252 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I26 



Psciidananas macrodontes Harms, Engl. & Prantl. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 15a: 



153- 1930. 

 Psendannnas sagenarius var. macrodontes Camargo, Bol. Teen. Inst. 

 Agron. Norte, Para no. i : 21, fig. 4. 1943. 

 It has not been possible to find on what basis Camargo subdivides this species. 

 Baia: Maracas, Foi/^r 2467 (US). 

 EspiRiTO Santo: Vitoria, Foster 178 (GH, R). 

 MiNAS Gerais: Santa Rosa to Alfenes, Regnell III-1262 (S). Mun. Santa 



Barbara: Caraga, Foster 677 (GH, US). 

 Mato Grosso: East of Bella Vista y^ km.. Baker & Collins (GH). Bodoquena, 

 Santos (R). South of Colonia Miranda 34 km.. Baker & Collins (GH). 

 Lagoa Seca, Corumba, Baker & Collins (GH). Sao Domingos, Corumba, 

 Baker & Collins (GH). Urucum, Corumba, Baker & Collins (GH). 

 Porto Felicidade, Baker & Collins (GH). 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Jacarepagua, /. G. Kuhlmann 6145 (RB, US). 

 Sao Paulo: Capao Redondo, Gehrt (SP). 



Santa Catarina: Mun. Ararangua: Sombrio, Reits (! Reitz). Mun. Itajai: 

 Praia Braba, Reits 2289 (HBR, US). 



35. Anaaas Mill. 



Ananas Mill. Gard. Diet. Abr. ed. 4. 1754. 



Brazil, Guiana, Paraguay. Widely distributed by cultivation 

 throughout the tropics. 



No attempt is made here to cover the numerous cultivated varieties 

 and forms of pineapple, since others working with living material are 

 much better qualified to do so. 



I. Syncarp over 15 cm. long at maturity, succulent; scape stout, usually short. 

 2. Floral bracts conspicuous, imbricate and covering the ovaries, coarsely 

 serrate. 

 3. Leaf-spines all ascending; floral bracts colored at maturity; petals bear- 

 ing scales I. A. bracteatus 



3. Leaf-spines toward the base recurved ; floral bracts pale green at ma- 

 turity; petals bearing vertical folds. (Fig. 127.) 



2. A. fritzmuelleri 

 2. Floral bracts inconspicuous, not imbricate nor covering the ovaries at 



maturity, serrulate 3. A. comosus 



I. Syncarp less than 15 cm. long at maturity, dry or nearly so; scape elongate, 

 slender. 

 4. Leaves straight, erect, unarmed except for the large terminal spine, 35 mm. 



wide 4. A. erectif olius 



4. Leaves recurved, serrate, not more than 25 mm. wide. (Fig. 128.) 



5. A. ananassoides 



I. Ananas bracteatus (Lindl.) Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7, pt. 2: 1286. 1830. 

 Ananassa bracteata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: pi. 1081. 1827. 

 Ananas sagcnaria sensu Mez, Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 32: 104. 1934. Not 

 Schult. 1830. 

 Brazil: Cultivated, W. Hoehne (SP) ; M. Kuhlmann (GH, SP) ; Reitz 2293 

 (HBR, US) ; 3685 (HBR) ; 4010 (HBR). 



