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acutis, quam sepala longioribus; sepalis subæqualiter liberis, longe 
acutis; petalis tubulose erectis, quam stamina brevioribus ; stylo elon- 
gatissimo» — Mez in Fl. bras. p. 583. — T. selacea Bak. (non Sw.) 
Brom. p. 175 (quoad syn. C. Koch.). 
Acaulis, dense cæspitosa, florifera ad 0,25 m. vel infra alta. Folia 
basi in vaginam conspicuam, triangularem, intus a medio, dorso om- 
nino lepidibus allutaceis obtectam, ad 8 mm. latam sensim dilatata, 
angustissime linearia, perlonge filiformi-acuta, usque ad 0,25 m. 
longa, erecta. Scapus tenuis, glaber, vaginis involventibus lanceolatis, 
acutis inferioribusque in filum longum tenueque productis, internodia 
superantibus indutus. Inflorescentia pauciflora, centralis, ad 45 mm. 
longa, 8 mm. lata, utrinque acuta; bracteis erectis, ovato-lanceolatis, 
ad 19 mm. longis, carinatim complicatis, dorso prominenti-venosis. 
Flores erecti; sepalis coriaceis, glabris, 19 mm. longis, lanceolatis, 
carinatis. Ovarium nondum fecundatum pyramidatum, sensim in 
stylum gracillimum transiens ; ovulis tenuiter caudatis. Capsula ad 
32 mm. longa, tenuis, acuta; valvis spiraliter tortis dorso allutaceis | 
intus fusco-brunneis, sueto fissis. 
Brasilia australis, prov. Rio de Janeiro in Serra de Novo Friburgo : 
Saldanha in Schwacke, herb. n. 4586 ; prov. Paraná in silvis prope 
Curitiba : Sellow n. 4684 (— Brom. hb. Paris. n. 90). (V. s. in herb. 
Berol., Leod , Paris., Schwacke.) , 
' 44. T. remota (Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. XIV, 4, Beibl. 32, p. 6); 
foliis dense fasciculatis, setaceis, basin versus lepidibus peradpressis 
conspersis ; inflorescentia e spicis 3-4, pinnatim axi primario insertis 
composita, foliis superata ; spicis erectis, flabellatis; bracteolis flori- 
geris dense imbricatis rhachinque celantibus, dorso dissite lepidotis 
et prominulo-venosis, sepala subæquantibus ; floribus erectis ; sepalis 
antico libero, posticis binis fere medium usque connatis, acutis ; petalis 
tubulose erectis ; stylo perlongo. 
Epiphyta (ex cll. Bernoulli et Cario!), acaulis, florifera ad 0,4 m. 
alta, Folia ad 20 stricte erecta, basi in vaginam conspicuam, triangu- 
larem, infime badiam margine late hyalinam, apicem versus mem- 
brana adpressa, e lepidibus brunneis formata obtectam dilatata, ad ; 
0,5 m. longa, 5 mm. lata, angustissime linearia apice longe filiformia, 
valde plicata, rigidiuscula, apicem versus —- glabrescenlia, cineras- 
centi-viridia. Scapus gracillimus, erectus, foliis subduplo brevior, va- 
ginis elongatis, lanceolatis, stricte erectis tubulosis, apice in laminam 
tenuem internodia superantem productis involutus. Inflorescentia 
pauciflora, bipinnatim panniculata, habitu Festucas mm Bro- 
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Suites AU Prodromus, — IX. 
