258 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I26 



Tillandsia imbricata Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 133. 1825; Icon 3: pi. 131. 1835. 



This must be a Vriesia but its combination of lax simple in- 

 florescence and long straight acute bracts are not duplicated in any 

 known species, 



Tillandsia saxatilis Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 136. 1825; Icon. 3:/'/. 139. 1835. 



There must be an error in this illustration as everything indicates 

 Aechmea nudicalis (L.) Griseb. or a close relative, but the ovary is 

 shown as superior. 



Tillandsia tetrasticha Veil. Fl. Fluminensis 135. 1825; Icon. 3: pi. 137. 1835. 



As suggested by Mez this may be an aberrant form of an Aechmea 

 with a dense many-flowered simple inflorescence. However, those 

 it most nearly resembles have ranges too far south for the area covered 

 by Vellozo. 



Tillandsia vernicosa Baker, Journ. Bot. 25:241. 1887. 



The type of this species is a cultivated plant labeled "Christie. 

 Parana," but no trace has been found of this collector and no sub- 

 sequent collection has been made in or near Brazil, 



Vriesia albescens Alv, Silveira, Fl. Montium 2 : pi. 131, fig. 2. 1931. Nomen. 

 This appears to be an error for his V. glauca. 



Vriesia atro-purpurea Alv. Silveira, Fl, Montium 2: Add. 3, pi. 131, fig. i. 

 1931- 



It has not been possible to examine material of any of Silveira's 

 species and the description and illustration of the above are inadequate 

 for classification. 



Vriesia decipiens F. Mueller, Gartenflora 42:737. 1893. (See under V. 

 eryihroda<:tylo)t.) 



Vriesia glauca Alv. Silveira, Fl. Montium 2: Add. 3. 1931. 

 It has not been possible to classify this species. 



Vriesia macropoda (Baker) Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3, pt. 3: 554. 1894. 

 Tillandsia iiMcropoda Baker, Handb. Bromel. 218. 1889. 



Mez identifies this with V. inflata Wawra, a species with sepals 

 completely covered by the floral bracts, while Baker describes the 

 sepals as much exceeding the floral bracts. It has not been possible 

 to explain the contradiction as yet. 



LOCALITIES CITED 



The following localities are defined because of their absence from 

 the "Index to Map of Hispanic America i : 1,000,000" published by 



