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17. Tillandsia pohliana Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:597, pi. Jii. 1894. 



Tillandsia tneridionalis sensu Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 818. 1896. 



In part, not Baker. 

 Tillandsia zmndhausenii Hassler ex Rojas, Rev. Jard. Bot. & Mus. Hist. 



Nat. Paraguay 2:183. I930. Nomen. 

 Tillandsia latisepala L. B. Smith, Proc. Amer. Acad. 68 : 148, pi. i, 

 figs. 6, 7. 1933. 

 Ceara: Araripe, Miranda i (IAN). 



MiNAS Gerais: Barbacena, Glasiou 13242 (P). Sao Miguel, Pohl 3658 (W, 

 type). Mun. Ituiutaba: Macedo 511 (US). Santa Terezinha, Afac^rfo 1204 

 (US). 

 Mato Grosso: Campo Grande, Foster 1095 (GH). Corumba, Foster 1162 



(GH). 

 Sao Paulo: Campinas, Trevisan 2861 (SP) ; Trevisan & Viegas 2862 (SP) ; 

 2863 (SP). Mun. Amparo: Monte Alegre, M. Kuhlmann 247 (SP). 

 Also: Paraguay, Argentina, Peru. 



18. Tillandsia meridionalis Baker, Journ. Bot. 26:15. 1888. 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Caxias, Teodoro 231 (R, US). 



Also: Paraguay, Argentina. 



19. Tillandsia araujei Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 600, pi. 112, fig. 2. 1894. 

 Rio de Janeiro (?): Glasiou 8019 (P, GH neg. 3020); 15463 (US); 15464 



(GH). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Morro dos Cabritos, Duarte 959 (RB). Copacabana, collec- 

 tor f (R). Corcovado to Tijuca, Luts 866 (R). Pedra Dois Irmaos, Rose 

 & Russell 20241 (US). Gavea, Hoehne (SP) ; Reits 5682 (HBR) ; Smith 

 & Mus. R 6425 (R, US). Praia de Grumari, near Guaratiba, Smith & 

 Mus. R 6532 (US, lax shade form, sterile). Jacarepagua, Cochran (R) ; 

 Pereira 622 (RB). Jardini Leblon, Harshberger 851 (US). Praia Leblon, 

 Hoehne 30 (SP). Avenida Niemeier, Brade in L. B. Smith 2169 (GH) ; 

 Parker (R). Pedra Quilombo, Brade 10876 (R). 



Sao Paulo: Ilha dos Alcatrazes, Santos, Loejgren (SP) ; Luederwaldt & 

 Fonseca (SP). 



20. Tillandsia pulcbella Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: pi. 154. 1825. 



I. Leaf -blades flat near the base, merging gradually into the sheaths, usually 

 equaling or exceeding the simple or few-branched stem. 

 2. Plant not distinctly dorsi-ventral ; leaves not completely secund, diverging 

 from one another. 

 3. Inflorescence shorter than the slender leaves; leaves scarcely or not 

 at all secund. 



4. Flowers polystichous Var. a. pulchella 



4. Flowers distichous Var. b. disticha 



3. Inflorescence exceeding the stout usually secund leaves. 



Var. c. surinamensis 

 2. Plant distinctly dorsi-ventral; leaves very densely ascending-secund with 



the blades closely approximate Var. d. saxicola 



I. Leaf-blades involute throughout and thus contrasting sharply with the 

 sheaths, very slender, much shorter than the long branching stem, often 

 spreading Var. e. vaginata 



