PUYA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 467 
Dict. II, p. 740. — Renealmia Feuill. (nee alior.) Journ, obs. HI, 
p. 59, t. 30. — Achupalla, Humb. Vues d. Cordill. t. 30. - 
Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala basin usque libera, apice rotundata 
v. rarius acuta, asymmetrica v. symmetrica, dorso sueto lanuginosa 
v. tomentosa, petalis conspicue breviora. Petala omnino libera, lingu- 
lata v. linearia v. obovata, per anthesin apice + patentia v. rarius 
erecta, rotundata v. raro acutiuscula, sepius emarginata, haud vel 
vix zygomorphe disposita, eligulata sed nonnunquam callis sive lineis 
alatim prominulis verticalibus aucta. Stamina 6 sub anthesin inclusa 
vel subinclusa ; filamentis liberis, + complanatis v. subteretibus; 
antheris perconspicuis, solemniter dorsifixis, birimose introrsum 
dehiscentibus; pollinis granulis ellipsoideis v. subglobosis, sulco sin- 
gulo longitudinali nec non reti + expresso prominulo auctis. Ovarium 
omnino superum, glabrum, pyramidatum v. raro subelavatum v. pris- 
maticum; stylo gracili, elongato, antheras sæpissime subæquante ; 
stigmatibus 3 sueto contortis; placentis linearibus, interno loculorum 
angulo nunc tota longitudine nunc ab 1/3 altit. apicem versus affixis; 
ovulis æ , dorso prope apicem sueto oblique umbonatis alæ seminum 
definitive initium offerentibus. Capsula matura sueto crasse elli- 
psoidea, nonnunquam subglobosa v. nonnunquam tenuior, apice 
brevius longiusve styli rudimentis aucta, brunnea, nitida v. opaca, 
nunc loculicide basin usque dehiscens nunc septicide brevius longiusve 
ab apice incisa el simul loculicide dehiscens facile in partes 6 dissol- 
venda ; seminibus o , horizontalibus, sæpius intime sibi adpressis irre- 
gulariter evolutis, ala dorso-apicali latiuscula v. angustiore, chartacea 
v. suberosa præditis. 
Herbæ perennantes, haplobioticæ, sæpissime + alte caulescentes 
v. rarius acaules, nonnunquam plurimetrales familiæ formas ingentes 
includentes. Folia æ v. raro pauciora dense rosulata, basi in vaginas 
amplexicaules, + conspicuas, glabras v. dorso lepidotas, apicem versus 
margine ssepius spinulosas dilatata, linearia, perlonge pungenter 
acuta, margine constanter spinis nonnunquam maximis, curvatis hor- 
rida, supra glabra sæpissimeque nitida subtus sueto + dense lepidota, 
rigida v. rigidiuscula. Inflorescentia terminalis, scapo vaginis sæpis- 
sime foliis radicalibus isomorphis rarius membranaceis coloratisque 
pre ee ~ teangan kong ipsa —— lanuginosa, nunc 
iatis v. D se 
bus com posita panaiculatà : ; ramulis 
rilem, elongatum proferentibus nunc tota longitudine florigeris. F lores 
sessiles v. brevissime y. conspicue pedicellali, nonnunquam speciosis- 
