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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



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pale green not mottled; the eastern Cordillera, 1—8 km. -north of the village of 

 Sevilla de Oro, 8,000-9,000 ft., E-4592. 



Tillandsia tetrantha R. & P. var. densiflora (Andre) L. B. Smitho 



Chimborazo-Canar border: epiphyte, leaves pale green, base inside nigrescent 

 purple, flowering spike and bracts salmon pink, calyx yellow with salmon tint, 

 corolla deep yellow; (western escarpment), near Tipococha, 9,800—10,400 ft , 

 E-4079. 



Tillandsia tetrantha R. & P. var. scarlatina (Andre) L. B. Smith. 



Epiphyte, leaves green above, often with purplish spots, clasping bases 

 usually nigrescent-purple, peduncles and bracts orange-crimson, sepals red- 

 orange below, yellow above, corolla bright yellow; the eastern Cordillera, 4—6 

 km. north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 9,000-10,000 ft., E-4685. 



Tillandsia usneoides L. 



Azuay: sparse, seen hanging from a few plants in the canon; between Rfos 

 Azogues and Gualaceo, valley of the Rfo Paute, between Paute and Cuenca, 

 7,200-8,000 ft., (dry cliffs, rocky hillsides and occasional ravines), E-2348. 

 Loja: hanging from trees, Malacatos Valley, 25 km south of Loja, about 5,000 

 ft., E-126. 



Vriesia arpocalyx (Andre) L. B. Smith. 



Azuay: in loose colonies, leaves gray-green, inflorescence spike light pink; on 

 nearly sheer dry cliff, between Rios Azogues and Gualaceo, valley of the Rio 

 Paute, between Paute and Cuenca, 7,200-8,000 ft., E-2345. 



Vriesia Barclayana (Baker) L. Bo Smith. 



Chimborazo: on rock; leaves pale green, bracts brown-scurfy; canon of the 

 Rfo Chanchan, from Naranjapata to below Huigra, 2,000—3,000 ft., E-3899. 



Vriesia cylindrica L. B. Smith. 



Chimborazo: epiphytic, usually in clumps, leaves pale -green, bracts orange- 

 red, sepals yellow, petals green, margins bright blue, tips deep nigrescent-blue, 

 filaments pale greenish-yellow, anthers nigrescent-blue, style nearly white below, 

 nigrescent-blue in twisted zone, stigma greenish; open deforested slope with 

 small patches of scrub in the draws, directly above the village of Huigra, canon 

 of the Rfo Chanchan, 5,000—7,000 ft , E-3493. Azuay: epiphyte, bracts salmony- 

 red, sepals pink-tinged, petals pale green, margins and apices deep (almost 

 nigrescent) blue, leaves pale green, not mottled; the eastern cordillera, 1—8 km. 

 north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 8,000-9,000 ft., E-4612. 



Guzmania lingulata (L.) Mez. 



Junction of the Provinces of Guayas, Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: epi- 

 phyte, leaves light green, inflorescence bracts spreading, forming rosette-like 

 head, bright orange-crimson, tips of bracts in head bright yellow; foothills of the 

 western cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1,000—1,250 ft., E-3803. 



Guzmania minor Mez var. flammea L. B. Smith. 



Junction of the Provinces of Guayas, Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: epi- 

 phyte, in small colonies, leaves thin, pale green, subnitid, bracts tipped with deep 

 salmon-pink, basally brownish, later, bracts greenish with • nigrescent-chestnut 

 bases; foothills of the western cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1,000—1,250 

 ft., E-3695. 



Guzmania Pearcei (Baker) L. B. Smith. 



Santiago-Zamora ("Oriente"): flowers yellow-greenish, bracts reddish; grow- 

 ing on duff, Cordillera Cutucu, eastern slope and main crest, 6,500 ft., J orgensen, 

 CuJ-47. 



