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Nidulan'um billbergioides (Schult. f.) L. B. Smith, Contr, Gray Herb. 



95 : 42. 193 1. Figure 74. 

 Tillandsia terminalis Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 137. 1825; Icon. 3: pi, 143. 



1835. Not Nidularmm terminale Ule 1898. 

 Hohcnbergia billbergioides Schult. f. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2: 1253. 1830. 

 Tillandsia citrina Burchell ex Baker, Journ. Bot. 17 : 235. 1879. 

 Aechmea billbergioides Baker, Handb. Bromel. 38. 1889. 

 Nidularium parvifloriim Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24 : no. 8 : 17, pi. i, 



figs. 8-18. 1 89 1. 



Fig. 73. Fig. 74. 



Fig. 7S. — Nidularium burchellii: a, Scape and inflorescence, y.%; b, branch 

 of inflorescence, y,i; c, flower, X i- (All after Lindman.) 

 Fig. 74. — Nidularium billbergioides: a. Habit, y.ys; b, primary bract and 

 branch, XVz; c, floral bract and flower, X 1 5 d, sepal, X i. {b-d after 

 Lindman.) 



Nididarium bracteatum Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 224. 1891. In part, 



not as to Tillandsia bracteata Veil. 

 Nididarium citrimim Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 17: 113. 1921. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hart. Berlin (B, Nidularium citrinum Mez, F neg. 11269). 

 Baia: Agua Preta, Foster 56 (GH). Almada, Ilheus, Martins (M, type). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Guiomar, Foster 938 (GH). Mun. Collatina: Monte Qaro, 



Foster 216 (GH, R). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Surui, Foster 216-A (GH, R). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Cultivated, Ule 4035-A (R). Serra da Bica, near Cascadura, 

 Glasiou 15488 (P). Gruta Paulo e Virginia, Rente 14 (R) ; Rosa 102 (R). 

 Pedra Bonita, Brade 11913 (GH, R). Quinta, Gladou 16441 (P). Tijuca, 

 Glasiou 2734 (P). Floresta da Tijuca, Ule 4035 (R). 



