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4. Scape stout; rhachis S mm. in diameter or more. 



S. Floral bracts red Var. a. platynema 



5. Floral bracts yellow Var. b. flava 



4. Scape slender; rhachis scarcely more than 2 mm. in diameter. 



Var. c. gracilior 



3. Sepals acute Var. d. libonii 



2. Leaves acuminate 4 Var. e. rosea 



I. Leaf-blades not concolorous. 



6. Leaf-blades pale-striate Var. f . striata 



6. Leaf-blades red-violet beneath, green above, pale striate near the apex. 



Var. g. variegata 



75a. Vriesia platynema var. platynema. Figure 46. 



Tillandsia platynema Griseb. Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Goett. for 1864: 19. 1865. 

 Vriesia corallina Kegel, Gartenflora 19 : 354, pi. 671. 1870. 

 Encholiritim corallinum Linden ex Andre, 111. Hortic. 18 : 136, pi. 70. 1871. 

 Tillandsia corallina C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. for 1873, App. 4: 5. 

 1874. 



Ceara: (Bico Alto), Serra de Baturite, Ducke (MG). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Rio de Janeiro, Gaudichaud (F, type, GH neg. 3025). 

 Morro Queimado, Occ/ti'om' 43 (RB). Tijuca, Fo.yf^r 321 (GH, R). Tijuca, 

 Excelsior, Luts 1443 (R). 



Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Foster 364 (GH) ; Gehrt (SP) ; L. B. Smith 1952 

 (GH). Monte Alegre, M. Kiihlmann 409 (SP). Santos, Mosen 3250 in 

 part (US). Ilha dos Alcatrazes, Santos, Luederwaldt & Fonseca (SP). 

 Piagaguera, Santos, /. G. Kuhlmann (RB). Ramal Mairink to Santos, 

 Lamber (SP). Sorocaba, Santos, Mosen 2985 (S) ; 3711 (S). Sao Paulo, 

 /. G. Kuhlmann (RB). Sao Paulo to Curitiba km. 279, Foster 395 (GH). 



Parana: Campo Largo, Foster 407 (GH). Curitiba, Dusen 17453 (GH, S). 

 Ipiranga, Dusen 3553 in part (R) ; 9006 (S, US) ; 14381 (S, US). Jacarei, 

 Dusen 9009 (S) ; 17452 (GH, S). Coast 30 km. from Paranagua, Foster 

 422 (GH). Serra Sao Luiz, M. Kuhlmann (SP). Mun. Ponta Grossa: 

 Ponta Grossa, Foster 2528 (R, US). Vila Velha, Foster 415 (GH). 



Santa Catarina: Estrada Dona Francisca, Joinvile, Reitz 3724 (HBR). 

 Ribeirao Grande, Taio, Reits 3991 (HBR). Mun. Ararangua: Garuva, 

 Reits C-778 (GH, HBR). Mun. Bigua^u: Fachinal, Reitz C-950 (GH) ; 

 1399 (R)- Mun. Brusque: Ribeirao do Ouro, Reitz 2>(>2i7 (HBR). Mun. 

 Chapeco: Itapiranga, Rio Peperi-Gaugu, Reitz 3859 (HBR). Mun. Floria- 

 nopolis: Ribeirao da Ilha, Reitz 3925 (HBR). Rio Tavares, Smith & 

 Reitz 6187 (R, US). Mun. Itajai: Morro do Bau, Reitz C-2075 (HBR, 

 US). Mun. Orleaes: Rio Mirador, Reitz Z2>77 (HBR). 



Rio Grande do Sul: Sao Salvador, Eugenio 2160 (GH). Silveira Martins, 

 Lindman A-1373 (S). Mim. Porto Alegre: Belem, Golland in Lindman 

 (S). Mun. Sao Francisco de Paula : Taimbe, i?am&o (US). 



Also: Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela. 



75b. Vriesia platynema var. £ava Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 



4:15. 1952. 

 Santa Catarina: Morro do Bau, Itajai, Reitz 4665 (HBR, type). 



75c. Vriesia platynema var. gracilior L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao 



Paulo nov. ser. i : 121. 1943. 

 Espirito Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 267 (GH, type (US neg. 4082), R). 



