erescens. Caulis comparate robustus, sublignosus, usque 
ad 10 cm. longus vel longior, 1.7 cm. in diametro, as- 
periter fibroso-squamosus. Petioli tenuissimi, usque ad 
50 cm. longi, basi dilatati, vaginis linearibus inclusi. 
Foliorum laminae usque ad 35 cm. longae, 5/6 longitu- 
dinaliter bipartitae; segmenta anguste linearia (saepis- 
sime longitudinaliter lacerata), apice filiformia, basi plus- 
minusve 6 mm. lata. Pedunculi magnopere tenuissimi, 
usque ad 40 cm. longi, plerumque 2 mm. in diametro, 
fortiter fibrosi. Spathae hyalinae, vivo triangulares, apice 
acutae, usque ad 4 cm. longae, 2.5 cm. latae, superior 
lineari-triangularis, apice longissime attenuata, basi 2-3 
em. lata, 6.5-10 cm. longa. Spadix cylindricus, apice 
rotundatus, 16 mm. longus, usque ad (sed saepissime mul- 
to brevior) 7-11 mm. in diametro. Flores pistillati parvi, 
2 mm. in diametro, subconcrescentes, perianthio quadri- 
lobato; stigmatibus carnosis, in apicem ovarii confluen- 
tibus, cruciformibus, in circuitu oblongis, 1.3 mm. longis, 
0.3 mm. latis. Flores staminiferi conspicul, 1-1.5 mm. 
in diametro; pedicellis valde complanatis, 1.5 mm. lon- 
gis, perianthii lobis liberis suborbicularibus, apice rotun- 
datis, 1.5 mm. longis, circiter 1 mm. latis; staminibus 
numerosissimis (usque ad sexaginta), filamentis brevibus, 
antheris in circuitu suborbicularibus, 0.4 mm. in diame- 
tro, bilocularibus ; staminodia conspicuissima, caduca, fili- 
formia, usque ad 7 vel 10 cm. longa, splendide aurantiaca. 
This new species of Car/udovica is a beautiful and grace- 
ful plant which grows in dense and extensive colonies. 
It can be distinguished from all other described members 
of the genus by its rich orange-colored staminodes. It ap- 
proaches in some respects Carludovica pygmaea Gleason, 
but can be separated from this species by its much longer 
and more narrowly linear leaves and its larger floral bracts. 
Cotomsia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Guainia basin, Rio Naquieni, 
ee , Oey. . . 7 
vicinity of Cerro Monachi. ~Epiphyte on rocks in rapids. Flowers 
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