NO. I 



BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 



Yet the even more obvious contrast shown between eastern Brazil 

 and the remainder of the country is actually much greater than it is 

 possible to indicate. In preparing the map, it was frequently the case 



Distribution of Bromeliaceae in Brazil 



that in the east each spot represented several localities too near to 

 each other to be distinguished, while each locality generally included 

 a number of species. Elsewhere the spots usually represent a single 

 locality and very often a single species. 



From the map, representation in much of Minas Gerais compares 

 with that about Rio de Janeiro, but the single spot which covers the 



