A var. chrysostachide laminis foliorum valde angusti- 
oribus acuminatis, petalis albis differt. 
Leaf-blades only about 1 em. wide, acuminate; petals 
white. 
Cotomsia: Comisarias del Amazonas-Vaupés, Rio Apaporis, Cachi- 
vera de Jirijirimo y alrededores. Alt. ca. 250 m. “‘Flowers white, 
bracts and axis waxy, yellow. On rock ledge in shade of light forest. ”’ 
September 16, 1951, Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 14097 
(Type in U.S. Nat. Herb. No. 2087659).—Rio Apaporis, Raudal de 
Jirijirimo (below mouth of Rio Kananari). Quartzite base. Alt. ca. 
270 m. Lat. 0°5’ N, Long. 70°40’ W. November 11, 1951, Schultes 
& Cabrera 14596.—Same locality. “On cliff,’? January 21, 1952, 
Schultes & Cabrera 14996. 
Vriesia Splitgerberi (Mez) L. B. Smith & Pitten- 
drigh in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 43 (1958) 403. 
Guzmania Splitgerberi Mez in DC. Monogr. 9 (1896) 
930. 
Thecophyllum Splitgerberi (Mez) Pittendrigh in Evo- 
lut. 2 (1948) 60. 
The specimens cited below constitute the first record 
for Colombia of a species already known from Surinam, 
British Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela, and Costa Rica. 
For nearly fifty years this species was considered a Guz- 
mania confined to the Guianas. Then Pittendrigh dis- 
covered flowering material in Trinidad and found that 
the appendaged petals required its transfer to V’riesia. 
Since then further discoveries have greatly extended its 
known range. 
Cotompra: Comisarias del Amazonas-Vaupés, Rio Apaporis: entre 
el Rio Pacoa y el Rio Kananari. Soratama. Alt. ca. 250m. Epiphyte. 
Bracts greenish at tips, whitish near base. Flowers white. Inflores- 
cence 1 m. long. Leaves tan at base inside and out. June 21, 1951, 
Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 12757.—Same locality. Au- 
gust 31, 1951, Schultes &§ Cabrera 15804. 
Vriesia vexillata L. B. Smith sp. nov. 
A Vriesia unilaterali (Baker) Mez, foliis acutioribus, 
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