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20. Dyckia tuberosa (Veil.) Beer, Broniel. 157. 1857. 



I. Floral bracts shorter than the flowers and usually shorter than the sepals, 



lance-triangular Var. a. tuberosa 



I. Floral bracts exceeding the lowest flowers, narrowly triangular. 



Var. b. deltoidea 

 20a. Dyckia tuberosa var. tuberosa. Figure 17. 



Tillandsia tuberosa Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 135. 1825; Icon. 3: pi. 136. 



1835. 

 Dyckia coccinea Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:491. 1894. 

 MiNAs Gerais: Carmo do Rio Claro, Mello Filho 628 (R). Mun. Ouro Preto: 

 Casa Branca, Williams 8121 (GH). 



Fig. 15. Fig. 16. 



Fig. 15. — Dyckia encholirioides var. encholirioides: a, Leaf-blade, X i/io; b, in- 

 florescence, X i/io; c, flower, y^i; d, sepal, ^.i', e, petals and stamens, X i- 

 Fig. 16. — Dyckia heloisae: a. Habit, X i/io; b, flower and capsule, X i; 



c, seed, X 2, 



Sao Paulo: Atibaia, Foster 348 (GH). Campinas, Viegas (GH, lAC) ; 

 Viegas & Lima (lAC). Campo Grande, Edwall (SP). Itirapina, Toledo & 

 Gehrt (GH, SP). Santo Amaro, Krieger 182 (SP). Sao Jose dos Campos, 

 Loefgren (S). Serra da Cunha, Kuhlmann & Gehrt (GH, SP). Mun. 

 Sao Paulo: Bosque da Saude, Brade 5926 (S). Ipiranga, Luederwaldi 

 (SP, GH neg. 7166) ; Hoehne (GH, SP). Jabaquara, Brade (SP). Sao 

 Paulo, Sellow E-23 (B, type of Dyckia coccinea Mez, F neg. 11430) ; 

 Pickel 5479 (US); Tamandare 196 (RB). Vila Ema, Brade (GH, SP). 

 Vila Mariana, Usteri (SP). 



Parana: Morungava, Dusen 16522 (S). Turma 23, Jonsson in Dusen 1323a 

 (S). Mun. Palmeira: Rio do Salto, Hatschbach 2620 (US). 



Santa Catarina: Curitibanos, Reits 4673 (HBR). 

 At first glance it scans inconsistent to associate a Vellozo name with a 



