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4. Araeococcus parvifforus (Mart.) Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24, no. 8: 

 12. 1891. 

 Billbergia parvifiora Mart, ex Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2 : 1270. 1830. 

 Lamprococcus chlorocarpus Wawra, It. Max. 162, pi. 28. 1866. 

 Aechmea parvifiora Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:167. 1879. 

 Baia: Almada, Martins (M, type). Ilheus, Wawra & Maly I-232 (! Mez). 



Rio Grungogi, Curran 216 (GH, US). Salvador, Foster 2432 (US), 

 Rio de Janeiro (?) : Esperanga, Riedel ( ! Mez; locality doubtful, more likely 

 from Ilheus). 



Fig, si. Fig. 52. 



Fig, 51. — Fernseea itatiaiae: a. Leaf, "KYz; b, inflorescence, X /^ 5 



c, flower, X 2. (All after Flora Brasiliensis.) 



Fig. 52. — Araeococcus goeldianns: a. Habit, X i/io; b, section of spike, 



X^; c, sepal, X 5- 



17. Streptocalyx Beer 



Streptocalyx Beer, Flora 37 : 348. 1854. 



French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, 



I, Inflorescence amply tripinnate; spikes very laxly 1-7-flowered; rhachis very 

 slender; sepals 8-13 mm. long including the 3 mm. long mucro; pollen- 

 grains with 4 pores; ovules caudate-appendaged. (Fig. 53.) 



I. S. floribundus 

 I. Inflorescence bi pinnate or rarely somewhat tripinnate at the base. 

 2. Floral bracts serrulate; sepals often serrulate as well, 14-20 mm. long, 

 slightly exceeding the floral bracts; scape short; inflorescence not much 



