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60. Aechmea pimenti-velosoi Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa Rodrigues 

 4 : 26, pi. 8. 1952. 



I. Ovary white-tomentulose Var. a. pimenti-velosoi 



I. Ovary glabrous, red Var, b. glabra 



6o?i. Aechmea pimenti-velosoi var. pimenti-velosoi. 



Santa Catarina: Mun. Rio do Sul. : Barra do Trombudo, Reits 4051 (HBR, 

 type; US); 4061 (HBR, US) ; 4184 (HBR). 



Fig. ioi. 



Fig. 102. 



Fig. ioi. — Aechmea distichantha var. distichantha: a, Apex of leaf, X /4 • 

 h, inflorescence, y./4;c, spike, y^i ; d, flower, X i ; ^, sepals, X i ; /> petal and 

 stamens, X !• (b, d, £, and / after Arquivos de Botanica do Estado de S. Paulo.) 



Fig. 102. — Aechmea pectinata: a. Apex of leaf, X ]^ ; &, inflorescence, X /^ '> 

 c, floral bract, y^i; d, flower, Y^i; e, petal with groove into which filament 

 fits, X I- (AH after Lindman.) 



6oh. Aechmea pimenti-velosoi var. glabra Reitz, Anais Bot. Herb. Barbosa 



Rodrigues 5 : 256. 1953. 

 Santa Catarina: Mun. Itajai: Praia Braba, Reits 5707 (HBR, type) ; Reitz 

 & Klein 753 (! Reitz). 



Subgenus Pothuava (Gaud.) Benth. & Hook. f. 



61. Aechmea pectinata Baker, Journ. Bot. 17:233. 1879. Figure 102. 

 Chevalicria crocophylla E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 35 : 81. 1885. 

 Aechmea crocophylla Baker, Handb. Bromel. 65. 1889. 

 Aechmea armata Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24 : no. 8 : 33, pi. 7» 

 figs. 1-13. 1 891. 



