NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH I47 



35. Inflorescence many-flowered; leaf-blades 5-7 cm. wide, banded 

 beneath. 

 38, Leaf-spines more than 7 mm. long; sepals 37 mm. long; floral 

 bracts about equaling the center of the sepals ; petals white. 



35. N. carcharodon 

 38, Leaf-spines not more than 3 mm. long; sepals smaller. 

 39. Floral bracts about equaling the center of the sepals ; pedicels 



12 mm. long; petals pale red 36. N. makoyana 



39. Floral bracts equaling or exceeding the sepals. 

 40. Petals violet ; floral bracts rounded, cucullate ; sepals acute. 



30. N. cruenta 

 40. Petals white; floral bracts acute; sepals involute-subulate. 



37. N. binotii 

 24. Leaf-sheaths with pale spots; pedicels 10-15 mni- long; sepals acu- 

 minate ; 20 mm. long 38. N. marmorata 



1. Neoregelia eleutheropetala (Ule) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb, 104: 



78. 1934. 

 Nidularium eleutheropetalum Ule, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 48 : 131. 1907. 

 Aregelia eleutheropetala Mez ex L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 98 : 5, 

 pi. I, figs. 4-6. 1932. 

 Amazonas: Marari, lower Rio Jurua, Ule 5364 (B, type). 

 Also: Colombia, Peru. 



2. Neoregelia myrmecopbila (Ule) L. B. Smith, p. 30. 



Nidularium myrmecophihim Ule, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 48: 132. 1907. 

 Aregelia myrmecophila Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32:52. 1934. 

 Brazil: Ule (MG). 



Amazonas: Marari, lower Rio Jurua, Ule 5362 (B, F neg. 11263) ; 5365 (B, 

 F neg. 11264). 



3. Neoregelia {osteriana L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo nov. 



ser. 2 : 120, pi. 50. 1950. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Brade 14553 (RB) ; Foster 119 (GH, R) ; 122 in 

 part (GH, R) ; 123 (GH, type (US neg. 4085), US). 



4. Neoregelia spectabilis (Moore) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 104:79. 



1934. 



Nidularium spectabile Moore, Gard. Chron. 8. 1873. 



Karatas spectabilis Antoine, Phyto-Iconogr. pi. 33. 1884. 



Regelia spectabilis Lindm. Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 47 : 543. 1890. 



Aregelia spectabilis Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:70. 1896. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster 1231 (US) ; Harvard Botanical Garden (GH). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Maua, Ule 4133 (R). Surui, Foster 325 (GH). 



5. Neoregelia pineliana (Lem.) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 114:5. 1936. 



Nidularium pinelianum Lem. 111. Hortic. 7: 71. i860. 

 Karatas morreniana Antoine, Phyto-Iconogr. pi. 35. 1884. 

 Regelia morreniana Lindm. Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 47 : 543. 1890. 

 Aregelia morreniana Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:72. 1896. 

 Neoregelia morreniana L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 104:79. 1934. 

 Aregelia pineliana Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 40, fig. 12. 1934. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Makoy (LG, GH neg. 2933). Unpublished plate, E. Morren 

 (K, GH neg. 1375). 



