NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH I83 



Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Brade 14051 (RB, US neg. 4204) ; Ferreira in L. B. 



Smith 1713 (F, GH) ; Foster 128 (GH, R) ; L. B. Smith 1776 (GH). 

 Sao Paulo: Serra da Bocaina, Brade 21 155 (RB, US). 



5. Canistrum perplexum L. B. Smith, Proc. Amer. Acad. 70:148, pi. i, 



figs. 12-15. 1935- 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Foster 373 (R) ; M. Kuhlmann (SP, US) ; L. B. 

 Smith 1969 (GH, type). Jard. Bot. Sao Paulo, Hoehne (SP). 



6. Canistrum lindenii (Regel) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 256. 1891. 



I. Primary and outer bracts yellowish white to nearly white, sometimes faintly 



green at apex ; inflorescence ioo-500-flowered Var. a. lindenii 



2. Inflorescence sunk in the center of the rosette or raised only slightly. 



Var. a. lindenii forma i. exiguum 



2. Inflorescence raised 20 cm. or more above the center of the rosette. 



Var. a. lindenii forma 2. elatum 

 I. Primary and outer bracts colored green or rose ; inflorescence 50-90- flowered. 



3. Primary and outer bracts green Var. b. viride 



4. Inflorescence raised 20 cm. or more above the center of the rosette. 



Var. b. viride forma i. magna 



4. Inflorescence sunk in the center of the rosette or raised only slightly. 



Var. b. viride forma 2. parva 

 3. Primary and outer bracts rose to bright red Var. c. roseum 



5. Inflorescence raised 15 cm. or more above the center of the rosette. 



Var. c. roseum forma i. procerum 

 5. Inflorescence sunk in the center of the rosette or raised only slightly. 



Var. c. roseum forma 2. humile 

 6a. Canistrum lindenii var. lindenii 



6ai. Forma exiguum Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 2 : 27. 1950. 

 Nidulariiim lindenii Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. for 1868 : 78. 1869. 

 Canistrum ebtirneum E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 28:207. 1878. 

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

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hort. Liege (LG, type). 



Santa Catarina: Mun. Brusque: Brusque, Reitz 3646 (HBR) ; 3849 (HBR, 

 US). Limeira, Reits (HBR). Mun. Florianopolis : Itacorubi, Smith & 

 Reitz 6153 (R, US). Mun. Itajai: Praia Braba, Smith & Reitz 6096 (R, 

 RB, US). Mun. Porto Belo: Canto Grande, Reits 3620 (HBR); 3620-a 

 (HBR). 



6a. Canistrum lindenii var. lindenii 



6a2. Forma elatum Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 2:37. 1950. 

 Santa Catarina: Sao Francisco do Sul, Reits 3672 (HBR, type). Mun. 

 Itajai: Praia Braba, Reits 4482 (HBR). 



6b. Canistrum lindenii var. viride (E. Morr.) Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. 

 Barbosa Rodrigues 2:38. 1950. 



6b I. Forma magnum Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4: 19. 1952. 

 Canistrum viride E. Morr. Catal. 7. 1873, nomen; Belg. Hortic. 24:376, 



pi. 16. 1874. 

 Aechmea viridis Baker, Journ. Bot. 17 : 235. 1879. 



Canistrum lindenii var. viride forma elatum Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. 

 Barbosa Rodrigues 2 : 38. 1950. 



