BROMELIACEAE. 



AECHMEA Ruiz et Pav. 



Aechmea Mertensii Schult fil. in Rom. et Schult. VII. p. 1272. 



Upper Marowijne River, near Apatou: Went 461 on trees (fl. Octob.) 



Upper Litanie River: Versteeg 355 on trees (fl. Nov.) 



Upper Gonini River : Versteeg 279 on rocks (fl. Octob.) 



Upper Tapanahoni River, near Koddobakoe: Versteeg 857 on rocks 



(fl. Sept.) 

 Para River, near plant. Berlijn : Wullschlagel 507, 1573, 1574 ex 



Mez. Flora Bras. III. 3 p. 329. 

 Upper Coppename River: Boon 1161 (fl. Sept.) 

 Surinam: Focke 437, 1155 in herb. Rheno Traj.; Focke H. L. B. 



8q8, 318— S named BUbergia Mertensii Miq. in Linnaea XVIII 



P- 376- 

 French Guyana. 



Aechmea mucroniflora Hook. Bot. Mag. tab. 4832. 



Upper Litanie River : Versteeg 420 on trees (fl. Decemb.) 

 Surinam Splitgerber 54, H. L. B. 898, 318—7 (fl. Nov.) 

 Paramaribo: Wullschlagel 1332, Focke 810; Splitgerber 651a. ex 



Mez, Monogr. p. 215. 

 Guyana, Northern Brazil, Trinidad. 



Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker in Benth. Hook. Gen. plant. 

 III. 664. 

 Tillandsia bromeliifolia Rudge Guyan. p. 32 t. 50. 

 Lawa River near Cottica : Versteeg 280 (fl. Octob.) 

 Upper Tapanahoni River : Versteeg 607 on trees (fl. July). 

 Guyana, tropical Brazil. 



BILBBRQIA Thnb. 



Bilbergia violacea Beer Brom. 116. 



Upper Litanie River near Knopaiamoi: Versteeg 404 on trees 



(fl. Dec.) 

 French Guyana. 



