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8. Inflorescence laxly tripinnate, interrupted, the spikes fascicled in the 



axils of the primary bracts; floral bracts apiculate, pungent, 13 mm. 



long 8. H. disjuncta 



7. Branches of the inflorescence, or at least the lowest, elongate. 



9. Spikes completely glabrous. 



ID. Sepals 5.5-6 mm. long; spikes cylindrical, many-flowered. (Fig. 92.) 



9. H. salzmannii 

 ID. Sepals not over 4 mm. long ; spikes globose or ellipsoid, few-flowered. 



II. Plants to 2.4 m. high; sepals muticous 10. H. blanchetii 



II. Plants less than 5 dm. high ; sepals mucronate 11. H. minor 



9. Spikes lanate or flocculose. 



12. Indument dark ferruginous; spikes globose, mostly exceeding the 

 secondary bracts; sepals not auricled, 4.5 mm. long, mucronulate. 



(Fig. 93.) 12. H. augusta 



12. Indument very pale, whitish or yellowish; spikes slender (except 

 H. eriantha). 

 13. Secondary bracts equaling or exceeding the globose spikes ; sepals 



strongly mucronate, 5 mm. long 13. H. eriantha 



13. Secondary bracts shorter than the slender spikes; sepals mucronu- 

 late. 

 14. Floral bracts 8 mm. long, much exceeded by the sepals. 



14. H. ramageana 

 14. Floral bracts 11-15 mm. long, equaling or exceeding the sepals. 



15. Sepals auricled, 4-5 mm. long 15. H. ridleyi 



15. Sepals not auricled, 6 mm. long 16. H. utriculosa 



1. Hohenbergja littoralis L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 129:33, pi. 3, 



figs. 11-13. 1940. 

 BaJa: Salvador, Foster 46 (GH, type (US neg. 4030, 4031), R). Itapoa near 

 Salvador, L. B. Smith 71 15 (US). 



2. Hohenbergia stellata Schult. f. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2: 1251. 1830. 



Figure 91. 

 Aechmea glomerata Hook. f. Bot. Mag. 93 : pi. 5668. 1867. As to material 



illustrated. 

 Aechmea oligosphacra Baker, Handb. Bromel. 48. 1889. 

 Aechmea longisepala Baker, Handb. Bromel. 48. 1889. 

 Hohenbergia oligosphaera Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9: 124. 1896. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hennings (GH). 



PiAuf: Guaribas, Luetselburg (! Mez). Parnagua, Luetselburg (! Mez). 

 BAfA: Blanchet (BM) ; Porte (P, GH neg. 2971). Agua Preta, Foster 79 

 (GH). Milagres to Maracas, Foster 2453 (US). Paramirim dos Creoulos, 

 Luetzelburg (! Mez). Salvador, Foster 41 (GH, R). Rio Sao Francisco, 

 northeastern Baia, Luetselburg (! Mez). Sincora, Martius (M, type). 

 Also: Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela. 



3. Hohenbergia brachycephala L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 129:32, 



pl- 3, figs. 14-16. 1940. 



Baia: Agua Preta, Foster 64 in part (R). Rio Grungogi, Curran 121 (US, 

 type, US neg. 3515). 



