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  Aechmea 
  distichantha 
  Lem. 
  Jard. 
  Fleur. 
  I, 
  269 
  ; 
  — 
  haud 
  Bak. 
  ap. 
  

   Morong 
  Enum. 
  p. 
  236; 
  — 
  nec 
  Chod. 
  Plant. 
  Hassl. 
  I, 
  p. 
  115; 
  — 
  nec 
  

   Mez 
  in 
  Plant. 
  Hassl. 
  II, 
  p. 
  258. 
  

  

  Civis 
  florae 
  paraguariensis 
  delenda. 
  

  

  Aechmea 
  platyphylla 
  Hassler 
  nov. 
  spec. 
  — 
  Epiphyta 
  et 
  

   terrestris. 
  Petala 
  coerulea! 
  

  

  Area 
  geogr. 
  : 
  Paraguaria 
  septentrionalis. 
  Endemica. 
  

  

  Platyaeclimea. 
  Folia 
  e 
  vagina 
  vix 
  clilatata, 
  late 
  loriformia, 
  basi 
  

   supra 
  vaginam 
  vix 
  1 
  cm. 
  latiorem 
  7-8 
  cm. 
  lata, 
  sub 
  apice 
  acuto 
  

   spinoso 
  mucronato 
  3 
  cm. 
  lata, 
  rigida, 
  erecta, 
  supra 
  et 
  subtus 
  

   adpresse 
  lepidota, 
  margine 
  spinulis 
  basi 
  ce. 
  1 
  cm., 
  apicein 
  versus 
  

   ^ 
  cm. 
  distantibus, 
  summo 
  apice 
  ce. 
  8 
  cm. 
  longe 
  nullis, 
  2 
  1 
  /? 
  mm. 
  

   longis 
  ascendentibus 
  armata, 
  80 
  cm.-l 
  m. 
  longa. 
  Scapus 
  cum 
  

   inflorescentia 
  ad 
  80 
  cm. 
  altus, 
  farina 
  fulva 
  tomentellus; 
  vaginae 
  

   seapales 
  tubulose 
  involutae 
  longitudine 
  taliter 
  diversae 
  ut 
  apices 
  

   omnium 
  aeqaialtae 
  sunt, 
  infima 
  40 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  secunda 
  10 
  cm. 
  

   altius 
  inserta, 
  30 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  suprema 
  7 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  33 
  cm. 
  alte 
  

   inserta, 
  omnes 
  rigide 
  erectae, 
  adpressae, 
  lepidotae, 
  apice 
  acutae 
  

   eX 
  spinuloso-mucronatae, 
  integrae. 
  

  

  Inflorescentia 
  bipinnatim 
  paniculata, 
  30 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  9 
  cm. 
  lata, 
  

   apice 
  acuta 
  subdensa, 
  medio 
  et 
  praecipue 
  basin 
  versus 
  laxissima 
  ; 
  

   ramuli 
  2-3 
  cm. 
  distantes, 
  brèves, 
  densiflori, 
  patenti-erecti, 
  inflmi 
  

   horizontali-patentes; 
  rhachis 
  fulvo-tomentella; 
  ramuli 
  cire. 
  30,2- 
  

   4,5 
  cm. 
  longi 
  4-G 
  ilori 
  ; 
  bracteae 
  cymbiformes, 
  sepalis 
  multo 
  

   breviores 
  8 
  mm. 
  longae, 
  tota 
  longitudine 
  cum 
  axi 
  connatae, 
  apice 
  

   ^cuspidatae 
  et 
  in 
  spinulam 
  productae, 
  arcuato-striatae, 
  farinoso- 
  

   tomentellae. 
  Flores 
  sessiles 
  29 
  mm. 
  longi. 
  Sepala 
  13 
  mm. 
  longa, 
  

   basi 
  2 
  mm. 
  ultra 
  tubuni 
  epigynum 
  2 
  mm. 
  profundum, 
  coalita, 
  

   rosea, 
  elliptico-acuta, 
  leviter 
  unilateraliter 
  dilatata, 
  extus 
  ± 
  dense 
  

   farinosa, 
  prominenter 
  striata, 
  apice 
  acuminata 
  et 
  in 
  cuspidem 
  

   spinosain 
  2 
  mm. 
  longam 
  producta. 
  Petala 
  19 
  mm. 
  longa, 
  lamina 
  

   elliptico-oblonga, 
  apice 
  acutiuscula 
  et 
  minute 
  mucronulata, 
  vivo 
  

   coerulea, 
  basi 
  angustata, 
  late 
  linearia; 
  ligulae 
  3 
  mm. 
  alte 
  afflxae 
  

   "2 
  1 
  / 
  2 
  mm. 
  longae 
  oblongo-ellipticae 
  subintegrae. 
  Fiiamenta 
  ser. 
  I 
  

   S 
  7 
  2 
  mm. 
  longa, 
  libéra, 
  ser. 
  II 
  usque 
  ad 
  6,5 
  mm. 
  alte 
  cum 
  petalis 
  

   connata, 
  pars 
  libéra 
  5 
  mm.; 
  antherae 
  lineari-ellipticae, 
  6!/s 
  mm. 
  

  

  