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63. Vriesia gonioiacbis (Baker) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 545. 1894. 



Tillandsia goniorachis Baker, Journ. Bot. 25:303. 1887. 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Gavea, Smith & Mus. R 6430 (R, US). ? Fedra do Ilheu, 

 Andarai Grande, near Rio de Janeiro, Glasioii 15471 (K, type (US neg. 

 3975) GH, P; C (F neg. 22335)). Pao d'Assucar, Glasiou 16462 (! Mez). 

 Tijuca, TJle (! Mez). 



64. Vriesia amethystina E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 34 : 330, pis. 15, 16. 1884. 



Tillandsia amethystina Baker, Journ. Bot. 26: 104. 1888. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Kezv (K, GH neg. 2656); cultivated, E. Morren (LG, 



type). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Collatina, Foster 219 (GH). Itapemirim, Foster 149 (GH). 



65. Vriesia lancifolia (Baker) L. B. Smith, Lilloa 6 : 386, pi. 2, figs. 3, 4. 1941. 



Tillandsia lancifolia Baker, Handb. Bromel. 202. 1889. 

 Vriesia platzmannii Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 546. 1894. In part, 

 not as to type. 

 Baia: (Igreja Velha) Blanchet 3458 (BM, type (US neg. 4004), MO, US). 



66. Vriesia parviffora L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo nov. sen 



i: 119, pi. 125, fig. 2. 1943. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 289 (GH) ; 839 (GH, type, US neg. 

 4074). 



67. Vriesia psittacina (Hook.) Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29: pi. 10. 1843. 

 I. Floral bracts red or red and yellow^, ecarinate. 



2. Floral bracts red with yellow apices Var. a. psittacina 



2. Floral bracts wholly red Var. b. rubro-bracteata 



I. Floral bracts wholly green, some of them more or less carinate. 



Var. c. decolor 



67a. Vriesia psittacina var. psittacina. Figure 43. 



Tillandsia psittacina Hook. Bot. Mag. 55 : pi. 2841. 1828. 



Baia: Blanchet 22g3 (! Mez). 



EspiRiTO Santo: Mun. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim: Vargem Alta, Erode 19963 

 (RB, US). 



Rio DE Janeiro: Niteroi, Foster 1033 (GH). Serra dos Orgaos, Wilkes Expe- 

 dition (US). Petropolis, Sampaio 7623 (R). Old road below Petropolis, 

 Smith & Mus. R 6456 (R, US). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Alto da Boa Vista, Reits 3916 (HBR). Corcovado, Lind- 

 man A-39 (S). Gavea, Smith & Mus. R 6433 (R, US). Quinta da Boa 

 Vista, Glasiou 16464 in part (P). Rio de Janeiro, Weddell 673 (P). 

 Sumare, Serra da Carioca, Smith & Vieira 1296 (GH). 



67b. Vriesia psittacina var. rubro-bracteata Hook. Bot. Mag. 85 : pi. 5108. 



1859. 

 Brazil: Known only from cultivation. No material preserved. 



67c. Vriesia psittacina var. decolor Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 30 : 183. 



1880. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Cantagallo, Wawra II-226 (W, type). 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, Eugenio 445 (NY). Morro da Policia, 



Porto Alegre, Eugenio 2488 (GH) ; Palacios & Cueszo 661 (LIL). Mun. 



Torres: Campo Bonito, Reits 4747 ( ! Reitz) ; 5001 ( ! Reitz). 

 Also : Paraguay. 



