NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 211 



43. Aechmea caudata Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24: no. 8:29, pi. 6, 



figs, 1-9. Feb. 1891. 



I. Leaf -blades concolorous Var. a. caudata 



I. Leaf -blades with broad white longitudinal stripes Var. b. variegata 



43a. Aechmea caudata var. caudata 



Aechmea platsmannii Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29 : 2, 12. Mar. 1891. 

 Aechtnea henningsiana Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29:12, Mar. 1891. 



Brazil: Glasiou 16414 (P). 



EspfRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 290 (GH, R). 



Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Hoehne (SP). Guaruja, L. B. Smith 2030 (B, BA, 

 BM, F, GH, K, S, US). Mogi das Cruzes, Foster 490 (GH). Iguape, 

 Santos, Hoehne (SP). Ilha da Queimada Grande, Santos, Amaral & 

 D omingues (SP). Ponta de Taipu, Santos, Moj^'n 3242 (S, type). Prainha, 

 Santos, Foster 482 (GH, R) ; Gehrt (SP, US). Sao Vicente, Santos, 

 Burchell 3291 (K, US neg. 4197) ; L. B. Smith 2ogg (GH, P). 



Parana: Caioba, Foster 437 (GH) ; M. Kuhlmann (SP, US). Casa Ipiranga, 

 Dusen 15411 (S). Curitiba, Dusen 14608 (S). Curitiba to Joinvile near the 

 Santa Catarina line, Reitz 3758-c (HBR) ; 3880 (HBR). Guaratuba, Reits 

 A27(> (HBR). Jacarei, Dusen (S) ; 6636 (S) ; 15406 (S) ; i54Si-b (S) ; 

 15606 (S) ; 17497 (S). Porto de Cima, Serra do Mar, Dusen 10333 (GH, 

 S). 



Santa Catarina: Mun. Ararangua: Meleiro, Reits C-2 (GH, HBR). Serra 

 do Pilao, Reits 3430 (HBR, US). Mim. Brusque: Ribeirao do Ouro, 

 Reits (HBR); 3648 (HBR). Mun. Florianopolis : Campeche (praia), 

 Reits 5085 ( ! Reitz). Ribeirao da Ilha, Reits 3929 (HBR). Mun. Orleaes : 

 Orleaes, Reits 1753 (GH, HBR). Serra do Rio do Rastro, Reits 3330 

 (HBR). Santa Clara, Reits 1746 (HBR, LIL, R, US). Mun. Sao 

 Francisco do Sul: Porto das Canoas, Smith & Reits 5709 (US). 



43b. Aechmea caudata var. variegata M. B. Foster, Bromel. Soc. Bull. 3 : 47. 



1953. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster 2834 (US, type). 



44. Aechmea coelestis (C. Koch) E. Morr. Fl. des Serres 21:5, pi. 3146. 



1S75. 

 Hoplophytum coeleste C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. for 1856, App. : 6. 

 1857. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Andre K-328 (NY) ; L. B. Smith (GH). 

 Espirito Santo: Mun. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim: Vargem Alta, Brade 19969 



(RB, US neg. 3349). 

 Minas Gerais: Sellow 229 (! Mez). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Teresopolis, Sampaio 2613 (R). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Gavea, Smith & Mus. R 6434 (R, US). Cultivated, Sao 



Cristovao, Lindman A-17 (S). Tijuca, Glasiou 16416 (P, F neg. 11320) ; 



Smith & Brade 2185 (GH). 

 Sao Paulo: Mato do Governo, Itii, Gehrt (GH, SP). Mun. Sao Paulo: 



Florestal, Foster 468 (GH). Pirajussara, Gehrt (SP). Sao Paulo, Doering 



(SP). 

 Parana: Curitiba to Paranagua, Foster 505 (GH). 



