NO. I BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 2I3 



Parana: Porto de Cima, Serra do Mar, Jonsson in Dusen 813-a (GH, S). 

 Santa Catarina: Mun. Bigua^u: Fachinal, Rcits C-9S1 (GH, HBR). 



47. Aechmea bicolor L. B. Smith, p. 12, fig. 100. 



BaIa: ItuaQii to Jequie, Foster 2450 (US, type; US neg. 4242). 



48. Aechmea blumenavii Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4:21, 



pi. 6. 1952. 

 Santa Catarina: Mun. Blumenau : Morro Spitzkopf, Rcits 4679 (HBR, 

 type). Mun. Brusque: Ribeirao do Ouro, Reits (! Reitz); 3559 (HBR, 

 US); 3559-a (HBR); 3638 (HBR). Mun. Itajai: Morro do Baii, Luiz 

 Alves, Reits 4743 ( 1 Reitz). 



49. Aechmea kertesziae Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 4:24, 



pi 7-1' 1952. 

 Santa Catarina: Canto Grande, Porto Belo, Reits 3617 (HBR); 3621 

 (HBR); 3624-a (HBR); 3628 in part (HBR); 3643 (HBR). Laguna, 

 Reits 4165 (HBR, type); Smith & Reits 5947 (R, US). Mun. Itajai: 

 CabcQudas, Rcits 3627 ( ! Reitz) ; Smith & Rcits 6079 (US). Praia Braba, 

 Reits & Klein 1094 ( ' Reitz). 



50. Aechmea gamosepala Wittm. Bot. Jahrb. 13, Beibl. 29:3, 13. 1891. 



Aechmea thyrsigera Spegazzini, Physis 3:45. 1917. 



Chevalieria thyrsigera Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 95. 1934. 



Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, Ostermeycr (SP). 



Parana: Guaratuba, Fr^nscl (Inst. Biol. Pesq. Tec); Hochnc (SP) ; Reits 

 4272 (HBR) ; Smith & Rcits 5734 (R, US). Curitiba to Joinvile near 

 Santa Catarina line, Reits 3891 (HBR). Mun. Paranagua: Caioba, Foster 

 439 (GH, R) ; Hatschbach 1854 (US) ; Tcssmann (US). 



Santa Catarina: Joinvile, Rcits 3726 (HBR) ; 3881 (HBR). Sao Francisco 

 do Sul, Reits 3675 (HBR) ; 3729 (HBR) ; 3913 (HBR). Mun. Araquari: 

 Barra do Sul, Reits & Klein 508 (! Reitz). Itajuba, Reits 3758-g (HBR). 

 Mun. Ararangua: Sombrio, Rcits C-642 (GH, HBR); C-1222 (HBR, 

 US). 



Rio Grande do Sul: Torres, Golland (S). Mun. Sao Francisco de Paula: 

 Taimbe, Rambo (US). 



Also : Argentina. 



Subgenus Platyaechmea Benth. & Hook. f. 



51. Aechmea distichantha Lem. Jard. Fleur. 3: pi. 269. 1853. 



I. Inflorescence lax or sublax, usually broadly pyramidal ; spikes more or less 

 spreading, many-flowered; leaves usually acute or acuminate. 

 2. Petals purple or blue Var. a. distichantha 



2. Petals white Var. a. distichantha forma albiflora 



I. Inflorescence dense; spikes erect, few-flowered. 



3. Inflorescence elongate, slenderly cylindric or fusiform ; plants large ; leaves 



usually acuminate Var. b. schlumbergeri 



3. Inflorescence short, ovoid ; plants small ; leaves usually rounded and 

 apiculate Var. c. glaziovii 



Sia. Aechmea distichantha var. distichantha. Figure ioi. 



Tillandsia polystachia Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 136. 1825; Icon. 3: pi. 138. 

 1835. Not L. 1762. 



