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fruiting branches a marked resemblance to the conditions 

 characteristic of grandiffora. 



This plant then presents g rand i flora characters in the 

 upper foliage of the plant, in the longer internodes of the 



inflorescence and the persistent bracts, in the form of the 

 buds (4- angled) with attenuate sepal tips, and in the 

 longer capsules of medium thickness. The plant resem- 

 bles Lamarckiana in the red coloration of the papillae on 



