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II. Plants 1-2 m. or higher; scape stout; floral bracts obtusely carinate 

 toward the apex. 

 13. Floral bracts 32 mm. long, about twice as long as the internodes; 



sepals elliptic. (Fig. 37.) 37. V. hoehneana 



13. Floral bracts 25 mm. long, about equaling the internodes ; sepals 

 very broadly elliptic. (Fig. 38.) 38. V. amazonica 



SUBKEY H 



I. Scape-bracts all bearing recurved elongate blades ; inflorescence simple, dense, 



few-flowered, 4-9 cm. long 93. V. poenulata 



I. Scape-bracts bearing erect blades, those of the upper ones very short. 

 2. Inflorescence dense except at base; flowers in about 4 ranks, mostly sub- 

 erect ; floral bracts inflated 94. V. flammea 



2. Inflorescence or its branches lax; flowers in slightly more than 2 ranks, 

 all divergent or spreading at anthesis ; floral bracts closely enfolding 

 the sepals. (Fig. 48.) 95. V. corcovadensis 



Subgenus Viiesia 



(Subgenus Envriesia Mez) 



(Subgenus Cylindrostachys (Wittm.) Harms) 



1. Vriesia funebris L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo nov. ser. 



1 : 117, pi. 122. 1943. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Cuibiga, Foster 896 (GH, type, US neg. 4079). 



2. Vriesia gravisiana Wittm. Gartenflora 39 : 494, figs. 81, 82. 1890. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson 104 (GH). 



3. Vriesia sincorana Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 12:418. 1913. 

 Baia: Serra do Sincora, Ule 7131 (B, type, F neg. 11470). 



4. Vriesia rubra (R. & P.) Beer, Bromel. 98. 1857. 



Tillandsia rubra R. & P. Fl. Peruv. 3 : 40, pi. 266. 1802. 



Vriesia albiflora Ule, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 48: 141. 1907. 



Tillandsia rhododactyla Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 16:76. 1919. 

 Acre: Rio Jurua-Mirim, Ule 5615 (MG, type collection of Vriesia albiflora 



Ule). 

 Also: Trinidad, British Guiana, Colombia, Peru. 



5. Vriesia schwackeana Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:590. 1896. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster (US); 511 (GH). 



Minas Gerais: Ouro Preto, Schzvacke 9209 (B, type, F neg. 11469). 

 Sao Paulo: Mun. Sao Paulo: Parque do Estado, Hoehne (SP). Pirajussara, 

 Gehrt (SP). 



6. Vriesia pinottii Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4 : 12, pi. 3. 



1952. 

 Parana: Guaratuba, Reitz 4023 (HBR, type); 5683 (! Reitz). 



7. Vriesia lubbersii (Baker) E. Morr. ex Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 



533, Pl' 99- 1894. 

 Tillandsia lubbersii Baker, Handb. Bromel. 219. 1889. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Binot (LG, basis of Morren Icon.?); E. Morren Icoa 

 (K, type). 



