Vriesea. 379 



perlaxa, disticha, pinnata, 0,17 m longa et 20 mm lata; bracteis ad 25 mm distantibus, 

 cum floribus stricte erectis et rhachi leviter undulatae appressis, latissime ovato-ovalibus, 

 apice explanatis rotundatis, nee carinatis nee ineurvis, coriaeeis, valde prominenti-venosis, 

 ad 45 mm longis, sepala exaete aequantibus et omnino involventibus. Flores valde im- 

 perfecte tantum cogniti, brevissime pedicellati, certe haud infra 55 mm longi; sepalis 

 ad 35 mm longis, oblongis, apice rotundatis, asymmetricis, carinatis, dorso prominulo- 

 venosis, coriaeeis. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, im Walde der Tijuca (Ule n. 4048). 



26. V. conferta Gaudich. Atl. Bonite (1844—66) t. 65; Ant. Phyto- Iconogr. (1884) 3, 

 t. 3. — V. conferta var. recurvata Wawra in Oesterr. bot. Zeitschr. XXX. (18880) 184. — 

 Tillandsia ensiformis Bak. (non Vell.) Bromel. (1889) 216 e. p. — Vriesea ensiformis Wittm. 

 (non Beer) in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XIII. Beibl. n. 29. (1891) 21. — Tillandsia heterostaehys 

 Bak. in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. (1888) 106. — T. Selloana Bak. 1. c. 104. — Vriesea Selloana 

 Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 547. — Fere metralis. Folia subensiformia, apice late 

 acuta, haud maculata, ad 0,4 m longa et 32 mm lata. Scapus crassus, erectus, vaginis 

 internodia superantibus. Inflorescentia multi- vel permultiflora, simplicissima, distiche 

 pinnata, ad 0,4 m longa, late linearis; bracteis purpureis, haud vel vix carinatis, primum 

 apice rostratim ineurvis demum rectis, ad 40 mm longis, quam sepala brevioribus. Flores 

 suberecti vel suberecto-patentes, 60 mm longi; sepalis latissime lanceolatis, acutis, ad 

 50 mm longis, haud carinatis. Petala citrina vel aurea, 2-ligulata, quam stamina breviora. 

 Seminum coma flavescens. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, bei Entre-Rios (Wawra II. n. 126a, 126b), am 

 Itatiaia (Wawra II. n. 422), ohne Standortsangabe (Sellow n. 912 et Bromel. Paris, 

 n. 63, Gau d ich au d n. 366); Staat Sta. Catharina, bei Blumenau (F.Müller n. 15, 

 Schenck n. 882). 



27. V. ensiformis (Vell.) Beer, Bromel. (1857) 92, non Wittm. — Tillandsia ensiformis 

 Vell. Fl. Flumin. III. (1825) t. 129 et in Archiv. Mus. Nac. Rio V. (1881) 126. — Vriesea 

 Warmingii Morr. in Belg. Hortic. XXXIV. (1884) 260, t. 12—13. — Tillandsia Warmingii 

 Bak. in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. (1888) 104. — Vriesea Crousseana Hort, ex Rev. Hortic. 

 beige XIX. (1893) 258. — Tillandsia Crousseana Hort. Mak. ex Rev Hortic. LX. (1890) 203. — 

 Metralis vel ultra. Folia subensiformia, acuta, juniora basin versus secus nervös rubenti- 

 striata nee maculata, usque ad 0,7 m longa, 42 mm lata. Scapus erectus, vaginis internodia 

 superantibus. Inflorescentia multi- vel permultiflora, simplicissima optime distiche pinnata, 

 ad 0,4 m longa et 90 mm lata, lanceolata, apice acuta; bracteis citrinis, haud vel vix cari- 

 natis, non nisi summo apice minute ineurvis, ad 50 mm longis, quam sepala paullo breviori- 

 bus. Flores subpatentes, ad 50 mm longi; sepalis ad 40 mm longis, ovalibus, obtusiusculis, 

 haud carinatis. Petala lutea, 2-ligulata, quam stamina breviora. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, bei Petropolis (Glaziou n. 13260 e. p., 13263, 

 16 463), im Wald der Serra da Bica (Ule n. 4615). 



28. V. ventricosa (Wawra) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. IX. (1896) 583. — Tillandsia 

 ventricosa Wawra (non Griseb.) in Oesterr. bot. Zeitschr. XXX. (1880) 222. — Tillandsia 

 corcovadensis Britten in Journ. of Bot. XXVI. (1888) 172. — Vriesea corcovadensis Mez 

 in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 532. — Semimetralis vel paullo infra. Folia subbulbose 

 utriculata, anguste linearia, perlonge acuta, fere a basi subulato-involuta, usque ad 0,3 m 

 longa, super vaginam ad 8 mm lata, incano-lepidota. Scapus erectus, vaginis quam inter- 

 nodia longioribus. Inflorescentia rarissime simplex, sueto late subpyramidatim pannicu- 

 lata, laxa, submultiflora; ramulis distiche 4 — 6-floris, subpatentibus; bracteis membranaeeis, 

 e late elliptico acutiusculis, apicem versus paullo carinatis, sepala superantibus, ad 30 mm 

 longis. Flores suberecti, lutei; sepalis anguste ellipticis, apice subrotundatis, ad 20 mm 

 longis, haud carinatis. Petala sepalis ad 5 mm longiora, 2-ligulata, quam stamina breviora. 

 Seminum coma nivea. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca (Wawra II. n. 224), am Corcovado 

 häufig (Glaziou n. 11683, Schenck n. 1830, Peters). 



