BILLBERGIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 305 
undulata, basi in vaginam anguste ellipticam, presertim dorso dense 
lepidotam sensim dilatata, margine spinulis 1-1,5 mm. longis, sursum 
curvulis perdense armata, + 0,5 m. longa, 55 mm. lata, subensifor- 
mia apicem versus longe acuta. Scapus gracilis, pendulus, albo- 
farinosus, vaginis superioribus amplissimis, late ellipticis, acutis, 
subpatentibus ornatus. Inflorescentia pendula, perlate cylindrica 
apiceque obtusa; rhachi recta, albo-farinosa; bracteis usque ad 4 mm. 
longis. Flores usque ad 80 mm. longi ; sepalis densiuscule farinosis, 
uno — 9, reliquis ad 7,5 mm. longis valde inæqualibus, solemniter 
asymmetricis. Petala + 68 mm. longa, loriformia, acutiuscula, infima 
basi ligulis binis dentato-fissis aucta. Stamina petalis paullo solum 
breviora per anthesin longe porrecta; filamentis ser. II. liberis ; 
antheris 12 mm. longis, angustissime linearibus, apice acutis, equi- 
tantibus. Ovarium albo-farinosum, subglobosum, + 8 mm. longum; 
tubo epigyno brevi; stylo petala et antheras longe superante; stig- 
matibus perlongis, vix contortis. Fructum nondum vidi. 
Peruvia, prov. Maynas prope Yurimaguas arboricola in silvis pri- 
mavis : Poeppig n. 2432; Brasilia sept., unde e regione Amazonica in 
caldaria introducta. — Floret Junio. (V. v. in hort. Kew., Leod., 
Lugd.-Bat., Vratisl.; v. s. in herb. Boiss.-Barbey., Leod., Petrop., 
Vindob.) 
ò. B. Porteana (Brongn. ap. Beer, Brom. 115); foliis margine spi- 
nis validis horridis, dorso vittatis; inflorescentia oc -flora, simplicis- 
sima perdense spicata, albo-farinosa; bracteolis in squamas iinutis- 
simas, farina absconditas mutatis; floribus sessilibus; sepalis 
rotundate-acutis et (quamvis obscure) minute mucronulatis; petalis 
virentibus, per anthesin spiraliter revolutis; ovario haud granuloso, 
sulcis glabris, sordide cærulescentibus aucto. — C. Koch in Wochen- 
schr. III, p. 146; Morr. in Belg. hort. 1876, p. 9, t. 1-3; Bak. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 6670, Brom. p. 81 (excl. syn. B. rosea Beer); Mez in FI. 
bras. p. 392. 
Folia pauca perlonge tubulose rosulata, rigidissima, apice solum 
minute deflexo-patentia, basi in vaginam angustam, subovalem, præ- 
sertim dorso manifeste albo-lepidotam sensim dilatata, margine spi- 
nis usque ad 3 mm. longis, badiis, sursum hamatis dense armata, 
—im. longa, 55 mm. lata, linearia, apice breviter acuta vel non- 
nunquam rotundata. Scapus nutans vel pendulus, dense albo-fari- 
nosus, vaginis superioribus amplissimis, late elliptico-lanceolatis, 
acutis, suberectis ornatus. Inflorescentia pendula, cylindrica, + 0,4 m. 
longa, 60 mm. diam. metiens; rhachi recta, ichs pw Flores 
Surres AU Prodromus. — IX. 
