Encholirion, Prionophyllum. 349 



densa basi paullo interrupta, ad rhachidis costas flores gerens; bracteis late ovato-lance- 

 olatis, longe acuminatis, ad marginem tenuiter denticulatis, quam sepala paullo brevioribus. 

 Flores lutei, 15 — 20 mm longi, pedicellis 5 — 6 mm longis, crassis stipitati; sepalis semi- 

 ellipticis, quam petala elliptica duplo brevioribus, 6 — 7 mm longis latisque, apice minute 

 molliterque mucronulatis, minute denticulatis. Petala 16 mm longa et 11 mm lata, basin 

 versus latiora, apice obtusa, margine minute serrulata, carnosa. Stamina 20 — 22 mm longa, 

 filamentis basin versus usque ad 3 mm dilatatis, antheris basifixis, 7 — 8 mm longis. Ovarium 

 12 mm longum, stylo 5 mm longo. 



Brasilien: Staat Bahia, auf Felsen der Serra do Sao Ignacio (Ule n. 7223). 



5. E. Glaziovii Mez in Mart. FI. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 505. — Folia verosimiliter ultra 

 0,5 m longa, subtus dense appresseque lepidota cinerea, spinis maximis horrida. Inflore- 

 scentia multiflora, basi paullo interrupte racemosa subcylindrica, juvenilis ad 0,4 m longa 

 bene evoluta certe satis major; rhachi glabra, ad pedicellorum basin haud incrassata; 

 bracteis perconspicuis, pectinato-serrulatis, patentibus vel suberectis. Flores pedicellis 

 ad 6 mm longis stipitati, infra 15 mm longi; sepalis ad 11 mm longis, elliptico-lanceolatis, 

 glabris. Petala sepala vix superantia, 2 mm lata, peranguste linearia. Antherae 3,5 mm 

 longae. Stylus quam ovarium subduplo brevior. 



Brasilien: Staat Minas Geraes, ohne Standortsangabe (Glaziou n. 19918). 



41. Prionophyllum C. Koch. 



Prionophyllum C. Koch in Ind. sem. hört. Berol. 1873, App. 7; Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. 

 III. 3. (1894) 500 et in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 541; Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2. Aufl. XVa. (1930) 110. 



Flores dimorphi: alteri majores hermaphroditi, alteri minores androeceo reducto 

 foeminei. Sepala libera, imbricata, squamiformia. Petala filamentorum inter sese dorsoque 

 cum petalis connatorum indole basi manifeste coalita, lanceolata, eligulata, haud zygo- 

 morpha. Stamina petalis paullo breviora; filamentis ultra tubum petaleo-stamineum liberis; 

 antheris subovatis, paullo supra basin dorsifixis; pollinis granulis sulco löngitudinali unico 

 praeditis. Ovarium superum, glaberrimum, perprofunde 3-sulcatum loculis axi non nisi 

 linea cohaerentibus ; stylo gracili, elongato; stigmatibus 3 erectis vel paullo contortis, 

 clavatis, petala superantibus. «Placentae lineares. Ovula subpauca anguste alata. Capsula 

 Dyckiae ritu dehiscens. 



Herbae altiusculae scapo lignescente suffruticosae. Folia innumera dense rosulata 

 nee aquam coeli colligentia, e basi in apicem sensim angustata, spinis maximis horrida, 

 perrigida. Scapus foliis margine spinosis dense conspersus. Inflorescentia myriantha, ample 

 2 — 3-pinnatim panniculata, laxa squarrosaque ; bracteolis florigeris minutis. Flores sessiles, 

 ex sicco lutei. 



Species 2 brasilienses. 



Conspectus specierum. 



A. Folia dense lepidota; inflorescentia glaberrima 1. P. Selloum. 



B. Folia utrinque subglabra; inflorescentia dense furfuraceo-tomentella 2. P. maritimum. 



1. P. Selloum C. Koch in Ind. sem. hört. Berol. 1873, App. 4, p. 7; Mez in Mart. Fl. 

 Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 500, t. 92. — Dyckia Selloa Bak. Bromel. (1889) 136. — D. grandi- 

 folia Bak. 1. c. — D. macracantha Bak. 1. c. 137. — D. myriostaehya Bak. 1. c. — Folia 

 utrinque sed praesertim subtus dense appresseque lepidota cinerascentia. Inflorescentia 

 amplissime 2. — 3-pinnatim panniculata, saepius fere 1 m longa, squarrosa; ramulis foemi- 

 neis a medio apicem usque densissime cylindriceque, hermaphroditis laxius saepiusque 

 interrupte florigeris, patentibus vel suberectis; bracteis florigeris minutis, late ovatis, 

 acutiusculis. Flores foeminei vix ultra 6, flores hermaphroditi ad 13 mm longi; sepalis 

 apice brevissime 3-dentatis, glaberrimis. Stamina petalis minute breviora. 



