NO. I 



BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 



12. Vriesia Lindl. 



97 



Vriesia Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29: pi. 10. 1843, nomen conservandum. 



The original spelling "Vriesia" is used here because obviously it 

 was so intended by Lindley where he published it consistently in four 

 different places in the original description. It would appear that this 

 was an intentional latinization of a personal name. Unfortunately the 



Fig. 29. Fig. 30. 



Fig. 29. — Tillandsia aeris-incola: a, Habit, y^Ve; b, branch of inflorescence, 



Xi', c, sepal, X i- 

 Fig. 30. — Tillandsia paraensis: a. Habit (after Flora Brasiliensis), X /4 J 



b, sepal, X i. 



spelling "Vriesea" was employed in conserving the generic name 

 against the earlier Hexalepis Rafinesque. This name should be cor- 

 rected to "Vriesia" in future lists. 



Mexico and the West Indies to Argentina. 



I. Apical appendage of the seed minute or lacking; petals firm and remaining 

 more or less in position after anthesis. 



Subgenus Vriesia (Species 1-95) 

 I. Apical appendage of the seed well developed : petals soon flaccid and 



pendent Subgenus Alcantarea (Species 96-100) 



It has not been possible to follow Mez's division of the subgenus Vriesia 

 {Euvriesia) into sections based on the relative length of the petals and stamens, 

 because these parts are unknown in so many species. Furthermore, in a large 



