82 Carl Mez. — Bromeliaceae. 



infimis saepius 3 mm excedentibus armata, ad 0,6 m longa et 15 mm lata. Inflorescentia 

 2-pinnatim panniculata e spicis ad 6 laxe strobiliformibus, sessilibus vel infimis brevissime 

 stipitatis, glabris composita; bracteis primariis quam strobili brevioribus; bracteis florigeris 

 roseis, coriaceis, subovatis, ad margines undulatim crispatis, apice late obtusis, ad 20 mm 

 longis et 14 mm latis. Flores ad 24 mm longi; sepalis ad 13 mm longis, subrectangularibus, 

 apice late obtusis; petalis roseis. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, in der Serra Goncala (Glaziou n. 18 556). 



7. H. Ramageana Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 127. — Folia late linearia, 

 apice sensim acuta in spinam valide pungentem desinentia, spinis ad 2 mm. longis armata, 

 certe ultra 0,6 m longa, ad 55 mm lata. Inflorescentia 4-pinnatim panniculata, e strobilis 

 breviter cylindricis, plus minus lanatis, ad ÜMloris, geminis vel ternis breviter stipitatis 

 composita, laxiuscula, pyramidata; bracteis primariis ramulorum axillarium strobilum 

 infimum attingentibus ; bracteis florigeris latissime ovatis, apice obtusiusculis valdeque 

 imposite spinosis. Flores (fructiferi) ad 14 mm longi; sepalis ad 4,4 mm longis, apice rotun- 

 datis mucroneque manifesto imposito acutis; petalis verosimillime caeruleis, ad 11 mm 

 longis. 



Brasilien: Staat Pernambuco, bei der Stadt Pernambuco (RidleyundRamage). 



8. H. Ridleyi (Bak.) Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 266. — Aechmea Ridleyi 

 Bak. Bromel. (1889) 47. — Folia late linearia, spinis validiusculis armata, apice in spinam 

 valide pungentem desinentia, fere 1 m longa et 50 mm lata. Inflorescentia 3-pinnatim 

 panniculata, perlaxe angusteque pyramidalis, e strobilis ovoideis, summis in rhachi com- 

 muni singulis sessilibus, inferioribus 8 — 3-nis glomeratim in ramuli patentis apice congrega- 

 tis, maximis, acutis composita; bracteis florigeris late ovatis, apice acutis impositeque 

 spinosis, lanugine densa albido-flavescente obtectis. Flores ad 15 mm longi; sepalis ad 

 4 mm longis, apice minute tomentoso-barbatis cet. glabris; petalis violaceis, ad 12 mm 

 longis, apice rotundatis. 



Brasilien: Staat Pernambuco, bei Iguarassu (Ridley und Ramage). 



9. H. augusta (Vell.) Morr. Cat. (1873) 9; Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 270. — 

 Tülandsia augusta Vell. Fl. Flumin. III. (1827) t. 135 et in Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio V. (1881) 

 127. — Hoplophytum augustum Beer, Bromel. (1857) 136. — Pironneava glomerata Gaudich. 

 Atl. Bonite (1844—66) t. 63. — Aechmea multiceps Bak. in Journ. Bot. n. s. IX. (1880) 49. 



— Hohenbergia multiceps Morr. ex Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1891) 270. — Nidularium 

 fragrans Hort, ex Bak. Bromel. (1889) 47. — Ouzmania maculata Hort, (non Linden) ex 

 Bak., 1. c. — Hohenbergia ferruginea Carr. (non Mez) in Rev. Hortic. LIII. (1881) 427, 

 flg. 104. — Folia latissime linearia, apice breviter subrotundato-acuta, spinulis parvis 

 (1 mm vix excedentibus) armata, ad 1,2 m longa et medio 80 mm lata. Inflorescentia e 

 strobilis globosis, lanatis, 5 — 7-floris, sessilibus secundum ramos elongatos dispersis com- 

 posita, myriantha, pyramidatim ample tripinnatim panniculata, tota lana floccosa ferru- 

 ginea obtecta; bracteis primariis quam rami permulto brevioribus; bracteis florigeris 

 suborbicularibus, apice mucrone imposito rotundatis, quam sepala bene brevioribus, ad 

 7 mm longis. Flores caerulei, ad 11 mm longi; sepalis apice acutiusculis et in spinulam 

 permanifestam productis; petalis ad 7 mm longis, acutis. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, beiAndarahy Grande, im Sumpfwald bei Inhomerim 

 (Ule n. 4139); Staat Sta. Catharina, bei Blumenau (Müller, Ule). — War durch Gla- 

 ziou eingeführt; scheint wieder verschwunden zu sein. 



10. H. Pickelii Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem X. n. 98 (1929) 785. 



— »Folium unicum quod adest lineari-lanceolatum, fere 125 cm longum vel ultra, margine 

 validiuscule spinosum (spinulis sursum minoribus), lepidotulum, in acumen pungens angu- 

 statum; scapus elongatus, lana copiosa densa detergibili plus minus obtectus vel serius 

 partim subglabrescens ; bracteae inferiore parte steriles complures, lanceolatae, in acumen 

 pungens exeuntes, membranaceae, internodia superantes, 17 — 10 cm longae; inflorescentia 

 tripinnatim panniculata, ampla, certe ultra 50 cm alta, bracteae ad basin ramulorum plus 



