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are so entirely different from those of Connellia, that they cannot naturally be placed in 

 the same genus. Possibly the fruit of Lmdmania, which I have not seen, and the 

 dorsifixed anthers may afford technical characters to distinguish the two genera, especi- 

 ally if taken in conjunction with the difference in habit. 



Connellia Quelchii, N. E. lb-own. (Plate 14.) Folia rosulata U-of poll, longa, 



angusta, convoluta, integra, basi tantum minute dcnticulata, supra tomentosa, suhtns 



glabra, vel rare utrinque tomentosa, marginibus albo-tomentosis. Scapus simplex, 



multibracteatus. Bractete imbricatae, glabrae, nitidae; inferiores steriles amplexi- 



caules, abrupte subulato-cuspidatae ; fiorigei-c elliptico-ovatse, apiculatae, valde 



concava?. Elores sub quaque bractea solitarii, pedicellati, speciosi, rosei. — Tillandsia 



strictdy var. ?, Baker j in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1S87), p. 285. Puya 



August a, Mez, in DC. Monog. Phan. ix. p. 187, partim. 



Leaves rosulate, l|-5f in. long, 2-4i lin. broad, linear, convolute-subulate, rather 



blunt, rigidly coriaceous, minutely denticulate at the base only, densely white-tomentose 



on the inner face and along the margins, usually glabrous on the couvex back, rarely 



tomentose on both sides. Scape arising from the centre of the rosette, 2-5 in. lon^ to 



the lowest flower of the 2-3^ in. long raceme, 1-1£ lin. thick, glabrous, clothed with 



imbricating bracts, which are f-l| in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, stem-clasping, broadly 



elliptic-oblong and abruptly contracted into a subulate leafy point at the apex, or broadly 



ovate and simply acute or acuminate, glabrous, with tomentose margins to the leafy point, 



brown in the dried state, shining. Raceme moderately dense, lj-lf in. diam., 7-13- 



flowered, its bracts ascending or somewhat spreading, 7-10 lin. long, 5-7 lin. broad, 



elliptic-ovate, acute or obtuse and apiculate, deeply concave, glabrous, brown, shining. 



Flowers solitary under each bract, pedicellate. Pedicels 2-8 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 



free, 5-5| lin. long, 2^-3 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, light brown, with 



thin rose-pink margins. Petals free, 9 lin. long, oh lin. broad, orbicular, obtuse, 



narrowed into a short broad claw at the base, glabrous, entire, without a scale at their 



base, bright rose-pink. Stamens about 5 lin. long, glabrous ; filaments very shortly 



adnate to the petals at their base, filiform ; anthers f lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Ovary 



superior, trigonous-ovoid, glabrous, narrowed into a glabrous style 3i lin. long, with 3 



recurving compressed linear stigmas about 1 lin. long, slightly undulated along the 



stigmatose surface. 



Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., im Thum, 315 ; McConnell 8f Quelch, 107, 072. 

 In general appearance this plant bears a slight resemblance to Tillandsia stricta, Soland.. 

 but in all details is very different. It is considered by Mez to he identical with 

 C. Augusta ; but although an undoubted congener of that plant, is most certainly very 

 distinct from it specifically, being very much smaller in size, with the upper surface 

 and margins of the leaves tomentose, solitary flowers under each bract, and a glabrous 

 calyx; whilst C. Augustce has leaves 8-14 in. long, quite glabrous on both sides, the 

 flowers are in clusters of 3-7 under each bract, and the calyx is thinly covered with short 

 hairs. I have not seen ripe seeds of C. Quelchii, but the ovules show that they will be 

 appendaged at each end It is a very pretty species and well worth cultivating. 



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