Vriesia Schultesiana L. B. Smith sp. nov. 
Acaulis; foliis haud bulbose rosulatis, vaginis distinc- 
tis, dense ferrugineo-lepidotis, laminis linearibus, planis; 
scapi vaginis haud vel vix imbricatis; inflorescentia sim- 
plicissima; rhachi subtereti; bracteis florigeris laxe im- 
bricatis, late ellipticis, sepala multo superantibus, ecari- 
natis, nervatis; floribus distichis; sepalis liberis, oblongis, 
VRIESIA 
Schultesiana 
L.B. Smith 
a, habit, one third natural size. b, inflorescence, about natural size. 
c, sepal, natural size. d, petal and stamens, natural size. 
subtruncatis, parvis, sparse lepidotis; petalis basi ligulis 
binis obtusis auctis; staminibus inclusis. 
Stemless, 12-23 cm. high; leaves 8-15 in a fasciculate 
rosette, 22 cm. long, sometimes exceeding the inflores- 
cence, green, concolorous, the sheaths broadly ovate, 
covered with coarse subappressed ferruginous scales, the 
blades linear, acuminate, 3.5 mm. wide, ferruginous- 
lepidote, soon becoming glabrous; scape erect or ascend- 
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