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Billbergia variegata sensu E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 31 : 73. 1881. Not 



Schult, 1830. 

 Billbergia thunbergiana Hort. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 73. 1889. 

 Billbergia binotii Gerard, Journ. Soc. Hort. Rhone for 1896 : i. 1896. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Foster (US). 



MiNAs Gerais: Pico da Piedade near Belo Horizonte, Foster 575 (GH, US 

 neg, 4058). 



11. Billbergia buchboltzii Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 16:7. 1919. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson 44 (US); Missouri Bot. Card. (GH) ; New 



York Bot. Card. (US); Strauss (B, type; F neg. 11335). 



12. Billbergia horrida Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. for 1856: 17. 1857. 



Billbergia horrida var. tigrina Hort. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. 73. 1889. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, New York Bot. Card. (US). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 253 (GH) ; 286 (GH). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Dist. Ilheu, Mexia 4967 (GH, US). Juiz de Fora, Hoehne 



26 (SP). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Serra de Estrella, Brade & Kuhlmann 13106 (RB). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Corcovado, Glasiou 12224 (P). Furnas, Brade & Duarte 



18587 (RB). Cultivated (?), Quinta, Glasiou 16425 (P). Cultivated (?), 



Sao Cristovao, Glasiou 15479 (F). 



13. Billbergia iridifolia (Nees & Mart.) Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: pi. 1068. 1827. 



I. Petals blue at apex, elsewhere pale yellow Var. a. iridifolia 



I. Petals wholly pale yellow Var. b. concolor 



13a. Billbergia iridifolia var. iridifolia. Figure 117. 



Bromelia iridifolia Nees & Mart. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol. 11:16. 

 1823. 

 Brazil: Freyreis (S). 

 Baia: Conquista, southwestern Baia, Torrend (FF Bahia). Felisberto, near 



Ilheus, Wied-Neuwied (BR, type, GH neg. 2797). 

 EspfRiTO Santo: Serra da Caparao, Mexia 4046 (GH, UC). Linhares, Foster 



776 (GH). Reeve, Vidal 3 (R). Mun. Collatina: Monte Qaro, Foster 



215 (GH, US). 

 Minas Gerais: Fazenda da Tabunha, Dist Ilheu, Mexia 497S-a (UC) ; 



4978-a (GH) ; 4998-a (GH). Mun. Guanhaes: Jacu, Melo Barreto 2105 



(R). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Cabo Frio, Brade 12765 (GH, RB). Campos, Sampaio 8359 



(R). Cantagallo, Glasiou 15475 (US). Serra da Estrella, Glasiou 16432 



(F). Imbui, Niteroi, Brade 11057 ((^H, R). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Serra da Carioca, Pereira 14 (RB). Gavea, Wittig in 



Glasiou 12228 (P, US). Sao Cristovao, Glasiou 16431 (P). 



13b. Billbergia iridifolia var. concolor L. B. Smith, p. 21. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Itapemirim, Foster 160 (GH, type, US neg. 4275). Vitoria, 

 Foster 873 (GH, US). 



14. Billbergia distacbia (Veil.) Mez in Mart, Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3:417. 1892. 



As "distacaia." 

 I. Leaves concolorous. 

 2. Sepals blue at the apex. 



3. Petals blue at the apex Var. a. distachia 



3. Petals wholly green Var. b. straussiana 



