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16b. Aechmea miniata var. discolor (Beer) Beer ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 

 S3. 1889. 

 Lamprococcus miniatus var. discolor Beer, Bromel, 104. 1857. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster (GH) ; 1253 (GH) ; New York Bot. Card. (US). 



II. Aechmea conglomeiata Hort. ex Baker Handb. Bromel. 52. 1889. 



I. Leaf -blades green on both sides. 



2. Leaves farinose beneath, glabrous above Var. a. conglomerata 



2. Leaves farinose on both sides Var. b. f arinosa 



I. Leaf -blades claret-brown beneath Var, c. discolor 



c 



U g 



Fig. 95, Fig. 96. 



Fig. 95, — Aechmea podantha: a, Leaf-blade, X J^ ; b, inflorescence, X J^ J 

 c, flower, y,i; d, sepals, Y.I', e, longitudinal section of ovary, X !• 

 Fig, 96. — Aechmea mutica: a. Apex of leaf, X ^ ; &> inflorescence, X/4; 

 c, branch, X i ; d, sepal, X i ; ^^ petal and stamen, X i ; /, longitudinal section 

 of ovary, X 2. 



iia. Aechmea conglomerata var. conglomerata 



Lamprococcus glomeratus Beer, Bromel. 105. 1857. 

 Aechmea glomerata Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 315. 1892, Not Hook. 

 1867. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hennings (B, F neg, 11313)- 



lib. Aechmea conglomerata var, f arinosa (Kegel) Baker, Handb. Bromel. 

 53- 1889. 

 Lamprococcus farinosus Kegel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. for 1868. 79. 1869. 

 Aechmea glomerata var. farinosa Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:316. 

 1892. 

 Brazil: Described from cultivation; no herbarium material seen. 



