ce SE. - MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. BROMELIA . 
Obs. — Planta Redoutéana l. e. depicta habitu omnino speciei 
nostr? congrua pro certo nunc non recognoscenda. 
14. B. Binoti (Morr. ap. Bak. Brom. 265, nomen); foliis super vagi- 4 
nam haud angustatis; inflorescentia elongata solemniter diffuse i 
panniculata ; bracteis florigeris minutis, subovatis, lata basi affixis, 
apice asymmetrice emarginatis altero latere in dentem acutum pro- 
ductis; sepalis solemniter recurvatis, vix carinatis, liberis, sublinea- 
ribus, apice optime rotundatis; petalis glabris; ovario dense albo- 
tomentoso. — Mez in Fl. bras. p. 192. — B. Pinguin Bak. (non "a 
l. c. (quoad syn. nostr.) 
Habitu sequenti simillima. Folia exteriora basi in vaginam breviter 
A triangularem, tomento paleaceo brunneo utrinque densissime obtec- 
e tam, margine haud vel vix spinosam dilatata, margine spinis usque 
à f ad 8 mm. longis, infimis retro, reliquis sursum curvatis armata, plus 
4 x quam 1 m. longa, ad 35 mm. lata, laete viridia, subtus tenuissime 
E peradpresseque inter nervos lepidota; folia intima rubra, basi in 
vaginam spinoso-laciniatam subito dilatata, dense spinosa, apicem 
; versus sensim angustata, in spinam terminalem haud eximie validam 
d . transeuntia, utrinque glabra. Inflorescentia in caulis percrassi (ad 
15 mm. diam. met.), dense albo-tomentosi, foliolis e vagina maxima, | 
ovali, integerrima vel apice paucidentata, pallida in laminam parvam, 
fulgide rubram productis induti apice elata, oc -flora, e ramulis paten- 
tibus vel reflexis, perlaxe effuseque 15-4-floris, saepissime serpentino- 
curvatis composita squarrosissime panniculata, pyramidata, dense 
albo-tomentosa ; bracteis primariis omnino vaginis caulinis æqua- 
libus sed minoribus; bracteolis florigeris sepalis haud dissimilibus, 
9 mm. longis, 6 mm. latis, per anthesin cum pedicellis patentibus 
vel subreflexis. Flores 40-45 mm. longi, gracillimi, pedicellis plerum- 
que curvatis, +7 mm. longis stipitati; sepalis basi presertim den- 
siuscule albo-tomentosis apicem versus glabrescentibus subcoriaceis, 
.ad 10 mm. longis, 2,5-3 mm. latis, quam petala 3-plo brevioribus. 
Petala 27 mm.longa, basi ad 6 mm. coalita, anguste lineari-elliptica, 
apice rotundata, membranacea. Stamina petalis permulto (7 mm.) 
breviora ; antheris flavis, 7-9 mm. longis, peranguste linearibus, 
apice aculiusculis, basi breviter incisis ibique filamentis affixis, sub- 
sagittatis. Ovarium subcylindricum vel potius tenuiter clavatum, sub 
tomento manifeste triangulare, apice solemniter lateque constrictum, 
basin versus sensim attenuatum, + 15 mm. longum, 3 mm. diam. 
metiens; stylo brevissimo antheras haud attingente ; ovulis quoque 
E. -in loculo Æ 7. Bacca densiuscule tomentella, carnosa, subfusiformis, 
