276 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. AEHCMEA. 
+ 4 m. longa, 53 mm. lata, subtus dissite pallideque lepidota. Sca- 
pus crassiusculus, glaber, vaginis roseis, peranguste lanceolato- 
ovatis, peracutis in spinam pungentem desinentibus, ereclis tubulose 
involutus. Inflorescentia oo -flora, apice obtusiuscula, + 0,2 m. longa, 
43 mm. diam. metiens; bracteolis reflexis, glabris vel subglabris, 
submembranaceis, medio spina ad 6 mm. longa, setiformi, sepala ad 
3/4 «quante auctis hac neglecta 6 mm. longis, suborbicularibus, 
subtus conspicue carinatis. Sepala glabra, + 14 mm. longa, perasym- 
metrica, in spinulam ultra 3 mm. longam, brunneam, patentem 
producta, haud carinata. Petala ligulis profunde fimbriato-incisis. 
Stamina filamentis ser. II, peralte cum petalis connatis. Ovarium vix 
5 mm. longum, crasse stipitiforme ; tubo epigyno brevissimo, sub- 
cupuliformi. Fructus ignotus. 
Brasilia orientalis, prov. Rio de Janeiro prope Cantagallo : Glaziou 
n. 15 486, — Floret Decembri. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Kew.) 
103. Ae. Pineliana (Bak. Journ. Bot. 1879,232) ; vaginis scapalibus 
integerrimis ; inflorescentia simplicissima, perdense quaquaverse spi- 
cata cylindrica, apice setoso-comata ; bracteolis cymbiformi-con- 
cavis, suborbiculari-reniformibus, perlonge spinulatis, integerrimis ; 
.. floribus sessilibus, 45 mm. longis; sepalis liberis, minutissime spinu- 
latis; petalis virenti-flavis, peralte ligulatis; placentis loculis apice 
affixis; ovulis subpaucis, perlonge caudatis. — Bak. Brom. p. 60; 
Mez in F1. bras. p. 364. — Echinostachys Pineliana Brongn. ex Planch. 
in Hort. Donat. p. 25; Beer, Brom. p. 148; Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5321. 
— Macrochordium Pinelianum Lem. in Ill. hort. IX, Misc. p. 62. — 
E. rosea Beer, l. c. p. 149. 
Folia 15-20 dense rosulata, basi in vaginam maximam, subovatam, 
utrinque dense peradpresseque lepidibus pallide brunneis obtectam 
dilatata, coriacea, linearia, apice peracuta et in spinam manifestissi- 
mam, horridam desinentia, + 0,8 m. longa, 35 mm. lata, margine 
spinis subatris, infimis ad 5 mm. longis, sursum spectantibus dense 
armata, subtus dense albido-lepidota sæpiusque conspicue transverse 
vittata. Scapus gracilis, dense albo-tomentellus, vaginis lanceolato- 
ovalibus, apice subacuminatim acutis et + manifeste spinosis, stricte 
erectis tubulose involutus. Inflorescentia submulti-vel multiflora, 
+ 70 mm. longa, 30 mm. diam. metiens sed sæpius quoque major; 
rhachi tomentella; bracteis dorso dense albo-tomentosis, ovarium 
sepalorumque basin recipientibus, coriaceis, suborbiculari-renifor- 
mibus, medio in spinam flavidam, petalis paullo breviorem, tenuiter 
seliformen. producta, subtus conspicue carinata, spinà neglectà ad 
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