NO. I 



BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 



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2. Tillandsia elongata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i : 293, i8i6. 



I. Spikes to 40-flowered, very long and slender Var. a. elongata 



I. Spikes to 20-flowered, IS cm. long, 12 mm. wide Var. b. subimbricata 



2a. Tillandsia elongata var. elongata. 

 Not recorded in or near Brazil. 



Fig. 21. 



Fig. 21. — Navia lopesii: a. Habit, X i/io; b, sepals, X^l c, diagram 



of imbrication of sepals. 



Fig. 22, — Tillandsia adpressiflora: a. Habit, Xi/40; b, section of spike, 



"Xi; c, sepal, X'^', d, seed X i. 



2b. Tillandsia elongata var. subimbricata (Baker) L. B. Smith, Journ, 

 Washington Acad. Sci. 43 : 68. 1953. 

 Tillandsia subimbricata Baker, Journ. Bot. 25 : 304. 1887. 

 Tillandsia orthorhachis Mez & C. F. Baker, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 



435. 1903. 

 Rio Branco: Isla do Ajarani, /. G. Kuhlmann 391 (RB). 

 Also: Mexico (Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad, 

 Colombia. 



3. Tillandsia adpressiHora Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:661. 1896. Figure 



22. 



Amazonas: Rio Jurua-Mirim, Ule 5618 (B (F neg. 11473), GH). 

 Also: Surinam, Venezuela, Peru. 



4. Tillandsia complanata Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 173. 1846. 

 Rio Branco: Mount Roraima, Ule 8560 (MG, K). 



Also: Costa Rica and the West Indies to Bolivia and British Guiana. 



