316 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. BILLBERGIA. . 
foliis margine spinis magnis horridis, dorso conspicue vittatis; inflo- 
rescentia multiflora, e ramulis abbreviatis confertissime 5-2-floris 
composita panniculata, sæpissime erecta, glabra ; bracteolis florigeris 
ovaria ad 1/3 saltem æquantibus, obovato-spathulatis, sæpissime 
mucronulatis; floribus sessilibus; sepalis mucronatis; petalis apice 
indigotino-cyaneis, defloratis contortis. — Beer, Brom. p. 117; Morr. in 
Belg. hort. 1874, p. 193 t. 14-13; The Garden 1887, II, p. 106 (c. f.) ; 
Bak. Brom. p. 78; Mez in Fl. bras. p. 404. — B. vittata var. amabilis 
Morr. in Belg. hort. 1874, p. 19t. 1. — B. amabilis Beer, Brom. p. 118. 
— B. Leopoldi C. Koch in Ind. Sem. h. Berol, 1856, app. p. 5, non Morr.! 
— B. zonata hort. fide Bak. 1. c. — B. Rohaniana De Vriese in Lin- 
nea XXVI, p. 756 et in Tuinb. Flora II. p. 33 t. 3. — Bromelia 
Rohaniana Walp. Ann. VI, p. 71. — B. Moreliana Lem. in Jard. fleur. 
IL, p. 138; Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1832, t. 77 (non Beer). — Tillandsia 
Moreliana Henfr. in Gard. Mag. bot. III, t. 53. 
Folia 8-10 longe tubulose rosulata, basi in vaginam paullo conspi- 
cuam, dorso dense lepidotam dilatata, margine spinulis nonnunquam 
usque ad 5 mm. longis, sursum spectantibus, subatris armata, late 
linearia, apicem rotundatum versus longe angustata, usque ad 1,2 m. 
longa, 65 mm. lata. Scapus validus, erectus vel nutans, glaber, vagi- 
nis elongate ovato-lanceolatis flaccidis ornatus. Inflorescentia thyr- 
soidea ; bracteolis florigeris summis quoque optime evolutis, glaber- 
rimis. Flores 55-60 mm. longi; sepalis carneis apice indigotinis, gla- 
berrimis, apice retro uncinulatis, + 20 mm. longis, subsymmetricis. 
Petala basi flava, + 43 mm. longa, acutiuscula, infima basi ligulis 
binis grosse dentatis aucta. Stamina petalis manifeste breviora ; fila- 
mentis ser. II. cum petalis brevissime connatis; antheris + 7 mm. 
longis, anguste linearibus, utrinque subobtusis, infra medium dorsi- 
. 5. — B. keeps hort. Lugd.-Bat. : Witte, Brom. hybr. p. 6. (V. v. in hort. 
Leod., Lugd.-Bat.; v. s. in herb. Leod.) 
vitiata x bla Folia perlata, dorso manifeste vittata, valide spinosa; 
trés nie amplior submultiflora, bracteolæ sepalaque minute mucronulata, 
petala magis cyanescentia B. vittatam indicant; inflorescentiæ habitus characte- 
resque B. speciosz multo propius accedunt : est scapus nutans vel pendulus, flores 
huic simillimi. — B. vittata >x< Bakeri (hiec falsa indicata): Bak. Brom. p. 83. — 
B. speciosa X vittata : Mez in Fl. bras. p. e — B. Cappei Morr. ap. Bak. l. €. — 
B. Breauteana André in Rev. hort. ed p. 300; Wittm. in Gartenfl. 1888,t. AE 
Witte, Brom. hybr. p. 5. — B. Collevii hort. +. Geert ap. Devos in Belg. hor 
1882, p. 334. — B. er et FRA hort. l. c. — B. Herbaulti hort. ex en 
Brom. p. 83. (V. v. in hort. Leod., Lugd.-Bat.; v. s. in P Leo 
c. B. (speciosa X vittata) x vittata : Mez in it bras. p. 410. —  Characteribus 
cum B. speciosa X vittata fere congrua, habitu B. ei multo similior. (V. $ 
herb. Leod.) 
d. B. (speciosa X vittata) x speciosa : Witte Hybr. Brom. p. 7 (n. v.) 
