Tillandsia. 563 



florescentia ad 12-flora, simplicissima, dense quaquaverse spicata, ellipsoidea, apice ro- 

 tundata, ad 40 mm longa et 25 mm diam. metiens; bracteis amplissimis, e latissime ovato 

 infimis breviter viridique laminatis superioribus breviter lateque acuminatis, suberectis, 

 valde concavis, sepala longe superantibus, glabris, tenuiter membranaceis, ad 13 mm 

 longis. Flores suberecti, glabri, usque ad 17 mm longi; sepalis basi breviter subaequa- 

 literque connatis, ex ovato acutis, submembranaceis, ad 6 mm longis. Petala cyaneo- 

 violacea, suberecta, laminis bene obovatis, late insignissimeque emarginatis. Stamina 

 petalis multo breviora, per anthesin e fauce vix emergentia, quam Stylus breviora. 



Brasilien : Staat Rio de Janeiro (Gardner n. 696, Gaudichaud n. 279, Gla- 

 ziou n. 8498, Neves-Armond n. 316, Schenck, Schwacke n. 5846, Wawra II. 

 n. 439, 516). — Nach von Kramer eingeführten Pflanzen, die ich aus dem Berliner Garten 

 erhalten habe, beschrieben. 



306. T. Araujei Mez in Mart. Fl. Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 600, t. 112, fig. 2. — Longe 

 caulescens, usque ad 0,15 m alta. Folia innumera omnia arcuata secunde versa, perrigida, 

 usque ad 60 mm longa, super vaginam 5 — 6 mm lata, in apicem subulatum sensim angu- 

 stata, valde canaliculato-concava, appresse lepidota. Scapus tenuis, usque ad 90 mm longus 

 folia multo superans, vaginis tenuiter membranaceis, obovatis, in acumen lepidotum 

 longum firmumque productis, glabris, internodia bene superantibus indutus. Inflorescentia 

 5 — 10-flora, simplicissima, quaquaverse spicata, subcorymbosa, usque ad 40 mm longa; 

 bracteis magnis, membranaceis, ovatis, acutis, glabris, ad 22 mm longis, sepala multo 

 superantibus. Flores erecti, usque ad 32 mm longi; sepalis antico cum reliquis ad 2 mm, 

 posticis inter sese fere apicem usque connatis, glabris, lanceolatis, longe acutis, tenuibus 

 pellucidi», haud carinatis, 13 — 15 mm longis. Petala usque ad 30 mm longa, laminis 

 elongate obovatis, patenti-recurvis, rotundatis, albis. Stamina vix emergentia, quam 

 Stylus breviora. 



Brasilien : Staat Rio de Janeiro, felsbewohnend am Pan d'Azucar und anderwärts 

 (Glaziou n. 8019, 15463, 15464, 16457, 16458, Luschnath n. 101, Miers n. 4610, 

 Riedel, Schenck n. 3068, Schott n. 5516, Schwacke n. 1410, 5546). — Ich habe 

 die Art aus Jena erhalten. 



307. T. cyanescens Mez, nom. nov. — Anoploph ytum anwenum Morr. in Belg. Hortic. 

 XXXIII. (1883) 265, t. 17. — Longe caulescens, ad 0,15 m vel paullo infra alta. Folia innu- 

 mera caulem quaquaverse vestientia, omnia suberecta, ad 60 mm longa, e basi vix ultra 

 2 mm lata in apicem filiformi-tenuissimum sensim angustata, rigidula, valde appresse lepi- 

 dota viva bene viridia nee pruinosa, haud subulata. Scapus permanifestus, gracillimus, folia 

 aequans, laxe vaginis appressis, tubulosis, in laminas longas ereetas productis indutus. 

 Inflorescentia perpauciflora, folia bene superans, simplicissima, quaquaverse florigera, 

 ad 35 mm longa, per anthesin subcorymbosa; bracteis stricte erectis, ex elliptico in la- 

 minam brevem acuminatim productis vel longe acuminatis, membranaceis, glabris, sepala 

 longe superantibus et plus minus manifeste involventibus, vix venosis. Flores erecti, ad 

 25 mm longi; sepalis antico libero, elliptico-lanceolato, acuto, posticis binis ad % longit. 

 connatis, aequilongis, 10 — 11 mm longis. Petala optime azurea, 22 — 24 mm longa, laminis 

 reflexo-patentibus, obovatis, subrotundatis. Stamina inclusa stylo breviora. 



Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 8025). — Von Glaziou lebend 

 eingeführt. — Ich habe die Art vom Petersburger Garten erhalten. 



308. T. pulchella Hook. Exot. Fl. (1825) t. 154; Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. LXXXVII. 

 (1861) t. 5229; Siebold et De Vriese in Fl. Jard. III. (1860) t. 49; Castellanos in Anal. 

 Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. XXXVII. (1933) 505. — Anoplophytum pulchellum Beer, Bromel. 

 (1857) 41. — Tillandsia pulchra Hook, in Exot. Fl., 1. c. (in textu). — T. subulata Vell. 

 Fl. Flumin. III. (1825) t. 197. — Diaphoranthema subulata Beer, Bromel. (1857) 155. — 

 Tillandsia bicolor Griseb. (non Brongn.) in Goett. Abh. XIX. (1874) 332; Lillo, fide 

 Castellanos, 1. c. — T.foliis linear i-subulatis etc. Roy. Prodr. (1740) 25. — ?T. autum- 

 nalis F. Müll, in Gartenfl. XLII. (1893) 737. — T. pseudo-strieta Chod. et Vischer in 

 Bull. Soc. bot. Geneve 2. ser. VIII. (1916) 263, fig. 122, 123. — Manifeste vel rarius 



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