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ovate, brown, acute; bristles nonejachene obovate-elliptic, i mm. 

 long, smooth, light brown; tubercle rompressed-conic, acute, one 

 third to one half as long as the achene. 



Grassy plain, Aripo Savanna, Trinidad (Britton 2QJ4). Per- 

 haps most nearly related to R. Chapmani M. A. Curtis of the 

 eastern United States. 



Bromelia aurea sp. nov. 



Leaves numerous, rigid, linear, long-attenuate, 6-8 dm. long, 

 about 3 cm. wide, armed with distant curved prickles 4-5 mm. 

 long. Scape rather slender, shorter than the basal leaves, bearing 

 several prickle-armed small leaves; inflorescence brownish-floccose, 

 about 3 dm. long; bracts lanceolate, membranous, acuminate, 

 2-4 cm. long; bractlets ovate, membranous, strongly nerved, 

 mucronate, about 1 cm. long; flowers 2 to several together, the 

 clusters 2-3 cm. apart; sepals similar to the bractlets, about 1 cm. 

 long; petals linear, bright yellow, about 3 cm. long and 2 mm. wide. 



Wooded hillside, near western end of Monos Island, Trinidad 



(Britton, Button and Brown 2736). In flower Apiil 4, 1921. 



Related to B. chrysantha Jacq. of Venezuela. 



Aechmea porteoides sp. nov. 



Leaves firm in texture, linear with a somewhat broadened 

 base, about 8 dm. long, 4-7 cm. wide, sharply acute, the margins 

 armed with very numerous, approximate, nearly black, slightly 

 curved spinules 4 mm. long or less; inflorescence paniculate, as 

 long as the leaves or longer, its ultimate branches spreading, about 

 6 cm. long, stellate-pubescent, slender, few-flowered; bracteoles 

 subulate-acicular, 4-6 mm. long; flowers blue, about 20 mm. long; 

 sepals striate, about 1 cm. long, with a terminal spinule 2-3 mm. 

 long; ovary about 1 cm. long, oblong. 



On the ground in mountain forests, Trinidad. Type from 

 Mount Tocuche (Britton, Hazen and Mendelson 1342). In flower 

 April 5, 1920. Related to A. Fendleri of Venezuela. 



Tillandsia viscidula sp. nov. 



Basal leaves tufted, linear, 2.5-3.5 dm. long, flat, gradually 

 narrowed upward, abruptly contracted at the apex and short- 

 acuminate, the base expanded and dark-blotched. Stem 3-5 

 dm. high, erect, bearing leaves similar to the basal ones, but smaller, 

 the upper ones 7 cm. long or less; panicle 3-5 dm. long, few- to 

 several-branched, viscid; flowers yellow, distant, sessile, about 2 



