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2. Inflorescence subdensc ; axis nearly straight ; floral bracts all minute or 



only the lowest large Var. b. nudiflora 



I. Leaves pale-spotted but not banded Var. c. saundersioides 



22a. Billbergia euphemiae var. euphemiae 



Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson 22 (BH) ; Barry (GH) ; Hort. Liege (LG, 

 ? type); Vie (R). 



EspiRiTO Santo: Cobiga, Foster 895 (GH). Collatina, Monte Qaro, Foster 

 231 (GH). Estrada da Colonia, 61 km. from Collatina, /. G. Kuhltnann 

 311 (RB). Domingos Martins, Foster 238 (GH). Santa Teresa, Foster 250 

 (GH). Vitoria, Foster 184 (GH, R, US). Mun. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim: 

 Pedra Branca, Brade 19381 (RB). Vargem Alta, Corrego d'Ouro, Brade 

 19409 (RB). Mun. Castelo: Forno Grande, Brade 19232 (RB, US). 



Rio DE Janeiro: Campos, Sampaio 8561 (R). Sertao de Cacimbas, right bank 

 of Rio Ita, Sampaio 1004 (R). 



22b. Billbergia euphemiae var. nudiflora L. B. Smith, p. 20. 

 EspIrito Santo: Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Foster 969 (GH, US). Itapemirim, 

 Foster 159 (GH, type; R). Monte Claro, Collatina, Foster 217 (GH, US). 

 Minas Gerais: Coronel Pacheco, Heringer 1159 (SP). 



22c. Billbergia euphemiae var. saundersioides L. B. Smith, p. 21. 

 BaIa: Jequie, Foster 2458 (US). Maracas, Foster 2470 (US, type). 



23. Billbergia macrocalyx Hook. Hot. Mag. 85 : pi. 5114. 1859. 



Billbergia quinltisiana Wittm. Gartenflora 39 : 202, fig. 49. 1890. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Cutak (GH). 

 Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, Foster 542 (GH, (US neg. 4057), US). 



24. Billbergia fosteriana L. B. Smith, p. 21, fig. 122. 

 BaIa: Maracas, Foster 2447 in part (US, type). 



25. Billbergia saundersii Hort. Bull, ex Dombrain, Floral Mag. new ser. 



pi. 106. 1874. 

 Billbergia saundersii Hort. Bull, ex C. Koch, Wochcnschr. 12: 116. 1869, 



nomen. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Atkinson (GH) ; Cutak (US). 

 BAfA: Agua Preta, Foster 48 (GH (US neg. 4061), R). 



Subgenus Helicodea (Lem.) Baker 



26. Billbergia meyeri Mez, Bot. Jahrb. 30 : 148. 1902. 



Billbergia leucantha Hoehne in Comm. Linh. Telegr. Estrat. Matto-Grosso 

 [Publ. 47], Annexo 5, Bot. pt. 9:8, pi. 160. 1919. 

 Minas Gerais: Mun. Ituiutaba: Cachoeira Dourada, Macedo 3223 (US). 

 Mato Grosso: Buritizinho, near Serra Itapirapua, Lindman A-2919 (S). Rio 

 Coxim, Hoehne in Rondon 3554 (R, type of Billbergia leucantha Hoehne) ; 

 3555 (R)- Mato do Curupira, Lindman A-3043 1/2 (S). Upper Rio 

 Kuliseu, Pilger 705 (B, type, F neg. 11340). Palmeiras, Lindman A-2S93 

 (S). 

 Sao Paulo: Itapura, Rio Ticte, Foster 11 02 (GH, US). 



27. Billbergia rupestris L. B. Smith, Caldasia [i], No. 5: 6, fig. i. 1942. 

 Acre: Rio Macaua on the Rio laco, basin of the Rio Purus, Krukoff 5647 



(GH, NY). 

 Also: Colombia. 



