NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH I7I 



EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster no. C (GH). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Copacabana, Ule 4163 (B, type (F neg. 11282), R). 



20. Nidularium lubens Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:220. 1891. 

 Rio de Janeiro: Serra do Picu, Glasiou 13248 (B, type, F neg. 11278). 



Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Foster 377 (GH, R) ; Hoehne (SP, US) ; /. Lemos 

 1971 (GH). Boracea, Blanco (SP). 



21. Nidularium scheremetiewii Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. for 1857. 28. 



1858; Gartenflora 7: 137, pi. 224. 1858. 

 Karatas scheremetiewii Antoine, Phyto-Iconogr. 46, pi. 27. 1884. 

 Nidularium corcovadense Ule, Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. 18 : 321. 

 1900. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 260 (GH, R) ; 264 (GH) ; 1213 (GH). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Barreira, Teresopolis, Duarte & Pereira (RB, US). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Alto da Boa Vista, Reitz 3915 (HBR). Corcovado, 

 Duarte & Paulo 420 (RB) ; Ule 413 1 (R) ; 4962 (B, type of Nidularium 

 corcovadense Ule, F neg. 11270). Estrada Dona Castorina, Jardim Bo- 

 tanico to Alto da Boa Vista, L. B. Smith 1373 (GH, S). Paineiras, Corco- 

 vado, L. B. Smith 1217 (BM, GH, K). Paineiras to Jardim Botanico, 

 L. B. Smith 1399 (B, F, GH, S, US). Rio de Janeiro, Lhotsky (BM, US 

 neg. 4006). 

 Santa Catarina: Ribeirao Grande, Taio, Reitz (HBR, US) ; 3836 (HBR) ; 

 3997 (HBR). Rio Maracuja, Anitapolis, Reitz 4538 (HBR). Mtin. 

 Biguagii: Fachinal, Reitz 4129 (HBR). 



22. Nidularium procerum Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24: no. 8: 16, pi. i, 



figs. 1-7. 1 89 1. 



I. Leaves 4-10 dm. long, the blades 2-5 cm. wide Var. procerum 



r. Leaves up to 4 dm. long, not over 3 cm. wide Var. kermesianum 



22a. Nidularium procerum var. procerum 



Aechmea purpurea Baker, Handb. Bromel. 69. 1889. 

 Nidularium porphyreum Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:219. 1891. 

 Nidularium affine Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 16:4. 1919. 

 Nidularium angustifolium Ule, Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. 16:351. 

 1898. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hort. Dahlem (B, type of Nidularium affine Mez, F neg. 



11267); Sander (LG, Nidularium porphyreum Mez). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Rio Jucu, Vitoria, Foster 212 (GH, R). Vargem Alta, Foster 



927 (GH). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Cultivated, Ule 4037 in part (R). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Serra da Bica, near Cascadura, Glazion 15490 (P, GH neg. 



2952) ; Ule 4039 (B, type of Nidularium angustifolium Ule, F neg. 11 268). 



Sao Paulo: Ramal Mairink to Santos, Lamber (GH, SP). Rio Buturoca, 



Santos, Moscn 3706 (S, US). Sao Vicente, Santos, Gehrt (GH, SP). 

 Parana: Caioba, Foster 419-A (GH, R) ; M. Kuhhnann (SP). Curitiba, 

 Foster 419 (GH, R). Near Santa Catarina line, Curitiba to Joinvile, Reitz 

 3889 ( ! Reitz). Serra, Curitiba to Joinvile, Inst. Malariologia in Reitz 

 3563 (HBR); Reitz 5759 (! Reitz). Serra, Curitiba to Morretes, M. 

 Kiihlmann (SP, US). Jacarei, Dusen 17055 (GH, S). Morretes, Dusen 

 1 1933 (S) ; 14422 (S) ; 17064 (S). Paranagua, Foster 432 (GH). 



