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19. Cryptanthus incrassatus L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo 



nov. ser. 2: 119, pi. 49. 1950. 

 EspfRiTO Santo: Vitoria, Foster 172 (GH, type US neg. 3278, 3279). 



20. Cryptanthus diversifolius Beer, Bromel. 76. 1857. 



Cryptanthus suaveolens E. Morr. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 15. 1889. 



Fig. 69. Fig. 70 



Fig. 69. — Cryptanthus minor um: a. Habit, X i/io; b, section of leaf, X ij 



c, floral bract and flower, X i- 



Fig. 70. — Cryptanthus marginatus: a, Habit (after M. B. Foster), XHl 



b, apex of leaf, y^i; c, sepal, X S- 



Cryptanthus acaulis var. diversifolius Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 55. 

 1896. 

 Brazil: Described from cultivation. Still widely grown according to Mez in 

 1934- 



20. Nidularium Lem. 

 Nidularium Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4, Misc. : 60. 1854. 



Endemic to eastern Brazil. 



Classification of herbarium specimens is difficult and uncertain, 

 and a study of copious living material is necessary to an understand- 

 ing of the species. 



I. Petal-blades spreading, acute; inflorescence f erruginous-lanate ; sepals 10- 

 14 mm. long, connate for 2-3 mm. (Fig. 73.) 



