NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 157 



Brazil: Cultivated, Botanic Garden, Liege (LG, GH neg. 2920). 

 Sao Paulo: Santos, Foster 485 (GH, US). Monte Japui, Sao Vicente, L. B. 

 Smith 2097 (GH). 



38. Neoregelia marmorata (Baker) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 10. 



1939- 

 Nidulariuin laurentii var. elatius Regel, Gartenflora 34 : 243. 1885. 

 Karatas marmorata Baker, Handb. Bromel. 11. 1889. 

 Aregelia marmorata Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:76. 1896. 

 Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, Ostermeyer (SP). Apiai, Sao Paulo to Curitiba, km. 

 279, Foster 397 (GH). Guapiara, Sao Paulo to Curitiba, km. 281, M. 

 Kuhlmann (SP, US). 

 Parana: Caioba, Foster 449 (GH, US). 



19. Cryptanthus Otto & Dietr. 



Cryptanthus Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeit. 4 : 297. 1836. 

 Endemic to eastern Brazil. 



I. Leaves not noticeably constricted between the blade and the sheath; ovules 

 usually numerous. (Fig. 67.) 

 2. Caudex elongate ; sepals 10-12 mm. long. 

 3. The imbricate leaf-sheaths making the caudex appear 8-12 mm. in di- 

 ameter; leaves 15 cm. long; leaf -blades 7-12 mm. wide; sepals connate 

 almost to the middle i. C. glaziovii 



3. The imbricate leaf-sheaths making the caudex appear 10-15 mni. in 



diameter; leaves to 40 cm. long; leaf -blades 12-20 mm. wide; sepals 



connate at the base 2. C. bahianus 



2. Caudex very short. 



4. Petals orange-yellow ; floral bracts linear, about equaling the sepals ; 



sepals 13 mm. long, unequally connate for 4 to 5 mm. ; leaves 35 cm. 



long, the blades 12 mm. wide. (Fig. 67.) 3. C. duartei 



4. Petals white; floral bracts broad, much exceeded by the sepals. 



5. Leaves 7-20 cm. long with spines 8-10 mm. long, the blades 8-10 mm. 



wide ; sepals 6-7 mm. long 4. C. schwackeanus 



5. Leaves to more than 50 cm. long with spines only i mm. long, the 



blades 15 mm. wide ; sepals 12 mm. long 5. C. maritimus 



I. Leaves, or most of them, constricted or petiolate between the blade and the 

 sheath. (Figs. 68-72.) 

 6. The leaves all alike. 

 7. Leaf-blades without spots or lines. 

 8. Upper and lower sides of the leaf-blades contrasting. 

 9. Leaves brown-lepidote beneath; plants propagating by long naked 

 stolons ; floral bracts broadly ovate, slightly shorter than the sepals, 

 lepidote; sepals 10 mm. long, connate for 4 mm., densely pale- 



lepidote at the apex. (Fig. 68.) 6. C. pseudoscaposus 



9. Leaves white-lepidote beneath; plants without naked stolons. 



ID. Sepals strongly serrulate, connate for one-third to half of their 



length ; flowers 23 mm. long 7. C. sinuosus 



ID. Sepals nearly or quite entire, connate for more than half of their 

 length ; flowers 40 mm. long 8. C. acauHs 



