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I. Inflorescence glabrous; flowers polystichous, spreading; leaf -blades broadest 

 at the base i. L. guianensis 



I. Inflorescence arachnoid; flowers secund, pendent; leaf -blades broadest at 

 the middle 2. L. micrantha 



1. Lindmania guianensis (Beer) Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:537. 1896. 



Figure 5. 

 Anoplophytum guianense Beer, Bromel. 44. 1857, 

 Brazil: Probable, but not yet recorded. 



British Guiana: Kaieteur, Maguire & Fanshawe 23158 (GH, NY, US). 

 Berbice, upper Corentyne River, Rob. Schomburgk 20 (K, isotype, GH 

 neg. 1396). 

 Venezuela: Southwest slope, Mount Roraima, Steyermark 58616 (F, GH). 



2. Lindmania micrantha (Lindl.) L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 104:77. 



1934- 

 Pitcairnia micrantha Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29, Misc. : 44. 1843. 

 Cottendorfia neogranatensts Baker, Handb. Bromel. 129. 1889. 

 Lindmania neogranatensts Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:538. 1896. 

 Lindmania flaccida Standley, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 13 : 364. 1923. 

 DiSTRiTO Federal: Rio de Janeiro, C. Smith (CGE, type). The only record 



for Brazil and a very dubious one because based on cultivated material. 

 Also: Southern Mexico, Central America. 



5. Connellia N. E. Brown 



Connellia N. E. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II. 6: 66. 1901. 



Southern Venezuela. 



I. Inflorescence compound with several flowers in the axil of each major 



bract ; leaf-blades glabrous on both sides i. C. augustae 



I. Inflorescence simple with a single flower in the axil of each bract; leaf- 

 blades more or less lepidote on one side. 

 2. Leaf-blades stout, rigid, densely tomentose-lepidote above, soon glabrous 



beneath. (Fig. 6.) 2. C. quelchii 



2. Leaf-blades flaccid, glabrous above, obscurely lepidote beneath, margins 

 white, prominent 3- C. caricif olia 



1. Connellia augustae (Rich. Schomburgk) N. E. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. 



Bot. II. 6: 66, pi. 13. 1901. 

 Encholirium augustae Rich. Schomburgk, Verb. Preuss. Gartenb. Ver. 18: 



130, pi. 2. 1847. 

 Dyckta augustae Baker, Handb. Bromel. 135. 1889. 

 Puya augustae Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9 : 487. 1896. 

 Brazil: Probable, but not yet recorded. 



Venezuela: Mount Roraima, McConnell & Quelch 670 (K) ; Schomburgk 

 687 (or 1021) (BM, K (GH neg. I374)) ; Steyermark 58883 (F, GH). 



2. Connellia quelchii N. E. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II. 6 : 67, pi. 14. 



1901. Figure 6. 

 Puya roraimae Mez, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 12 : 417. 1913. 

 Puya quelchii L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 89 : 7, 66. 1930. 

 Brazil: Probable, but not yet recorded. 



