NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 6l 



55. Sepals not more than 7 mm. long ; leaves 6 cm. long ; inflores- 



cence simple 36. D. schwackeana 



54. Scape-bracts, or at least the upper ones, shorter than the inter- 

 nodes. 



56. Stamens exserted; inflorescence glabrous or subglabrous; fila- 



ments high-connate above the petal-stamen tube. 

 57. Pedicels stout, angled, 2-4 mm. long, 2 to 3 times shorter 

 than the floral bracts; sepals 5-7 mm. long. 



48. D. niederleinii 



57. Pedicels slender, 4-5 mm. long, almost as long as the floral 



bracts ; sepals 8-9 mm. long 49. D. lutziana 



56. Stamens shorter than the petals ; inflorescence usually lepidote. 



58. Filaments short-connate above the petal-stamen tube; leaves 



15-20 cm. long. 

 59. Floral bracts acuminate, much exceeding the pedicels; 

 inflorescence simple; sepals 8 mm. long. 



SO. D. saxatilis 



59. Floral bracts apiculate, barely exceeding the pedicels; 



inflorescence usually comjwund; sepals 6 mm. long. 



51. D. maracasensis 

 58. Filaments high-connate above the petal-stamen tube. 



60. Flowers subsessile; stigmas subsessile. 



61. Floral bracts to 10 mm. long; leaves 50 cm. long; scape- 

 bracts entire 52. D. uleana 



61. Floral bracts not over 5 mm. long; leaves only 5 cm. 



long; scape-bracts obscurely serrulate. 



42. D. consimilis 

 60. Flowers distinctly pedicellate; sepals 6-6.5 «im. long; 

 leaves 25-40 cm. long. 



62. Upper scape-bracts serrulate; pedicels short and stout 



but distinct ; inflorescence lax 53. D. sellowiana 



62. Upper scape-bracts entire; style half as long as the 

 ovary. 

 63. Floral bracts 9 mm. long, much exceeding the short 

 pedicels; inflorescence simple or compovmd. (Fig. 



20.) 54. D. weddelliana 



63. Floral bracts 3 mm. long, about half as long as the 

 pedicels ; inflorescence simple 55. D. racemosa 



1. Dyckia pedicellata Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:515. 1896. 



MiNAs Gerais : Serra dos Cristais, Diamantina, Glaziou 19198a ( I Mez) ; 

 Schwacke 8413 (B, type, F neg. 11444). 

 Identity with the genus Dyckia is imcertain because of the lack of petals and 

 stamens. 



2. Dyckia tomentosa Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:515. 1896. 



Rio Grande do Sul: Sellow Bromel. No. 73 (P, type, GH neg. 3003). 



3. Dyckia selloa (C. Koch) Baker, Handb. Bromel. 136. 1889. 



Prionophyllum selloum C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. for 1873, App. 4: 7. 



1874- 

 Dyckia grandijolia Baker, Handb. Bromel. 136. 1889, 



