ioli 2.5-8.5 em. longi, teretiusculi, ad laminam incrassati. 
Racemi axillares, apparenter erecti et stricti; rhachides 
usque ad 10 cm. longae, folia subaequantes, compresso- 
angulatae. Pedicelli distichi, 6-7 mm. longi, solitarii vel 
saepe duo vel tres. Flores 10 mm. in diametro vel mi- 
nores, alabastro globoso. Sepala tria, triangularia, apice 
subacuta, margine valde involuta, 4.5 mm. longa, basi 
4 mm. lata, extus apparenter minute aspero-pustulata et 
basi pilosa. Petala sex, alba, membranacea, lanceolata, 
apice acuta, 7 mm. longa, 1.8 mm. lata, extus rarenter 
dense albido-leprosa. Stamina plusminusve quadraginta, 
4—5 mm. longa; filamenta libera, laxa, aliquid compla- 
nato-filiformia, 2 mm. longa; antherae lineares, 2.5-8 
mm. longae. Ovarium ovoideum, echinato-tuberculatum, 
2 mm. in diametro. Stylus ovario circiter duplo longior, 
3.5-3.8 mm. longus, complanato-filiformis, glaber, stig- 
mate minute trilobo. Fructus adhue ignotus. 
Lindakeria nitida is at once distinguished from all 
other species of the genus by its very long and lax inflo- 
rescence which gives the plant a completely unique as- 
pect. This species, growing in the Magdalena watershed 
of Colombia, is perhaps most closely allied to the rather 
widespread Amazonian Lindakeria maynensis. In addi- 
tion to the length of its inflorescence and its highly lus- 
trous leaves, Lindakeria nitida differs from L.maynensis 
in the shape and size of the sepals and slightly in the 
structure of the stamens. 
The collection Haught 1917 has, in general, much 
larger leaves and flowers than the type. The leaves of 
this cotype are lanceolate-ovate, up to 26 cm. long and 
8 cm. wide; the petioles measure up to 7 em. in length, 
and the rachis is 16 ecm. long. Additional collections will 
be needed before we can determine whether the type 
represents the normal condition of the species, but it 
would appear from an examination of the available ma- 
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