554 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. ; VhIRSEA. 
Træus IH. — TILLANDSIEÆ. 
Ovarium superum vel rarissime minute semisuperum. Fructus cap- 
sularis, dehiscens. Semina longe plumose appendiculata. Folia nun- 
quam spinulosa. 
XLI. — VRIESEA, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 10 et Veg. Kgd. p. 148; 
Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. t. 65-70; Walp. Ann. bot. III, p. 622; 
Beer, Brom. p. 21, 91; Wawra, It. Sax.-Cob. p. 155; Wiltm. in 
Engl. et Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Il, 4, p. 57; Mez in Mart. Flor. 
bras. p. 511. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala libera, sinistrorsum convoluta, sub- 
symmetrica v. rarius asymmetrica, apice (explanala) sueto obtusa 
rarius acuta, dorso sueto glabra intus lepidibus adpressis punctulata 
viscosaque. Petala libera, dextrorsum convoluta, nunc stricte erecta 
tubuloseque conniventia dispositione : zygomorpha nunc raro flaccide 
spiraliterve eurvatim dependentia, intus ligulis binis sueto acutis 
integerrimisque, rarius ligula unica profunde inciso-emarginata, 
rarissime ligula unica integerrima. Stamina petala superantia v. iis 
breviora; filamentis ser. I. constanter liberis, ser. II. cum petalis 
sæpius infima basi connatis; antheris elongatis + linearibus, prope 
basin dorsifixis; pollinis granulis sulco simplici longitudinali retique 
prominulo auctis. Ovarium nunc omnino superum nune perianthio 
breviter cinctum ad 1/6-1/5 longit. inferum, glaberrimum, pyrami- 
datum ; stylo elongato, antheras æquante v. superante ; stigmatibus 
stepius infu ndibuliformi-connalis, nonnu nquam breviter subpatentibus, 
rarissime elongalis stipitiformibus recurvisque. Placentæ lineares. 
Ovula, adscendentia, sæpissime caudata. Capsula semper fere basin 
usque seplicide dehiscens, intus vernicoso nitida. Semina œ , tenuis- 
sima plerumque fusiformia, apice cauda sæpissime integra rarius dis- 
soluta v. subnulla, basi pilorum sericantium coma amplissima appen- 
diculata. i 
Herbæ haplobioticæ, spectabiles v, perconspicuæ. Folia perdense 
nonnunquam utriculatim rosulata, basi in vaginam sueto latam, ad- 
presse lepidotam dilatata, apice rotundata v. acuta, adulta suelto supra 
glabra, sæpius pulchre maculis v. vittis coloratis picta. Scapus per- 
manifestus. Inflorescentia nunc simplicissima distiche (vel rarissime 
quaquaverse) subspicata nunc e ramulis item distichis (vel in specie 
