NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 149 



11. Neoregelia caiolinae (Beer) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 9. 1939. 



I. Leaf -blades not striped Var. a. carolinae 



I. Leaf -blades longitudinally striped white, rose, and green... Var. b. tricolor 



11a.. Neoregelia carolinae var. carolinae. 



Bromelia carolinae Beer, Bromel. 29. 1857. 



Billbergia meyendorffii Kegel, Bot. Zeitung 15:713. 1857. 



Nididarium meyendorffii Regel, Gartenflora 8 : 266. 1859. 



Karatas carolinae Antoine, Phyto-Iconogr. 52, pi. 31. 1884. 



Bromelia rhodocincta Brongn. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 11. 1889 ( ! 



Mez). 

 Regelia meyendorffiii Ind. Kew. 4 : 694. 1895. 

 Aregclia carolinae Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 74. 1896. 

 Aregelia marechalii Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32:43. 1934. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hort. Bot. Petrograd (GH). 



Rio de Janeiro: Maua, Ule 4132 (R). Old road below Petropolis, Smith & 

 Mus. R 6458 (US). Surui, Foster 31- A (GH (US neg. 3943), R). 

 Barreira, Teresopolis, Duarte & Pereira (RB). Serra de Cavallo, Tere- 

 sopolis, Brade 9845 (R, US). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Barra da Tijuca, Reitc 4742 (HBR). 



iih. Neoregelia carolinae var. tricolor M. B. Foster, Bromel. Soc. Bull. 



3:29. 1953. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster 2831 (US, type). 



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



Nididarium compactum Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 235. 1891. 

 Nidularium purpureiim sensu Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29 : 10. 1891. 



In part. 

 Aregelia compacta Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 7Z. 1896. 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Restinga de Maua, Schenck 2090 ( ! Mez) ; Ule 4038 (R, US). 

 Troxal (near Mage?), Lhotsky (G, F neg. 8481). 



13. Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 104:78. 1934. 



Figure 55. 

 Aregelia laevis Mez, Ind. Sem. Hort. Regiment, for 1912:8. 1912; 

 Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 12:411. 1913. 

 Brazil: Cultivated in Berlin, Strauss (B, F neg. 11260). 

 Parana: Caioba, Foster 440 (GH). Guaratuba, Reits 4241 (HBR) ; Smith & 



Reits 5733 (US). Jacarei, Dusen 15519 (GH, S) ; 15536 (S). 

 Santa Catarina: Cultivated in Koenigsberg, Germany, F. Mueller (type). 

 Sao Francisco do Sul, Reitz 3697 (HBR) ; 3730 (HBR) ; 3895 (HBR) ; 

 4008 (HBR). Mun. Biguagu: Fachinal, Reits 4099 (HBR). Mun. 

 Brusque: Azambuja, Reits & Foster 2297 (HBR). Mun. Florianopolis : 

 Cacupe, Inst. Malariologia (HBR). Florianopolis, Hoehne (SP). Mun. 

 Itajai: Praia Braba, Reits 2294 (HBR, US) ; Smith & Reits 6090 (US). 

 Rio Grande do Sul (?) : Cultivated, Porto Alegre, Lindnian A-799 (S). 



14. Neoregelia ampullacea (E. Morr.) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 



78. 1934- 

 Nidularium ampidlaceum E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 30:242. 1880. 

 Karatas ampidlacea Baker, Handb. Bromel. 7. 1889. 

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

 Aregelia ampullacea Mez in DC. Monogr, Phan. 9 : 64. 1896. 



