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oblong, acute. Petals white, ^ in. longer than the calyx, scaled at 

 the base. Stamens shorter than the petals. Capsule yellow. 

 Hab. Columbian Andes ; Fusagasuga, alt. 9000 ft., Andre 1746. 



The following plant, as yet imperfectly known, will probably 

 constitute a new genus of Tilland&iecB : — 



Stem strong, erect, 4-5 ft. long ; bract-leaves soft, glabrous, 

 linear-lanceolate, the lower 3 ft. long. Panicle made up of 

 numerous many-flowered sessile fascicles ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 obtuse, scariose, nearly 3 in. long. Sepals linear, acute, mem- 

 branous, free to the base, 2 in. long. Corolla yellow. Ovary free ; 

 style long, filiform. 



Hab. South Columbia, between Altaguer and Paramo, Andre 3298. 



