858 



C. SKOTTSBERG 



Fig. 21. Phoenicoscris pinnata in the brushwood on Cordon Salsipuedes, Masatierra; c. 2 m 



tall. — Photo 8 12 1916. 



leafless below the terminal rosette, longest measured 2.5 m long and 2- — 2.5 cm 

 thick. Bark grayish brown, about i mm thick, with dense leaf scars. Leaves soft 

 coriaceous. Growth unlimited, but probably arrested during the winter months, 

 as a conspicuous terminal bud was observed in August. Flowers Dec. — March. 

 PI. 71. 



Hesperogreigia Berteroi (Skottsb.) Skottsb. Bromeliaceae. Endemic on Masa- 

 tierra, found once only by us, in the wet fern-forest above Pangal, alt. about 660 m, 

 none of the few plants seen showing any sign of having flowered. Habit o{ Plantago 

 fernandezia; stem about i m long and about 3 cm thick, covered with the sheaths 

 of old leaves, rooting along the trailing base, ascending-erect and ending in a 



