in Berlin-Dahlem, 

 wo die schöne Pflanze öfter geblüht hat. — Fig. 22. 



3. H. caruaruensis Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem XI. (1933) 

 n. 108, 780. — »Valida, terrestris (ex collect.) ; folia magna vel majuscula (unicum tantum 

 suppetit), e vagina latissima lanceolata, sensim acuminata, acumine pungente, adpresse 

 parce lepidota, margine aculeis validiusculis armata; scapus validus, inferiore parte 

 vaginis e basi alta ovato-lanceolatis apice pungentibus internodia celantibus involutus, 

 laxe floeculosus; pannicula ramosa, ampliuscula, rhachi ramulisque floeculosis vel partim 

 glabrescentibus, ramulis primariis valde elongatis, 40 — 25 cm longis, strobilos numerosos 

 vel complures vel inferiore ramulos tertiarios breves strobiliferos racemose digestos feren- 

 tibus ; bracteis ad basin ramulorum e basi lata late lanceolatis 9 — 5 cm longis, bracteis ad 

 basin strobilorum lanceolatis, 3 cm longis vel brevioribus, in sicco stramineo-pallidis striatis; 

 strobili simplices vel basi strobilos paueos (1 — 2) seeundarios gerentes breviter vel brevissime 



