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GUZMANIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 905 
sicco verisimiliter secus venos rubro-pictam, dorso lepidibus minutis 
peradpressisque, umbrinis dense punctulatam dilatata, paullo infra 
0,4 m.longa,vix 9 mm. lata, perangustelinearia, apice longe acuta, inte- 
riora certesuper vaginam breviter triste violascentia certerum (ex sicco) 
supra aut saturate viridia aut omnino rubentia. Scapus gracillimus, 
erectus, foliis paullo brevior, densissime vaginis inferioribus foliis 
rosul& similibus superioribus lanceolatis perlongeque acutis, stric- 
tissime erectis tubuloseque sese imbricantibus, internodia perlonge 
superantibus omnino involutus. Inflorescentia perpauciflora, floribus 
neglectis vix ultra 30 mm. diam. metiens; bracteis in sicco stramineis 
subcoriaceisque, dorso glabratis nitidisque, late ellipticis exterioribus 
saltem breviter acutis, certe 20 mm. longis. Flores stricte erecti, gla- 
berrimi, fere sessiles; sepalis coriaceis, + 12 mm. longis, ellipticis, 
apice subrotundatis. Petala cum genitalibus ignota. Capsula certe 
32 mm. longa, cylindrica ; valvis totis recurvatis paulloque tortis, extus 
brunneis intus fuscoatris; seminibus tenuiler fusiformibus, 2,5 mm. 
longis, apice caudula minuta, basi pilorum ferrugineorum, ad 13 mm. 
longorum coma paupera appendiculatis. 
Peruvia, prope S. Gavan: Lechler n. 2409. — Fructificat Julio, 
(V. s. in herb. Kew.) 
C. — SuBcENUS EUGUZMA NIA. 
Inflorescentia simplicissima (v. rarissime in specie unica basi digi- 
talim ramosa) sæpissime elongata raro brevior, anaphyllis prolucen- 
tibus basi haud cincta, cylindrica v. subglobosa nec corymbosa, haud 
Cyathidium; bracteæ cujusque in axilla flos unicus; sepala petalis 
multo breviora nec corollina. 
6. G. angustifolia ; foliis adultis supra minulissime lepidoto- 
punctulatis subtus subglabris; scapo brevissimo; infloréscentia per- 
pauciflora, breviter subcylindrica vel tenuiter ellipsoidea ; bracteis 
florem singulum in axilla gerentibus supremis omnino sterilibus, 
membranaceis, haud umbrino-farinosis; sepalis basi ad 3 mm. con- 
natis, quam petala multo brevioribus, nullo modo corollinis. — Cara- 
guata angustifolia Bak. in Gard. Chron. 1884, IT, p. 616 et Brom. 
p. 144. — G. Bulliana André in Rev. hortic. 1886, p. 324 (non Bak.). 
Epiphyta (ex cl. Lehmann), acaulis, florifera infra 0,2 m. alta. 
Folia oe dense rosulata, omnia suberecta vel erecta, basi in vaginam 
manifestam, anguste ovalem, utrinque dense lepidibus minutissimis, 
brunneis punctulatam dilatata, + 0,15 m. longa, medio 7 mm. lata, 
