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20b. Billbergia pyramidalis var. concolor L. B. Smith, Bromel. Soc. Bull. 

 4:6. 1954. 

 Billbergia thyrsoidea sensu Lindl. Paxton Fl. Gard. 3: pi. 74. 1852-53, 



Not Mart. 1830. 

 Billbergia paxtonii Beer, Bromel. 113. 1857. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Barry (GH, type, US neg. 4062). 



Fig. 121. 



Fig. 122. 



Fig. 121. — Billbergia pyramidalis var. pyramidalis: a. Inflorescence (After 

 Botanical Magazine), Xl^i b, sepal, X'^', c, petal and stamen, X^', d, longi- 

 tudinal section of ovary, X i. 



Fig. 122. — Billbergia fosteriana: a. Leaf -blade, X 5^5 b, inflorescence, X J^ ; 

 c, sepal, Xy2'f d, petal and stamen, XYi', <!, base of petal, X 2. (All after 

 M. B. Foster.) 



21. Billbergia morelii Brongn. Portef. Hort. 2:97, P^- 1848. 

 Pernambuco: Tapera, PjV^^/ 931 (IPA). 



BaIa: Foster 2448 (US). Cultivated, Porte (P, type, GH neg. 2941). Rio 



Grungogi, Cur ran 127 (US). 

 EspfRiTO Santo: Mun. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim: Vargem Alta, Brade 19964 



(RB, US). Mun. Castelo: Brago do Sul, Brade 19202 (RB). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Cantagallo, Peckolt (BR, GH neg. 2796). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Cultivated, Quinta da Boa Vista, Glasiou 16438 (P). 

 Sao Paulo: Alto da Serra, Handro (SP, GH neg. 3374). 



22. Billbergia euphemiae E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 22: 11, pis. i, 2. 1872. 

 I. Leaves with pale cross-bands or nearly concolorous. 



2. Inflorescence lax or sublax ; axis geniculate ; lower floral bracts like the 

 scape-bracts Var. a. euphemiae 



