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I. Quesnelia arvensis (Veil.) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:381. 1892. 



Figure 112, 

 Bromelia arvensis Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 130. 1825 ; Icon. 3 : pi. 114. 1835. 

 Quesnelia rufa var. sororocabae Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24: no. 8: 



23, pl- 3, fig- 1-8. 1891. 

 Quesnelia arvensis var. sororocabae Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32 : 172. 



1935. 



Fig. III. 



Fig. 112. 



Fig. III. — Aechmea castanea: a, Apex of leaf, X%; b, inflorescence, X/4; 

 c, floral bract, y^i; d, sepal, yCi; e, longitudinal section of ovary, X !• 

 Fig. 112. — Quesnelia arvensis: a. Apex of leaf, X J^ ; &, inflorescence, X /^ J 

 c, floral bract and flower, "X 1; d, sepal, X i ; ^, petal and stamen, X i J /* longi- 

 tudinal section of ovary, X i. 



Sao Paulo: Caraguatatuba, Hoehne & Gehrt (GH, SP). Iguape, Hoehne 

 (SP). Itanhaem, L. B. Smith 2060 (GH, S). Piagaguera, Hoehne (SP). 

 Praia Grande, W. Hoehne (SP). Suarao, Praia Grande, Gehrt (GH, SP). 

 Santos, Hombron (P). Guaruja, Santos, Dusen 14260 (S). Ramal Mairink 

 to Santos, Lamber (GH, SP). Sorocaba, Santos, Mosen 3708 (R, S, type 

 of Quesnelia rufa var. sororocabae Lindm.). Sao Vicente to Itaipu, L. B. 

 Smith 2012 (GH). 



2. Quesnelia quesneliana (Brongn.) L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao 

 Paulo nov. ser. 2 : 196. 1952. 

 Billbergia quesneliana Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15:371. 1841. 

 Quesnelia rufa Gaud. Atl. Voy. Bonite pl. 54. 1842. 

 Quesnelia cayennensis Baker, Handb. Brorael. 85. 1889. 



