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6. Neoregelia priaceps (Baker) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 114: 5. 1936. 

 I. Outer bracts of the inflorescence smaller than the inner leaves, bracteiform. 



Var. a. princeps 

 I. Outer bracts of the inflorescence enlarged and foliaceous but bright red. 



Var. b. phyllanthidea 

 6a. Neoregelia princeps var. princeps. 



Karatas meyendorffii Antoine, Phyto-Iconogr. 54, pi. 32. 1884. In part, 



not as to basonym. 

 Karatas princeps Baker, Handb. Bromel. 10. 1889. 

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

 Aregelia princeps Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 75. 1896. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Jard. Bot. Liege (LG) ; E. Morren (LG). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Teresopolis, Glasiou 16446 (! Mez); Nova Friburgo, Ule 



4961 ( ! Mez). 

 Santa Catarina: D'Urville (! Mez). 



6h. Neoregelia princeps var. phyllanthidea (Mez) L. B. Smith, p. 31. 



Aregelia princeps var. phyllanthidea Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 76 

 1896. 



Brazil: Described from cultivation, no surviving material known. 



7. Neoregelia farinosa (Ule) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 124:9. 1939, 



Nidulariiim farinosum Ule, Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. Gesselsch. 18:319. 1900. 

 Aregelia farinosa Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 42. 1934. 

 EsPiRiTO Santo: Foster B (GH, R). Santa Teresa, Foster 1183 (GH). 

 Vargem Alta, Morro do Sal, Foster 928 (GH). Vitoria, Foster 201 (GH. 

 R, US). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Nova Friburgo, Ule 4961 (B, type). 



8. Neoregelia bahiana (Ule) L. B. Smith, Proc. Amer. Acad. 70: 152. 1935. 



I. All or at least the inner leaves red on the upper surface Var. a. bahiana 



I. All the leaves completely green Var. b. viridis 



8a. Neoregelia bahiana var. bahiana. 



Nidularinm bahianiim Ule, Bot. Jahrb. 42: 195. 1908. 



Aregelia bahiana Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 42. 1934, 

 Baia: Serra do Sincora, Ule 7105 (B, type, F neg. 11256). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Serra da Piedade, Schwacke (! Mez). Mun. Santa Barbara: 



Caraga, Foster 684 (GH). 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Hoehne (SP). 



8b. Neoregelia bahiana var. viridis L. B. Smith, p. 27. 



MiNAS Gerais: Serra da Piedade, near Belo Horizonte, Foster 573 (GH, type, 

 US neg. 4273). 



9. Neoregelia olens (Hook, f.) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 10. 1939. 



Billbergia olens Hook. f. Bot. Mag. 91 : pi. 5502. 1865. 

 Karatas olens Nicholson, Diet. Gard. 2:216. 1885. 

 Aregelia olens Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32: 42. 1934. 

 Brazil: Described from cultivated plants. No material known to survive. 



10. Neoregelia indecora (Mez) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 124:9. 1939. 



Aregelia indecora Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 16 : 3. 1919. 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Copacabana, Ule 4134 (B, type). 



