556, MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. VRIESEA. 
bentibus rhachinque celantibus densissima, flabellifor- 
mis. 
8 Bracteæ punctulis permultis maxime insignes, Columb. : 
5. Vr. Barilleti. 
SS Bracteæ haud punctatæ. l 
a. Scapus erectus. 
* Bracteæ superiores saltem apicem versus longe in- 
curva, acute carinatæ. 
^ Folia optime colore saturate brunneo vittata. 
| Bracteæ flavo-virentes apice margineque au- 
ranliace. Venezuel., Guyan., ins. Trinit. : 
6. Vr. longebracteata. 
|| Bracteæ fulgide scarlatinæ. Guyan. : 
Vr. splendens. 
AA Folia viridia nec vitiata. Brasil. 
+ Inflorescentia folia manifeste superans. 
| Folia super vaginam haud angustata lin- 
gulata. 
O Bracteæ explanatæ apice i dots a la- 
tere vise valde acuminatim triangu- 
lares : 
8. Vr. erythrodactylon. 
OO Bracttæ explanatæ apice subrotun- 
datæ, a latere visæ haud acumina- 
tim triangulares : 
9. Vr. Duvaliana. 
|| Folia super vaginam longe angustata ensi- 
formia. 
>< Inflorescentia submultiflora, circuitu 
lanceolata, apice acuta : 
10. Vr. rostrum aquilze. 
XX Inflorescentia pauciflora, circuitu 
"late linearis, apice late triangu- 
latim emarginata : 
11. Vr. carinata. 
t t Inflorescentia foliis brevior v. ea subæquans. 
Brasil. 
| Sepala manifeste carinata : 
12. Vr. paraibica. 
1. Id quod in speciei hybridis quoque omnibus praeclare elucet. 
