NO. I 



BROMELIACEAE OF BRAZIL — SMITH 



241 



2. Sepals and petals wholly green Var, c. concolor 



I. Leaves flavous-spotted Var. d. maculata 



i^a. Billbergia distachia var. distacbia. Figure 118. 



Tillandsia distachia Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 136. 1825. 

 Tillandsia distaceia Veil. Fl. Fluminensis Icon. 3 : pi. 141. 1835. 

 Billbergia ensifolia Baker, Handb. Bromel. 74. 1889. 

 Billbergia burchellii Baker, Handb. Bromel. 76. 1889. 



Fig. 117, 



Fig. 118. 



Fig. 117. — Billbergia iridifolia var. iridifolia: a, Apex of leaf, X J^ ; b, inflo- 

 rescence (after Sertum Botanicum), X}^', c, sepal, X i. 

 Fig. 118. — Billbergia distachia var. distachia: a. Apex of leaf, X^; 

 b, inflorescence, X ^• 



Billbergia bakeri sensu Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24 : no. 8 : 34, 



pi. 8, figs. 47-5O' 1891. 

 Billbergia caespitosa Lindm. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 24: no. 8: 35, pi. 8, 



figs. 41-46. 1891. 



? Billbergia regeliana Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov, Fedde 14:243. 1916. 



Brazil: Sellow bromel. 4 (US); 78 (P) ; 81 (P) ; Widgren (S). Rio de 



Janeiro or Minas Gerais, Glaziou 16437 (B, isotype of Billbergia ensifolia 



Baker, F neg. 11337). Ruiz Jordao near Rio Gelado, Glaziou 13255 (P). 



Cultivated, Hart. Regimont (GH) ; Strauss (B, F neg. 11342) ; Ule 546 



(R). 



Minas Gerais : Caldas, Liitdberg in Regnell 564 (S) ; Mosen 757 (S) ; Regnell 



I-438 1/2 (S, US). Palmira, Brade 15920 (RB). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Itatiaia, Brade 10078 (R) ; Du^en 721 (R) ; 724 (R) ; Fostet 



136 (GH, R) ; Rose & Russell 20587 (US); L. B. Smith 1628 (GH). 



