376 Carl Mez. — Bromeliaceae. 



Inflorescentia densissime flabellatim distiche subspicata subpauciflora, vix ultra 0,2 m 

 longa et 75 mm lata, circuitu late linearis, apice subacuta; bracteis carinatis, valde incurvis, 

 margine aurantiaco excepto rubris, haud punctulatis, sepala longe superantibus, ad 50 mm 

 longis. Flores ad 50 mm longi, erecti; sepalis ovali-lanceolatis, acutis, ad 35 mm longis, 

 haud carinatis. Petala citrina apice virenti-maculata, quam stamina breviora. Seminum 

 coma nivea. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, häufig (Burchell n. 2228, Gaudichaud, 

 Glaziou n. 13260 e. p., Schenck n. 2654 e. p., 2661, Raddi, Sellow, Riedel, 

 Wawra II. n. 86, 95); Staat Säo Paulo, bei Santos (Mosen n. 3714), Alto da Serra 

 (Wacket), Insel Säo Sebastiäo (CasarettO n. 62); Staat Sta. Catharina, ohne Stand- 

 ortsangabe (Gaudichaud n. 120), bei Blumenau (F.Müller n. 18). 



Var. inflata (Wawra) Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 522. — Vrieseainflata Wawra, 

 It. Sax.-Cob. (1883) 161; Ant. Phyto-Iconogr. (1884) 28, t. 18. — Tillandsia inflata Bak. 

 in Bot. Mag. CXII. (1886) t. 6882. — Vriesea carinata var. inflata Wawra in Oesterr. bot. 

 Zeitschr. XXX. (1880) 183. — V. incurvata Morr. (non Gaudich.) in Belg. Hortic. XXXII. 

 (1882) 52, t. 2. — A typo differt vaginis scapalibus cum bracteis magis inflato-concavis ; 

 inflorescentia paullo densiore; bracteis minus incurvis. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca (Wawra II. n. 219a), bei Petropolis 

 (Glaziou n. 2728), am Pico do Papagaio (Ule n. 4046). 



15. V. gradata (Bak.) Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 523. — Tillandsia gradata 

 Bak. in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. (1888) 105. — Ad 0,7 m alta. Folia linearia, apice mucrone 

 tenuissimo imposito rotundate acuta, haud picta, ad 0,5 m longa et 40 mm lata. Scapus 

 erectus, vaginis internodia superantibus. Inflorescentia multiflora, dense distiche sub- 

 spicata flabellata, folia superans, circuitu lanceolata, apice obtusiuscula, ad 0,27 m longa 

 et 55 mm lata; bracteis haud acute carinatis nee punctulatis, summo apice tantum incurvis, 

 apice roseo excepto virentibus, usque ad 38 mm longis, quam sepala paullo brevioribus. 

 Flores suberecti, usque ad 60 mm longi, lutei; sepalis ad 39 mm longis, lanceolatis, acutis; 

 petalis 2-ligulatis, quam stamina brevioribus. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, bei Petropolis (Glaziou n. 15473), ohne Stand- 

 ortsangabe (Binot). 



16. V. pardalina Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 523. — Tillandsia guttata Bak. 

 in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. (1888) 108, e. p. — Ad 0,4 m alta. Folia linearia, acuminulo 

 tenui imposito rotundata, utrinque maculis atroviolascentibus picta, ad 0,35 m longa 

 et 46 mm lata. Scapus pendulus, vaginis internodia superantibus. Inflorescentia multi- 

 flora, simplicissima flabellata, usque ad 0,35 m longa et 75 mm diam. metiens, circuitu 

 primum elliptica demum late sublinearis, apice rotundata, folia superans; bracteis inflatis, 

 nee incurvis nee carinatis, yiridibus, 35 mm longis, basin versus dense albo-farinosis. Flores 

 suberecto-patentes, lutei; sepalis ad 29 mm longis, ellipticis, obtusiusculis, bracteas aequan- 

 tibus, basin versus farinosis. Petala ad 40 mm longa, 2-ligulata, quam stamina breviora. 

 Seminum coma subferruginea. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, Morro de Säo Vicente (Glaziou n. 15 474); 

 Staat Minas Geraes, in der Serra da Piedade (Schwacke n. 10 276, Warming). 



17. V. guttata Andre et Linden in 111. Hortic. XXII. (1875) 43, t. 200; Morr. in Belg. 

 Hortic. XXX. (1880) 13, t. 1—3. — Tillandsia guttata Bak. in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. 

 (1888) 108, e. p. — T. Duvaliana Bak. Bromel. (1889) 212 e. p. — Usque ad 0,4 m alta sed 

 saepius minor. Folia late linearia, mucrone tenui imposito subrotundata, insigniter ma- 

 culis fuscobrunneis marmorata, ad 0,24 m longa et 25 mm lata. Scapus pendulus vaginis 

 internodia superantibus. Inflorescentia submulti- vel multiflora, simplicissima pinnata, 

 ad 0,17 m longa et 60 mm lata, circuitu late linearis utrinque subacuta, plus minus 

 albo-farinosa; bracteis carinatis, haud incurvis, ad 35 mm longis, sepala superantibus. 

 Flores suberecti, 47 mm longi; sepalis 29 mm longis, farinosis, elongate ovato-ellipticis, 

 obtusiusculis. Petala lutea, 2-ligulata, quam stamina breviora. Seminum coma ferruginea. 



