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nalis, sepala longe superantibus; floribus suberecto-erectis ; sepalis 
anlico libero, posticis bims usque ad 1,5 mm. ab apice connatis, 
glabris; petalis cæruleis v. albis; staminibus e corolle fauce vix 
emergentibus; antheris apice mucronulatis a stylo superalis. — 
R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1207 ; Morr. in Belg. hortic. 1839, p. 322, t. 22; 
Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5229; Siebth. et Wiese, Fl. Jard. III, t. 49; 
Wawra in Oesterr. bot. Zeitschr. 1888, p. 224 et It. Sax.-Cob. p. 173; 
Bak. Brom. p. 196; Mez in Fl. bras. p. 601. — Anoplophytum pul- 
chellum Beer, Brom. p. 41. — T. subulata Vell. Fl. Flum. III, t. 197. 
— Diaphoranthema subulata Beer, Brom. p. 155. -— A. amoenum 
Morr. in Belg. hortic. 1883, p. 265, t. 47. — T. bicolor Griseb. (nec 
Brongn.)Symb. Argent. p. 332. — T. foliislineari-subulatis integerrimis 
imbricatis, etc. : Roy.! Prodr. p. 23. 
Epiphyta, caule haud dorsiventrali longo, semper fere oplime: 
arcuato, subtus nudo quaquaverse radices tenues, simplices, curvatas 
proferente, supra longe foliis induto. Folia œ caulem quaquaverse 
obtegentia inferiora sæpius arcuata, superiora stricta, rigidiuscula, 
basi in vaginam brevem, brunnescentem, late subtriangularem, infime 
glabram subito dilatata, subulata, apice sæpius fere filiformia, usque 
ad 0,1 m. longa, super vaginam 4-7 mm. lata, sicca saltem flavescenti- 
viridia, valde inciso-canaliculata sicca complicata, opaca. Inflores- 
cenlia pauci (4-6)-flora scapo tenui, glabro, usque ad 0,1 m. longo, 
vaginis pulchre roseis, tenuiter membranaceis, obovato-ovalibus, apice 
in acumen perlongum, tenue subfiliforme, lepidotum, viride produc- 
tis, glabris, quam internodia multo longioribus, stricte erectis imbri- 
catim induto elata, per anthesin sæpissime subcorymbosa, usque ad 
30 mm. longa; rhachi glaberrima, vix geniculata, valde angulata; 
bracteis magnis, pulchre roseis, membranaceis, ovatis, acutis vel 
infimis aeuminatis, concavis nec carinatis, + 12 mm. longis, dorso 
dissite brunneo-punctulatis expresseque prominulo-venosis. Flores 
sepalis ad 10 mm. longis, tenuibus pellucidis, carinatis, anticis ovato- 
lanceolatis,- longe acutis posticis subrotundatis minuteque imposite 
mucronulatis. Petala usque: m 2 mm. longa, ex ungue lineari in 
laminam oblongam, peranth aullo patentem, subrotundatam: 
sensim dilatata. Stamina petalis ibd ie breviora, filamentis lineari- 
bus, super medium undulatim curvulis, liberis; antheris luteis vix 
1 mm. longis, ellipticis, ulrinque rotundatis, prope basin dorsifixis. 
Ovarium anguste ellipsoideum, sensim in stylum 6-7-plo longiorem, 
paullo complanatum attenuatum ; stigmatibus brevissimis, erectis, 
haud contortis, late rotundatis. Capsula cylindrica, ad 15 mm. longa, 
apice breviter acuta longeque styli rudimentis rostrata, valvis spira- 
