NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH II3 



Mun. Palhoga: Campo do Massiambii, Reits 4985 (! Reitz). Mun. Porto 

 Belo: Canto Grande, Reits (HBR, US) ; 3641 (HBR). 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Morro Sapucaia, Sao Leopoldo, Eugenio 127 (R) ; 2212 

 (GH, HBR). Mun. Torres: Campo Bonito, Rcitc 4412 (HBR); 4441 

 (HBR) ; Smith & Reits 5834 (US). 



21C. Viiesia friburgensis var. tucumanensis (Mez) L. B. Smith, Anais Bot. 

 Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4:68. 1952. 

 Vriesia tucumanensis Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:585. 1896. 

 Vriesia caldasiana Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:607. 1896. 

 Vriesia argentinensis Spegazzini, Physis 3: 158. 1917. 

 Vriesia glutinosa Wawra var. viridis Hassler, Ann. Conserv. & Jard. Bot. 

 Geneve 20: 319. 1919. 

 MiNAS Gerais : Caldas, Henschen in Regnell ni-1254 (US); Mosen 4436 



(S) ; Regnell II-286 in part (S). Pouso Alegre, Hoehne (GH, SP). 

 Sao Paulo: Campinas, Viegas (lAC). Sao Paulo, Foster 347 (GH, R) ; 



Hoehne (SP). 

 Parana: Barracao, Reits 4278 (! Reitz). Ipiranga, Diisen 3552 (R). Mor- 



retes, Dusen 4357 (R). Ponta Grossa, Dusen 2699 (S). 

 Santa Catarina: Mun. Chapeco: Dionisio Cerqueira, Reits 4281 (! Reitz). 



Mun. Itajai: Praia Braba, Reits 4102 (HBR, US). 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Sao Salvador, Eugenio 2213 (GH). Silveira Martins, 

 Val Veneta, Lindman A-1331 (S). 



22. Vriesia procera (Mart, ex Schult.) Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29:21. 



1891. 

 I. Inflorescence amply paniculate; scape-bracts imbricate. 

 2. Floral bracts even, subcoriaceous, equaling the sepals or slightly shorter ; 

 branches divergent to spreading, not twisted. 



3. Floral bracts green Var. a. procera 



3. Floral bracts red with yellow apices Var. b. rubra 



2. Floral bracts nerved, membranaceous, much shorter than the sepals; 

 branches spreading to recurving, often twisted so that the flowers are 



second Var. c. tenuis 



I. Inflorescence simple or subsimple; scape-bracts nearly all shorter than the 

 internodes ; some of the floral bracts incurved Var. d. debilis 



22a. Vriesia procera var. procera. Figure 34. 



Tillandsia procera Mart, ex Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2: 1224. 1830. 



Vriesia gracilis Gaud. Atl. Voy. Bonite. pi. 67. 1846. 



Tillandsia gracilis Griseb. Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Goett. for 1864:17. 1865. 



Tillandsia erectiflora Baker, Journ. Bot. 25 : 346. 1887. 



Vriesia catharinensis F. Mueller, Gartenflora 42 : 738. 1893. 



Vriesia procera var. gracilis Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 540. 1894. 



Tillandsia viscidula Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 328. 1922. 

 Brazil: Boog (K, type of Tillandsia erectiflora Baker, GH neg. 1630). 

 PiAui: Luetselburg (! Mez). 

 Ceara: Luetselburg (! Mez). 



Paraiba: Areia, Vasconccllos 150 (RB). Campina Grande, Fo.y^^r 2407 (US). 

 Pernambuco: Iguaragu, Ridley & Ramage (! Mez). Palmares, Santa Tere- 

 sinha. Picket 3436 (IPA). 



