94 Carl Mez. — Bromeliaceae. 



Brasilien: Hylaea, in Ameisen- Gärten weit verbreitet: Ega (Poeppig n. 2599), 

 bei Manaos (Ule n. 5280), am Juruä Miry (Ule n. 5280b). Ost-Peru: Rio Blanco, 

 Pantano (T essmann n. 3133); Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 

 IX. (1927) 1150. — Im Bot. Garten Berlin-Dahlem kultiviert. 



12. S. lanatus L. B. Smith in Contrib. Gray Herb. XCV. (1931) 45, t. XI, flg. 4—5. — 

 Acaulis; foliis rosulatis, subtus minute perappresseque lepidotis; vaginis maximis, ad 20 cm 

 longis, anguste ellipticis, atro-castaneis ; laminis peranguste triangularibus, basi 3 cm latis, 

 apice involutis, grosse serratis, spinis ad 6 mm longis; scapo erecto, dense lanato; scapi 

 bracteis lingulatis, apice involutis, subtus lanatis, mox glabrescentibus, supra appresse 

 lepidotis; inflorescentia subtripinnatim panniculata, dense cylindrica, dense lanata; bracteis 

 primariis eis scapi isomorphis; ramis inferiorjbus paullo divisis; spicis quaquaverse flori- 

 geris; bracteis florigeris aciculosis, pungentibus, ovarium subaequantibus; floribus sessilibus, 

 ascendenter curvatis; sepalis 7 mm longis (sine spina), alte connatis, asymmetricis, infra 

 apicem retusum longe spinulatis, coriaceis; petalis liberis, eligulatis; staminibus inclusis; 

 ovario clavato, placentis apici loculorum afflxis. 



Brasilien: Bahia, Wälder des Rio Grongogy Basin (Cur ran n. 138). 



13. S. Curranii L. B. Smith in Contrib. Gray Herb. XCV. (1931) 44, t. XI, flg. 7—9. — 

 Acaulis, circ. 4 dm alta ; foliis rosulatis, subtus dense minuteque lepidotis, ad 6 dm longis ; 

 vaginis ellipticis, pallide brunneis; laminis anguste lingulatis, late acutis apiculatisque, 

 20 — 25 mm latis, remote denticulatis ; scapo erecto, gracili, paullo furfuraceo; scapi bracteis 

 lanceolatis, membranaceis, integris; inflorescentia pyramidata, 2-pinnatim panniculata, 

 11 cm longa, paullo furfuracea, mox glabrescente ; bracteis primariis anguste lanceolatis, 

 membranaceis, quam spicae axillares bene brevioribus; spicis sublaxe cylindricis, quaqua- 

 verse florigeris; bracteis florigeris ovato-acuminatis, membranaceis, ovarium subaequan- 

 tibus; floribus sessilibus, suberectis; sepalis liberis, asymmetricis, apiculatis, 8 mm longis; 

 petalis liberis, eligulatis, laminis anguste ellipticis; staminibus inclusis, ser. II. petalis alte 

 connatis; pollinis granulis 2-poratis; ovario omnino infero* cylindrico (ex sicco) valde 

 sulcato, tubo epigyno manifesto, placentis prope apices loculorum afflxis, ovulis multis, 

 obtusis. 



Brasilien: Bahia, Wälder des Rio Grongogy Basin (Curran n. 143). — Nee hanc 

 nee praecedentem ipse vidi; diagn. ex cl. Smith, 11. cc. 



14. S. braehystaehys Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem IX. n. 90. 

 (1927) 1152. — Folia dense rosulata, elongata, e basi latiuscula linearia, margine spinulosa, 

 parce vel parcissime vel vix appresse squamuloso-punetulata, ultra 60 cm longa, circ. 

 medio (?) fere 1,5 — 2 cm lata; scapus centralis a foliis longe superatus, glaber, cum inflore- 

 scentia brevi circ. 20 cm longus, satis tenuis ; vaginae nonnullae lanceolataewel ovato-lanceo- 

 latae usque ovatae, plus minus acuminatae, internodia saepius superantes; pannicula fere 

 6 cm longa, bracteae ovatae acutae mucronatae, spinuloso-denticulatae, 3 — 4 cm longae 

 spicas praeter corollas exsertas obcelantes; spicae brevissimae, plerumque paueiflorae, 

 bracteolae florigerae majusculae flores obtegentes late ovatae mucronatae integrae, ad 

 1 cm longae vel breviores; sepala late lanceolata, breviter distinete mucronata, carinulata, 

 valde obliqua, uno latere late alata, glabra, 16 — 17 mm longa; corolla circ. 25 — 26 mm longa, 

 superne levissime constrieta; petala inferne leviter cohaerentia, eligulata, superne secedentia, 

 apice acuta, parte exserta circ. 1,2 — 1,3 cm longa; ovarium 4 — 5 mm longum ovulis nume- 

 rosis, placentis apicem versus loculi afflxis. 



Ost-Peru: Mündung des Rio Santiago (Tessmann n. 4645). — Non vidi; diagn. 

 ex cl. Harms, 1. c. 



19. Chevalieria Gaudich. 

 Chevalieria Gaudich. (non Griseb., non auett.) Voy. Bonite, Atlas (1844—66) t. 61, 62; 

 Beer, Bromel. (1857) 22, 150; Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 151; Harms in Engl. 

 u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. XVa. (1930) 146. 



