NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 4I 



I. Puya Molina 



Pnya Molina, Saggio Chile 160, 351. 1782. 



Principally Andean with outlying species in Costa Rica, Guiana, 

 and northwestern Argentina. 



I. Puya floccosa (Linden) E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 35 : 81. 1885. Figure i. 



Pourretia floccosa Linden, Catal. 1853 ex Bot. Zeitung 11:718. 1853. 



Pitcairnia floccosa Kegel, Act. Hort. Petrop. 3: 124. 1875. 



Pitcairnia guyanensis Baker, Handb. Bromel. 120. 1889. 

 Rio Branco: Serra de Mairori, Rio Branco, Surumu, Ule 8371 (K (GH neg. 



2550). MG, US). 

 Also: Venezuela, Colombia. 



2. Encholirium Mart, ex Schult. f. 



Encholirium Mart, ex Schult. f. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2 : p. Ixviii, 1233. 1830. 



Endemic in northeastern Brazil. 



I. Inflorescence usually compound with spreading more or less decurved 

 branches, curving when simple; dorsal wing of the seed linear, elongate. 



I. E. horridum 

 I. Inflorescence usually simple, erect and rigid, when compound the branches 

 strict; dorsal wing of the seed subdeltoid, short. 

 2. Leaf-blades linear, 4 mm. wide, the spines longer than the width of the 



blade; plants less than i m. high. (Fig. 2.) 2. E. bradeanum 



2. Leaf-blades narrowly triangular, several times wider than 4 mm., the 

 spines relatively short; plants mostly 2 m. high or more. 

 3. Floral bracts short and narrow, much exceeded by the sepals. 

 4. Pedicels slender, 8-14 mm. long, usually longer than the floral bracts. 

 (Fig. 3.) 3. E. spectabile 



4. Pedicels stout, 5-7 mm. long, shorter than the floral bracts. 



4. E. hoehneanum 

 3. Floral bracts conspicuous, nearly equaling to exceeding the sepals. 



5. Floral bracts coarsely serrate 5. E. glaziovii 



5. Floral bracts obscurely serrulate or entire. 



6. Sepals narrowly elliptic, nearly equaling the petals. 



6. E. subsecundum 

 6. Sepals elliptic or oblong, much shorter than the petals. 

 7. Axis of the inflorescence completely hidden by the flowers ; sepals 



10-12 mm. long 7. E. densiflorum 



7. Axis of the inflorescence visible; sepals 6-7 mm. long. 



8. E. rupestre 



1. Encholirium horridum L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 129:32, pi. s, 



figs. 1-3. 1940. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Vitoria, Foster 193 (GH, type, US neg. 4209, 4210). 



2. Encholirium bradeanum L. B. Smith, p. 26 and fig. 2. 



Minas Gerais: Region of Diamantina, Smith & Brade 5652 (US, type). 



