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C. — SUBGENUS PSEUDOCATOPSIS, André, 
Brom. André. p. 62. 
Stamina (cum stylo) petalis breviora; sepala valde asymmetrica 
(libera); inflorescentia si simplex optime disticha. 
81. T. trapeziformis ; foliis dense rosulatis, utrinque sed præ- 
sertim dorso lepidibus minutis peradpressisque præditis, haud undu- 
latis ; inflorescentia pendula, simplicissima, laxa distichaque subpin- 
nata; bracteis subtrapeziformibus, sepala subduplo superantibus ; 
floribus suberectis ; sepalis liberis, asymmetricis. 
Epiphyta videtur, acaulis, florifera ad 0,2 m. alta, valde imperfecte 
solum cognita. Folia basi in vaginam maximam, ovalem, utrinque 
densissime lepidibus minutissimis, peradpressis, umbrino-ferrugineis 
Obtectam ipsam saturate umbrino-ferrugineam dilatata, ad 0,2 m. 
longa, super vaginam + 23 mm. lata inde in apicem peracutum sen- 
Sim angustata triangularia, membranaceo-chartacea, cinerascenti- 
viridia. Scapus gracillimus, pendulus, verisimiliter foliis manifeste 
brevior, glaber, dense vaginis inflate tubulosis, ellipticis, apice bre- 
viter peracutis, dorso dense peradpresseque brunneo-lepidotis, inter- 
nodia manifestissime superantibus involutus. Inflorescentia + 80 mm. 
longa, 30 mm. lata, perpauci-(ad 8-)flora ; rhachi valde geniculata, 
subfloccose lepidibus magnis, ferrugineis obtecta ; bracteis amplissi- 
mis, membranaceis, nullo modo imbricatis nec axes obtegentibus, 
dorso dense lepidibus magnis, ferrugineis conspersis, triangulo-acutis, 
nullo modo carinatis, + 22 mm. longis, latissimis. Flores pedicellis 
brevissimis percrassisque stipitati, deflorati solum cogniti; sepalis 
subcoriaceis, dorso dense lepidibus magnis obtectis lævibus, posticis 
binis basin solum versus obtuse carinatis, explanatis latissime ellip- 
licis, latere tecto in alam rotundatam, apicem minutissime acutiuscu- 
lum paullo superantem dilatatis, 12 mm. longis, 9,5 mm. latis. Petala 
cum genitalibus capsulaque matura ignota. 
Columbiæ Sierra Nevada de Sta. Martha : HAS (V. s. in herb. 
Turic.) 
82. T. Seemanni ; foliis dense rosultatis, sub lente lepidibus orbi- 
cularibus, valde adpressis obtectis, haud undulatis; inflorescentia 
erecta, scapo tomentoso-ferrugineo stipitata, simplicissima, dense 
flabellatim disticha ; bracteis imbricatis, flores longe superantibus ; 
floribus erectis ; sepalis liberis, valde rrr ater petalis ex sicco 
AT 
SurrES AU Prodromus. — IX. 
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