Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

  • Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 1. C. UNDULATUS Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gart. 1830, 299 ; Wawra, Eeise, Max. 103, t. 87. C. acaulis Beer, Brom. 76. Tilhindsia acaulis Lindl. in Bot. Pieg. t. 1197. Madcvjia densijlora Liebra. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, ii. 373.—Leaves about a dozen in a short rosette, often overtopped by its stolons, oblong-lanceolate, 4-0 in. long, 1^ in. broad, comparatively thin in texture, much undulated, plain green on the face, thinly white-lepidote on the back, the marginal prickles close and minute. Calyx 1^ in. long above the ovary; segments ovate-lanceolate, about as long as the tube. Petals white, oblanceolate-unguiculate, an inch long. Filaments filiform, ^ in. long; anthers minute, oblong, versatile. Style reaching nearly to the tip of the petals. Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by Mrs. Arnold Harrison, of Liverpool, in 1827. Vars. rubei' Beer, and^jur^i/reuA' Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 287, are forms with the leaves more or less tinged with reddish-brown and sometimes a little lepidote on the lower part of the face. C. testaceus E. Morren (M.D.), is a form with brown ovate-lanceolate leaves 4—5 in. long, nearly 2 in. broad low down. 2. C. BROMELioiDES Otto & Dictf. Allg. Gart. 183G, 298. C. diverdj'ulius Beer, Brom. 76.—Leaves about 20 in a long copiously stoloniferous rosette, lanceolate, a foot long, IJ in. broad at the middle, plain green on the face, not so firm in texture as in C. dis- color, and not so white on the back. Flowers in the axils of several of the reduced inner leaves. Calyx-limb ^ in. long. Petals white, twice as long as the calyx-limb. Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation by Sello in 1831. Scarcely more than a variety of G. undidatus. Of this also there is a form with reddish-brown leaves. 3. C. DISCOLOR Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gart. 1836, 299 (M.D.) C. acaulis, var. artjenteus Beer. C. acaidis, var. longifoliiis Hort.— Leaves 20 or more, forming a rosette half a foot high, often over- topped by its stolons, lanceolate, a foot long, an inch broad, much firmer in texture than in C. undidatus, plain green on the face, persistently white-lepidote on the back, very acuminate, the mar- ginal prickles close and minute. Flowers in the axils of several of the reduced inner leaves. Calyx including the ovary f in. long; segments ovate. Petals pure white, f-1 in. long. Hab. South Brazil. First described from the Berlin Botanic Garden in 1836. Scarcely more than a variety of C. undidatus. 4. C. suA\-EOLENs E. MoiTeii (M.D.).—Leaves 15-20 in a long rosette, above a foot long, 1-1^ in. broad, moderately firm in texture, often undulated, plain green on the face, white-lepidote on the back, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal prickles close and minute. Flowers few in a head in the centre of the rosette. Perianth-blade white, oblong, acute, protruding nearly an inch from the calyx. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the petals. Hab. Probably Brazil. Described from Prof. Morren’s drawing made in Sept., 1881. Nearly allied to C. discolor. 5. C.^ANGusTiFOLius Baker.—Leaves a dozen or more in a very short rosette, ensiform, sessile, 6-9 in. long, in. broad, very