SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 

 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 1 



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 ^utilications! in JBotanp 



THE BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL 



By 

 LYMAN B. SMITH 



Department of Botany, U. S. National Museum 



With 128 illustrations by 

 Robert J. Downs 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 







(Publication 4184) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



SEPTEMBER 7, 1955 



