— TROC nn NS gg RR. 
VRIESEA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 555 
unica quaquaverse florigeris), basin versus sæpius prophyllis conspicuis 
auctis composita panniculata; bracteis florigeris semper conspicuis 
flores + involventibus v. obtegentibus. Flores breviter pererasseque 
pedicellati, flavi, lutei v. virentes, rarissime albi v. virenti-rosei 
(nunquam cærulei v. violacei), fugaces, ssepius nocturni. 
Species sueto epiphytæ rarius terrestres in Brasilia creberrime, 
meridiem seplentrionemque versus pauciores. Desunt Chili, Peruviæ ; 
species unica anomala tantum Mexicana. 
CLAVIS SUBGENERUM ET SPECIERUM. 
A. Seminum appendiculus apicalis (ex ovuli cauda prodiens) inte- 
gerrimus v. subnullus. Petala zygomorphe pie haüd 
flaccide dependentia. 
I. Flores in inflorescentia simplici vel panniculata quaquaverse 
ordinati : 
SuBGENUS CONOSTACHYS. 
a. Inflorescentia panniculata. Ins. Trinit. : 
1. Vr. stenostachya. 
b. Inflorescentia simplicissima. 
1. Bracteæ sepalis multo breviores. Mexic. : 
2. Vr. Malzinei. 
2. Bracteæ sepalis longiores. Brasil. 
æ. Sepala apice longe acuta : 
3. Vr. peenulata, 
B. Sepala apice rotundata : 
4. Vr. rubida. 
II. Flores in inflorescentia simplici vel panniculata strictissime di- 
' stiche ordinati : 
SuBGENUS EUVRIESEA. 
A. Stamina petalis longiora!; flores nunquam secunde versi, 
lutei: 
Sectio GENUINE. 
1. Inflorescentia simplissima. 
a. Inflorescentia bracteolis florigeris imbricatim sibi incum- 
1. Cf. Adnot. p. 559. 
