bracteatus. Consequently it seems better to keep the later 
name, about which there is no uncertainty and relegate 
Bromelia Sagenaria to the dubious list. 
Ananas bracteatus shows three well marked varieties 
as follows: 
Ananas bracteatus (Lindl.) Schultes var. typicus 
L.B. Smith. 
Ananas bracteatus (Lindl.) Schultes var. rudis Ber- 
toni Monogr. Gen. Ananas in An. Cient. Paraguay. 
ser. 2, no. 4 (1919) 256, excluding synonymy. 
Laminis foliorum omnino viridibus; bracteis florigens 
pulchre roseis. 
This typical variety with its uniformly green leaves 
and brightly colored bracts is doubtless the progenitor 
of the two others. According to Baker and Collins, its 
seeds are so few that it is cultivated for its fruit in some 
regions. 
Ananas bracteatus (Lindl.) Schultes var. albus 
L.B.Smith var. nov. 
Laminis foliorum omnino viridibus; bracteis florigens 
omnino albis vel flavo-virentibus. 
Brazil, State of SSo Paulo, District of Itapecirica. ?n\6\ do M«° 
in woods along canal. May 6, 1936. Hoehne <$* Gehrt in Herb. 
Biol. Sao Paulo 85297. (Type in Gray Herb.) 
The seeds are extremely numerous in the white-bntft 
ed variety, so that it is of little use in cultivation according 
to Baker and Collins. The color of the bracts is due to a 
lack of anthocyanin. The leaves are a normal green as m 
the typical variety. 
Ananas bracteatus (Lindl.) Schultes var. tricolor 
(Bertoni) L.B.Smith comb. nov. 
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