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17. Leaves acuminate. 

 20. Blades of the leaves much narrowed toward the base. 

 21. Petal-blades white; leaves red-purple, caudate-acuminate, 



the blades 25-35 mm. wide 20. N. rubens 



21. Petal-blades blue; leaves green, not caudate, the blades 8- 



27 mm. wide 21. N. scheremetiewii 



20. Blades of the leaves little if at all narrowed toward the base, 

 20-32 mm. wide; petal-blades blue 22. N. procerum 



1. Nidularium burchellii Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9: loi. 1896. Figure 73. 



Aechmea burchellii Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:231. 1879. 



Cryptanthns emergens Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24 : no. 8 : 19, pi. 2, 



figs. 1-12. 1891. 

 Nidularium pubisepalum. Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:621. 1894. 

 Nidularium emergens Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:621. 1894. 

 Aregelia burchellii Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 51. 1934. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 1182 (GH, US). 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Luederwaldt (SP). Boracea to Salesopolis, M. 

 Kuhlmann & Kiihn 1765 (SP) ; 2343 (SP). Cubatao, near Santos, Burchell 

 3487 (K, type, GH neg, 2685). (Pia?aguera), Loefgren (SP). Santos, 

 Foster 484 (GH) ; Foster & Gehrt (GH) ; Loefgren (SP) ; Mosen 2979 

 (S). 



2. Nidularium microps E. Morr. ex Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras, 3, pt. 3 : 218. 1891. 

 I. Primary bracts dark purple. 



2. Leaves green Var. a. microps 



2. Leaves tinged with purple Var, b. bicense 



I. Primary bracts pale Var. c. pallidum 



2a. Nidularium microps var. microps 



Nidularium vticrocephalum Ule, Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. 17:4. 



1899. 

 Aregelia microps Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32: 51, fig. 14. 1934. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, E. Morren (LG, type, GH neg. 2934). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: [Nova] Friburgo, /. G. Kuhlmann (RB). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Corcovado, L. B. Smith 1218 (GH) ; Smith & Vieira 1383 

 (B, F, GH, US). Fabrica das Chitas, Rio de Janeiro, Schwacke (R). 

 Paineiras to Jardim Botanico, L. B. Smith 1400 (GH, S). Tijuca, Ule 4037 

 in part (B, type of Nidularium microcephalum Ule (F neg. 11262), R). 



2b. Nidularium microps var. bicense (Ule) L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado 



Sao Paulo nov. ser. i : 57. 1941. 

 Nidularium microcephalum var. bicensis Ule, Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. 



Gesellsch. 17 : 5. 1899. 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Serra da Bica, Ule (B, type). 



20. Nidularium microps var. pallidum L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao 



Paulo nov. ser. i : 57. 1941. 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Serra dos Orgaos, Brade 12084 (GH, type; R). 



3. Nidularium loeseneri Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 16 : 5. 1919. 



Aechmea loescnera Hort. ex Gentil, PI. Cult. Jard. Bot, Brux. 9. 1907. 

 Nomen. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Strauss (B, type, F neg. 11272, 11281). 



