NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH I9I 



Pernambuco: Afogadas to Boa Viagem, Baker & Collins (GH). (Dois 



Irmaos), Ridley & Ramage (BM, type, US neg. 4021). 

 Sao Paulo: Itapecerica da Serra, Rio Embti-Guassu, Handro 384 (SP, US). 



15. Hohenbergia ridleyi (Baker) Mez in Mart. FI. Bras. 3, pt. 3:266. 1891. 



Aechmea ridleyi Baker, Handb. Bromel. 47. 1889. 

 Hohenbergia pickelii Harms, Notizblatt 10:785. 1929. 

 Paraiba-Pernambuco : Taboleiro de Tambe [Itambe], Pickel 3429 (IPA), 

 Pernambuco: Forsett 55 (S). Iguaragu, Ridley & Ramage (BM, type, US 

 neg. 4020). Tapera, Pickel (R) ; 1921 (B, type of Hohenbergia pickelii 

 Harms, F neg. 11 298). 



16. Hohenbergia utrlculosa Ule, Bot. Jahrb. 42 : 196. 1908. 



Baia: Maracas, Foster 2461 (US). Milagres to Maracas, Foster 2440 (US). 

 Milagres, Foster 2477 (US). Serra do Sincora, Ule 7132 (B, type, F neg. 

 I 1299). 



28. Giavisia Mez 



Gravisia Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 180. 1891, 299. 1892. 



Costa Rica, Jamaica, Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana. 



I. Flowers fasciculate on very short branches; floral bracts large. 

 2. Inflorescence lax, at least toward the base; scape-bracts flat, uniform in 



texture and all entire ; sepals 14 mm. long i. G. aquilega 



2. Inflorescence dense throughout; scape-bracts with involute much thick- 

 ened apices, the lower ones serrate; sepals 18 mm, long. 



2. G. capitata 



I. Flowers pinnate on elongate branches; floral bracts minute; sepals 14 mm. 



long 3. G. constantinii 



I. Gravisia aquilega (Salisb.) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9: 173. 1896. 

 Figure 94. 

 Bromelia aquilega Salisb. Parad. Lond. pi. 40. 1806. 

 Bromelia exsudans Lodd. Bot. Cab. 9: pi. 801. 1824. 

 Aechmea aquilega Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 592. 1864. 

 Aechmea exsudans Baker, Handb. Bromel. 44. 1889. 

 Aechmea chrysocoma Baker, Handb. Bromel. 44. 1889. 

 Aechmea aquilegioides Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2 : 698. 1891. 

 Gravisia exsudans Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 300. 1892. 

 Gravisia chrysocoma Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 301, pi. 65. 1892. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Devansaye (LG) ; Foster 60 (GH). 

 Para: Rio Gurupi, Lopes (R). Rio Irituia, C. F. Baker 433 (MG). 

 Maranhao: Rio Maracagume, Froes 1948-a (GH, NY). 

 Ceara: Aratuba [Coite or Santos Dumont], Cutler 8178 (US). Serra de 

 Baturite, Ule 8993 (B, F neg. 11284). (Cume do Bico), Serra de Baturite, 

 Ducke (MG). (Riacho do Capim), Huber (MG). 

 Pernambuco: Afogadas to Boa Viagem, Baker & Collins (GH). (Caxagua), 



Ridley, Lea & Ramage (BM). Iguaragu, Ramage (BM). 

 Baia: Ituragu to Maracas, Foster 2457 (US). Jacobina, Foster 91 (GH, R). 

 Portoa, Foster 84 (GH, R). Salvador, Foster 45 (GH). Salvador to 

 Feira, Foster 2433 (US). Boca do Rio, Salvador, Smith, Seabra & Leao 

 da Costa 7114 (US). 

 Also: Costa Rica, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guiana. 



