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5. PoTtea silveirae Mez, Bot. Jahrb. 30, Beibl. 67: 4. 1901. 



EspiRiTO Santo: Santa Teresa, Foster 194-A (GH, R, US) ; 313 (GH). 



MiNAS Gerais: Coronal Pacheco, Heringer 1301 (SP) ; 1744 (SP). Ipatinga, 



Foster 729 (GH). Juiz le Fora, Brade 14103 (RB, US neg. 4201). Serra 



de Mantiqueira, Silveira 8 (B, type, F neg. 11 286). 



Fig. 125. Fig. 126. 



Fig. 125. — Portea leptantha: a, Branch of inflorescence, X /'S ; h, floral bract 

 and flower, y,i; c, sepal, y^i; d, petal and stamen, y^i; e, longitudinal section 

 of ovary, X i. 



Fig. 126. — Pseudananas sagenarius: a. Inflorescence, Y.Yz', h, petal and 

 stamens, X i. (Both after Belgique Horticole.) 



34. Pseudananas Hassler ex Harms 



Pseiidananas Hassler ex Harms, Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 153:153. 

 1930. 

 Ananas section Pseudananas Hassler, Ann. Conserv. & Jard. Bot. Geneve 

 20:280. 1 91 9. 



Monotypic. Brazil, Paraguay. 



I. Pseudananas sagenarius (Arr. Cam.) Camargo, Rev. Agric. Piracicaba 14: 

 nos. 7, 8: reprint page 4. 1939. Figure 126. 

 Bromelia sagenaria Arr. Cam. Diss. PI. Brasil. 13. 1810. 

 Bromelia sylvestris Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 129. 1825; Icon. pi. 11^. 1835. 

 Ananas macrodontes E. Morr. Belg. Hortic. 28: 140, pis. 4, 5. 1878. 

 Ananas sylvestris Fritz Mueller, Bericht Deutsch Bot. Gesellsch. 14:4. 

 1896. In part, as to basonym. 



