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4. Inflorescence soon glabrous; pedicels 10-40 mm. long. 



4. P. petropolitana 

 4. Inflorescence white-furfuraceous ; pedicels 6-10, rarely to 15 mm. long. 



5. P. silveirae 



1. PoTtea kermesina C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. for 1856, App. : 7. 1857. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, Paris (P). 



Baia: Blanchet 2997 (BM, US neg. 4012) ; Lesson (P). 



2. Portea leptantha Harms, Notizblatt 10:786. 1929. Figure 125. 

 Paraiba: Areia, Vasconccllos 207 (RB, US). Campina Grande, Loefgren 



797 (R). 

 Pernambuco: Russinha, Pickel 3536 (GH). Tapera, Pickcl 1919 (B, F neg. 

 I 1285). 



3. PoTtea filifeia L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot, Estado Sao Paulo nov. ser. i : 58, 



pi. 75' 1941. 

 Baia: Agua Preta, Foster 62 (GH, type; R) ; 63 (GH). 



4. Portea petropolitana (Wawra) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 296, 



pi. 64. 1892. 

 I. Branches of the inflorescence elongate. 



2. Pedicels 10-15 nim. long Var. a. petropolitana 



2. Pedicels 35-40 mm. long Var. b. extensa 



I. Branches of the inflorescence short; pedicels 20-40 mm. long. 



Var. c. noettigii 

 4a. Portea petropolitana var. petropolitana 



Aechmea petropolitana Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 30:116. 1880. 

 Portea gardneri Baker, Handb. Bromel. 21. 1889. 

 Streptocalyx podantha Baker, Handb. Bromel. 32. 1889. 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Vitoria, Foster 194 (GH). 

 Rio DE Janeiro: Petropolis, Glaziou 12230 (K, type of Portea glasiozni Baker 



(GH neg. 2690), US); 16417 (GH, P) ; IVaura II-63 (W, type). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Morro Queimado, Brade 11 271 (R) ; 18787 (RB, US). 



4b. Portea petropolitana var. extensa L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. Estado Sao 



Paulo nov. ser. 1:113, pi. 116. 1943, 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Vitoria, Foster 196 (GH, type; R). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Petropolis, Foster 498 (GH). 



4c. Portea petropolitana var. noettigii (Wawra) L. B. Smith, Arquiv. Bot. 

 Estado Sao Paulo nov. ser. i : 113. 1943. 

 Aechmea noettigii Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 30: 117. 1880. 

 Portea gardneri Baker, Handb. Bromel. 21, 1889. 

 Aechmea microthyrsa Baker, Kew Bull. 198. 1892. 

 Streptocalyx orthopoda Baker, Kew Bull. 198. 1892. 

 Portea noettigii Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3 : 296. 1892. 

 Brazil: Reits 4202 (HBR). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Juiz de Fora, Hoehne (SP). Sao Caetano, Gardner 5234 (BM, 



type of Portea gardneri Baker, US neg. 4013). 

 Rio de Janeiro: Entre Rios, Watvra II-108 (W, type). Maua, Glasiou 18565 



(P, US, isotypes of Streptocalyx orthopoda Baker) ; Ule 4042 (R, US). 

 Distrito Federal: Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Luts (GH, R, US); 827 (R). 

 Restinga da Tijuca, Glaziou 6454 (P). 



