NO. I 



BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 



207 



Acke: (Seringal Sao Francisco), Ule 9165 ( ! Harms). 

 Also : Bolivia. 



23. Aechmea phanerophlebia Baker, Handb. Bromel. 47. 1889. 



EsPiRiTO Santo: Collatina, Foster 221 (GH, R). Itapemirim, Foster 154 (GH, 



R). Santa Teresa, Foster 221-A (GH, R) ; 507 (GH). 

 MiNAs Gerais: Ipatinga, Foster 743 (GH). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Alto Macae, Glaziou 17286 (F, G, F neg. 8488). Cantagallo, 



Glasiou 16412 (K, type, GH neg. 2695). 

 Sao Paulo: Bocaina, Brade 20905 (RB, US); Glasiou 16411 (P). 



Fig. 97. Fig. 98. 



Fig. 97. — Aechmea mertensii: a. Inflorescence, X}i', b, branch, y,^', c, floral 



bract, X 2 ; rf, sepal, X2; e, petal and stamen, X 2. 

 Fig. 98. — Aechmea stelligera: a. Branch of inflorescence, Xyli', b, sepal, X i; 



c, base of petal, X 2. 



24. Aechmea eurycorymbus Harms, Notizblatt 12:528. 1935. 

 Paraiba: Xavier B (US). Campina Grande, Fo.y^^r 2408 (US). 

 Pernambuco: Floresta, Werdermann 2931 (B, type). 



25. Aechmea tomentosa Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:229. 1896. 

 Pernambuco: Iguaragu, Ramage (BM, type). 



26. Aechmea stelligera L. B. Smith, p. 18, fig. 98. 

 Paraiba: Areia, Vasconcellos (US, type; SP). 



27. Aechmea werdermannii Harms, Notizblatt 12:529. 1935, 

 Pernambuco: Floresta, Werdermann 291 1 (B, type). 



28. Aechmea megalantha Harms, Gartenflora 86: 159, fig. 1937. 



Brazil ( ? ) : Described from cultivated material ; no herbarium specimen seen. 



