188 



Carl Mez. — Bromeliaceae. 



1856, App. 5. — B. thyrsoidea var. longifolia Bak. Bromel. (1889) 71. — B. rhodocyanea 

 Hort, ex G. Koch et Bouche, 1. c. — B. farinosa G. Koch ex Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. 

 (1873) 294. — B. pyramidalis var. farinosa Morr. 1. c. — B. setosa Hort. Makoy. ex Morr. 



1. c. — Aechmea setigera Hort, 

 (non Mart.) ex Morr. 1. c. — 

 Billbergia atropurpurea Hort, ex 

 Morr. 1. c. — B. peruviana Hort, 

 ex Morr. 1. c. — B. tricolor 

 Hort, ex Morr. 1. c. — B. spe- 

 ciosa Carr. (non Thbg.) in Rev. 

 Hortic. IL. (1877) 10 c. tab. — 

 ? B. atro-rosea Drapitz, Encycl. 

 et Fl. des Serres Angl. (1834) 

 f. 1. — Folia erecta, ad 12, 

 anguste linearia, sensim acuta, 

 margine spinis validis, 5 — 10 mm 

 distantibus armata, usque ad 

 0,6 m longa, 30 — 40 mm lata, 

 dorso fasciata. Inflorescentia 

 pauci- vel subpauciflora, erecta, 

 simplicissima spicata, sub- 

 corymbosa, usque ad 0,12 m 

 longa; bracteis florigeris sub- 

 nullis. Flores erecti, leviter ar- 

 cuati; sepalis albo-farinosis, late 

 ovato-lingulatis, apice paullo 

 obliquis et acutiusculis. Petala 

 rubra margine plus minus late 

 violascentia, deflorata contorta 

 porrectaque. Stamina petalis 

 bene breviora. Ovarium albo- 

 farinosum. 



Brasilien: Rio de Ja- 

 neiro, Serra da Bica (Ule n. 

 4177), ohne Standortsangaben 

 (Glaziou n. 11690, 12226, 

 Rudio). — Überall in Kultur, 

 so nach Trinidad eingeführt 

 (Broadway n. 4405, Füller 

 n. 8951). — Fig. 48. 

 23. B. thyrsoidea Mart. ap. Schult, ßl. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. VII. (1830) 1260; 

 Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. III. (1852-53) t. 74; Neum. in Hort. Franc. 1852, 65, t. 9; Hook, 

 in Bot. Mag. LXXIX. (1853) t. 5756; Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. (1873) t. 17. — B. thyr- 

 soides De Jonghe, Journ. Hort. prat. 1851, 172. — Pitcairnia fastuosa Morr. in Ann. de 

 Gand III. (1847) 411, t. 161. — Billbergia fastuosa Beer, Bromel. (1857) 110. — B. thyr- 

 soidea var. fastuosa Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. (1873) 298. — Tillandsia farinosa Hort, 

 ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. VII. (1830) 1229. — Billbergia splendida Lern, in Jard. Fleur. 

 II. (1852) t. 181—182. — Jonghea splendida Lern, ex Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. (1873) 

 303. — Billbergia thyrsoidea var. splendida Morr. 1. c. 298. — B. Schultesiana Lern, in 

 Jard. Fleur. II. (1852) ad t. 180. — B. miniato-rosea Lern, in 111. Hortic. II. (1855) Misc.94. — 

 B. thyrsoidea var. miniato-rosea Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXIII. (1873) 299. — B. punicea 

 Beer, Bromel. (1857) 112. — B. fasciata splendens Hort, ex Beer, 1. c. — B. Paztoni Beer, 

 1. c. 113. — Pitcairnia decora Hort. Linden, ex Beer, Bromel. (1857) 108. — Billbergia 



Fig. 48. Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl. A Folium. 



B Inflorescentia. C Flos. D Petalum cum stamine. E Stamen. 



F Styli apex. G Ovarium longit. sectum. — See. Belg. Hortic. 



XXIII. (1873) t. 16. 



