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2. Gravisia capitata (Schult.) L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo 



nov. ser. i : 57, pl- 73, fio- 2. 1941. 

 Hohenbergia capitata Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2: 1252. 1830. 

 Baia: Almada, Martina (M, type). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 284 (GH, R). 



3. Gravisia constantinii Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 14 : 245. 1916L 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Jard. Bot. Paris (P, type). 



Fig. 93. 



Fig. 94. 



Fig. 93. — Hohenbergia augusta: a, Apex of leaf, X ^ ; &, inflorescence, X % ', 

 c, floral bract and flower, y,2; d, petal and stamens, X 5- (All after Gaudi- 

 chaud.) 



Fig. 94. — Gravisia aquilega: a, Apex of leaf, Xl4', b, inflorescence, XH; 

 c, sepal, X 2.5 ; d, longitudinal section of ovary, X 2.5. (All after Flora 

 Brasiliensis.) 



29. Aechmea R. & P. 

 Aechmea R. & P. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 47. 1794, nomen conservandum. 



Mexico and the West Indies to Argentina. 



1. Petal-appendages well developed; inflorescence simple or compound, never 

 perennial. 

 2. Inflorescence compound, or if simple then lax or cyathiform or the flowers 

 distichous. 

 3. Sepals unarmed; flowers in more than two ranks. 



Subgenus Lamprococcus 

 (Species 1-14) 



