112 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I26 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Barra da Tijuca, Rcits 3910 (HBR). Botafogo, Glaziou 

 16466 (B, type of Vricsia botafogensis Mez; K, US neg. 4026). 



20. Vriesia monacorum L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo nov. 



ser. 1 : 119, pi. 127. 1943. 

 MiNAS Gerais: Mun. Santa Barbara: Mosteiro de Caraga, Foster 693 (GH, 

 type; US). 



21. Vriesia friburgensis Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 537. 1894. 



I. Branches erect or suberect, inflorescence distinctly longer than broad. 

 2. Floral bracts all ecarinate, to 35 mm. long; flowers all spreading. 



Var. a. friburgensis 

 2. Upper floral bracts carinate, about 25 mm. long ; upper flowers often 



imbricate Var. b. paludosa 



I. Branches spreading to arching-recurved, lax; flowers spreading. 



Var. c. tucumanensis 



Field studies show that the species is highly variable, even a single colony 



having some individuals wholly lacking prophyllae on the branches and others 



having them on nearly every branch. The same individual may have both 



carinate and ecarinate floral bracts. 



2 1 a. Vriesia friburgensis var. friburgensis. 



Vriesia tweedieana sensu F. Mueller, Gartenflora 42 : 738. 1893, in part. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo, Glasiou 16467 (K (US neg. 4028), P, iso- 



types). 

 Parana: Jacarei, Diisen (S, US). Serra Sao Luiz, M. Kuhlmann (SP). Mun. 



Piraquara: Campininha, Hatschbach 1857 (US). 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Cascata, Serra dos Tapes, Lindman A-779 (S). Sao 



Salvador, Eugenio 124 (R). 



2 lb. Vriesia friburgensis var. paludosa (L. B. Smith) L. B. Smith, Anais 

 Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4:68. 1952. Figure 33. 

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



1 : 119, pi. 128. 1943. 

 Vriesia saundersii sensu L. B. Smith, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 

 2:26, 54. 1950, non E. Morr. 

 Sao Paulo: Apiai, M. Kuhlmann (SP). Cotia to Una, Foster 383 (GH). 

 Guapiara, M. Kuhlmann (SP). Sao Paulo to Curitiba, km. 279, Foster 

 394 (GH). 

 Parana: Curitiba, Foster 459 (GH, type; R). Curitiba to Paranagua, Reits 



5763 ( ! Reitz). Sao Luiz, Foster 410 (GH). 

 Santa Catarina: Foster 2517 (US). Blumenau, Reitz 3590 (HBR). Campo 

 Alegre, Reitz 3906 (HBR). Laguna, Reitz & Klein 93 (HBR). Sao 

 Francisco do Sul, Reitz 3907 (HBR). Ribeirao Grande, Taio, Reitz 3993 

 (HBR). Serra do Mirador, Taio, Reitz 3958 (HBR, US). Mun. Araran- 

 gua: CurraHnhos, Reitz C-900 (GH, HBR). Sombrio, Reitz C-400 (GH, 

 HBR). Mun. Brusque: Spitzkopf, Reitz 2303 (HBR, US). Mun. Floria- 

 nopolis: Canavieiras, i?(?i7^ 4265 (HBR). Mun. Itajai: Praia Braba, i?c/f5 

 2296 (HBR, US) ; 3871 (HBR) ; 3872 (HBR, prophyllate) ; 3873 (HBR, 

 US, eprophyllate) ; 3905 (HBR, US); 4103 (HBR, US); 4104 (HBR, 

 US); Reitz & Foster 2296 (HBR) ; Smith & Reitz 6089 (R, RB, US). 



