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Acre (?) : Sao Joao, Ule 6007 (MG). 

 Also : Mexico to Colombia and Guiana, 



54. Aecbmea contracta (Mart, ex Schult.) Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:234. 1879, 



Billbergia contracta Mart, ex Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2 : 1263. 1830. 

 Brazil: Probable, but not yet recorded. 



G)lombia: Araracoara and Porto das Miranhas, Martins (M, type, F neg. 

 8633). 



Subgenus Oitgiesia (Kegel) Mez 



55. Aecbmea hamata Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 347- 1892. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Hennings (B, type, F neg. 11314)- 



56. Aecbmea caesia E. Morr. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 43. 1889. 

 Brazil: Unpublished plate, E. Morren (K, type). Cultivated, Sander (LG). 



57. Aecbmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:231. 1879. 



I. Leaves green Var. a. fasciata 



I. Leaves red-purple Var. b. purpurea 



Sja. Aecbmea fasciata var. fasciata. 



Billbergia fasciata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13 : pi. 1130. 1828. 

 Billbergia rhodocyanea Lem. Fl. des Serres 3: pi. 207. 1847. 

 Aechmea dealbata E. Morr. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 58. 1889. 



Brazil: Sellow bromel. 94 (P). Cultivated, Hort. Liege (LG, Aechmea deal- 

 bata E. Morr.) ; Hort. Vratislaw (GH), 



Rio DE Janeiro: Alto da Serra to Meio da Serra, L. B. Smith 1548 (GH, S). 

 Rio Paquequer, Serra dos Orgaos, Brade 16484 (RB). Old road below 

 Petropolis, Smith & Mus. R 6459 (R, US). Teodoro de Oliveira to Nova 

 Friburgo, Smith & Mus. i? 71 12 (R, US). Teresopolis, Bailey 1295 (BH) ; 

 Brade (R) ; Duarte & Pereira (RB) ; Foster 977 (GH) ; Ule 4137 (R) ; 

 Veloso (R). 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Andarai Grande, Glaziou 11686 (K (US neg. 4194)1 P)- 

 Corcovado, L. B. Smith 1396 (GH) ; Smith & Vieira 1384 (B, GH). 

 Paineiras, Corcovado, J. G. Kuhlmann 6152 (RB, US). Engenho Novo, 

 Glaziou 11677 (P)- Gavea, Reits 4474 (HBR). Quinta da Boa Vista, 

 Glaziou 16409 (P) ; 16410 (K, US neg. 4x95). Realengo, Viana Freire 

 400 (R). Rio de Janeiro, Gaudichaud 123 (P) ; Wilkes Expedition (GH, 

 US). Cultivated, Sao Cristovao, Lindman A-7 (S) ; A-g (S) ; Ule (R). 



57b. Aecbmea fasciata var. purpurea (Guillon) Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 

 32:152. 1934. 

 Billbergia rhodocyanea purpurea Guillon, Rev. Hortic. 55: 453. 1883. 

 Brazil: Described from cultivation, no herbarium material seen. 



58. Aecbmea recurvata (Kl.) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 98:5. 1932. 



I. Inflorescence completely exserted above the leaf-sheaths ; floral bracts 

 serrate Var. a. recurvata 



I. Inflorescence almost or wholly included by the leaf -sheaths. 



2. Leaves and bracts strongly serrate Var. b. ortgiesii 



2. Leaves and bracts entire or nearly so Var. c. benrathii 



5Sa. Aecbmea recurvata var. recurvata 



Macrochordium recurvatum Kl. Allg. Gartenz. 24 : 393. 1856. 

 Hohenbergia legrelliana Baker, Saund. Ref, Bot. 4: pi. 285. 1871. 



