| CANISTRUM. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 105 
(2. Foliola inflorescentiam cingentia brunnescenti-viridia ; cete- 
rum ignota : 
8. €. fuscum. 
A. — SUBGENUS WITTROCKIA. 
Petala basi + alte connata. 
1. €. Amazonicum (Mez in. Fl. bras. 249) ; inflorescentia Vidu- 
larii more bracteis primariis valde foliaceo-evolutis interrupta, haud 
lanuginosa ; bracteolis florigeris sublinearibus; floribus = 45 mm. 
longis ; sepalis glabris, liberis ; petalis basi breviter tubulose conna- 
lis, apice obtusis, virentibus. — Nidularium Amazonicum Linden et 
André in Cat. Linden. 1873, p. 11 ; Lindm. in Oefvers. Ak. Holm. 
1890, p. 544. — Karatas Amazonica Bak. in Gard. Chron. 1886, I, 
p. 815, et Brom. p. 5. : 
Folia 15-20 dense rosulata, basi in vaginam optime ovalem præ 
serlim basin versus lepidibus intus ferrugineis exteriore latere pallidis 
conspersam dilatata, submembranacea vel chartacea, margine spi- 
nulis minutissimis perdense quasi fimbriatim serrulata, super vaginam 
manifeste angustata, apicem versus longe acuta et in acumen demum 
filiforme producta, ensiformia, + 0,3 m. longa, 45 mm. lata, exteriora 
lepidibus perpaucis pallidis conspersa vel supra glabrata brunnes- 
centi-viridia, dorso æqualiter fuscobrunnea colore violaceo admixto. 
Inflorescentia scapo brevissimo, foliolis ovato-subtriangularibus, CO- 
lore vix mutatis, inflorescentiam longe superantibus prædito, glabro 
Slipitata nidulans, basi certe e ramulis pluribus subabortivis et in 
ores paucos e bractearum primariarum axillis emergentes, trans- 
. Versaliter quasi fasciculatos, distichos mutatis composita; bracteis 
primariis omnino vagi lib i æqualibus; bracteolis 
florigeris hÿblino:membranaceis! dobylábris; ovaria superantibus. Se- 
pala basi albido-virentia superne dorso purpureo-brunnescentia, 
liber a, 20 mm. longa, apice peracuta nec mucronata, perasymme- 
trica, Petala + 31 mm. longa, basi ad 4/3 in tubum lacteum connata, 
lobis virentibus, erectis, cucullato-concavis; in 1/5 altit. ligulis binis 
in lacinia vermiformia fissis aucta. Stamina filamentis ser. I. petalis 
usque ad tubi apicem, ser. II. fere omnino connatis; antheris albidis, . 
Sublinearibus, apice longe acutis, medio dorsifixis; polline biporato- 
Ovarium subglobosum, triangulare, + 7 mm. longum, apice mani- 
feste constrictum; tubo epigyno conspicuo; placentis interno loculo- 
rum angulo medium inter apicemque affixis; ovulis apice obtusis. 
