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Santa Catarina: Corupa, Reits 4756 (! Reitz) ; Reits &• Klein 800 (HBR, 



US) ; Seidel 4042 (HBR). 

 Also : Paraguay. 



16. Billbergia minarum L. B. Smith, p. 22, fig, 120. 



MiNAS Gerais: Goberaador Valadores, Figueiro, Rio Doce, Foster 766 (GH, 

 type, US neg. 4056). 



17. Billbergia lietzei E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 31 : 97, pis. 5-7. 1881. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Lietse 6 (LG, type). 



18. Billbergia leptopoda L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 154 : 33, pi. 3, 



figs. 7. 8. 1945. 

 Brazil: Cuhivated, Foster (US). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 304 (GH). 



MiNAS Gerais: Gobernador Valadores, Figueira, Rio Doce, Foster 765 (GH, 

 type, US neg. 4060). 



19. Billbergia brasiliensis L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo 



nov. ser. i : 105. 1943. 

 Billbergia leopoldii Linden ex HouUet, Rev. Hortic. 41 : 87, fig. 21. 1869. 

 Not C. Koch. 1857. 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Tijuca, Glaziou 16421 (K, GH neg. 2717). 



20. Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: sub pi. 1068. 1827. 



I. Petals blue toward apex, red elsewhere Var. a. pyramidalis 



I. Petals red throughout Var. b. concolor 



20a. Billbergia pyramidalis var. pyramidalis. Figure 121. 

 Bromelia pyramidalis Sims, Bot. Mag. 42 : pi. 1732. 1815. 

 Billbergia pyramidalis var. bicolor Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14 : pi. 1181. 1828. 

 Billbergia thyrsoidea Mart, ex Schult, in R. & S. Syst, 7, pt, 2 : 1260. 1830, 

 Billbergia longifolia C, Koch & Bouche, Ind, Sem. Hort, Berol. for 1856, 



App,:s. 1857. 

 Billbergia thyrsoidea var. "B." longifolia Baker, Handb. Bromel. 71. 1889. 



Brazil: Blanchet (G) ; Widgren 1015 (S), Cultivated, Lindman A-25 (S) ; 

 Rosa (R), 



BaIa: Serra das Almas, central Baia, Luetselburg (! Mez), Santa Amaro, 

 eastern Baia, Luetzelburg ( ! Mez). 



Rio de Janeiro: Frade de Macae, Brade 15836 (RB), Itatiaia, Luetselburg 

 (! Mez), Niteroi, Foster 1034 (GH), Serra dos Orgaos, Brade 12083 

 (GH, R) ; Luetselburg (I Mez); Ule (R), Pico Magestoso, Serra dos 

 Orgaos, Pereira 255 (RB), Petropolis, Diogo 431 (R) ; Sampaio 7792 

 (R). Serra da Estrela, Petropolis, Diogo 498 (R). Old road below Pe- 

 tropolis, Smith & Mus. R 6495 (US). (Represa Sao Pedro), Brade 10825 

 (R), Surui, Foster 20-A (GH, R). Teresopolis, Brade 9681 (R) ; Sampaio 

 1710 (R); 2094 (R), Uba, Saint-Hilaire A2-546 (P), 



DiSTRiTO Federal: Corcovado, Apparicio & Rissini 3 (RB) ; Glasiou 2729 

 (P). Pedra Dois Irmaos, L. B. Smith 2146 (B, BA, BM, F, GH, K, P, 

 S, US). Engenho Novo, Glasiou 11 690 (F). Realengo, Freire 402 (R) ; 

 403 (R). Rio de Janeiro, Gaudichaud (P) ; Glasiou 12226 (P) ; Regnell 

 2ii-a (S) ; 2n-b (S) ; Reits 4026 (HBR) ; 4475 (HBR) ; Wilkes Expedi- 

 tion (GH). Tijuca, Glasiou 3128 (P) ; Hoehne i7S (GH, SP). Barra da 

 Tijuca, Brade 15483 (RB). 



