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brevi affixis; sepalis squamosis scariosis ovato-orbicularibus, ca. 1.5 mm longis, 

 fere 3-nervatis, nervis brevibns; tubo eorollae ca. 15 mm longo, tenui promi- 

 nenter nervato ; lobis eorollae oblongo-orbicnlaribns, cucullatis, 3-nervatis. -1—5 

 mm longis; staminodio 1, petaloideo, 4-5 mm longo ; stamine 1, filamento carneo 

 ca. 3 mm longo, anthera declinata ca. 1 mm Longa; ovario superior! brevisti- 

 pitato, 1-loeulari, l-ovulato; placenta basilari ; stylo ca. 2 mm longo, 1-nervato; 

 stigmate elliptico-capitato. ca. 1 mm longo; capsula 3-valvata, 6-7 mm longa; 

 seminibus non visis. 



VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina, occasional along Canon Grande, south- 

 west of Cumbre Camp, alt. 1050-1100 m, herb 1.0-1.5 m high, forming clumps; leaves glaucous 

 beneath, bracts deep red, corollas pink; 25 Dec 1957, Basset t Maguire, John J. Wurdack 4 

 Celia K. Maguire 42501 (holotype, 2 sheets, NY). Brazilian-Venezuelan boundary: western 

 foothills of Serra Imeri, near Salto de Hua (southwest of Cerro de La Xeblina), alt. 800 m, 

 27 Nov-8 Dec 1930, Bolt 4' Blake 508 (paratype NY). 



This remarkably distinctive species has apparently been only twice collected. 

 No immediate relatives are recognized for it. The description is offered above 

 apart from the consideration of the main body of our Marantaceae, to make the 

 name available for use in morphological study that is being made elsewhere. 



BBOMELIAGEAE 6 



Cottendorfia nubigena L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 2. 



Florigera 1 m alta ; foliis 7 dm longis, subtus dense stellato-lepidotis, basi 

 excepta mox glabris, basi obscure laxeqne serrnlatis, alibi integris, vaginis 

 oblongis, qnam laminis vix latioribus, pallidis, laminis angustissime triangulari- 

 bns, ad 25 mm latis, planis; scapo recto, 10 mm diametro, lepidibns stellatis 

 albidis villoso; scapi bracteis subfoliaceis, erectis, qnam internodiis longioribns 

 sed scapum hand occultantibus ; inflorescentia laxe bipinnatim paniculata, lepid- 

 ibus stellatis minutis ferrngineis praedita ; bracteis primariis angnste triangn- 

 laribus, qnam ramorum basibus sterilibns nudis applanatis ad 7 cm longis sub- 

 duplo brevioribns; ramis patentibns. sursum curvatis. 16 cm longis. dense 

 florigeris ; bracteis florigeris triangnlaribns. pedicellos crasse eylindricos 2-3 mm 

 longos SMbaequantibus ; floribns patentibns. nnllo modo secundis; sepalis late 

 ellipticis, 5 mm longis, basibus lepidum verruculosis. integris; petalis obtnsis. 

 1-°) mm longis. stamina superantibus, albis ; seminibus caudatis. 



VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina, Rio Yatua, alt. 2100 m ; occasional in 

 savannas 4-6 km northeast of Cumbre Camp, 20 Nov 1957, B. Maguire, J. J. Wurdack 4' 

 C. K. Maguire 42151 (type). 



This and the following species differ from the nearly related C. cylindro- 

 stachya in their narrower leaves with less persistent indnment and in the length 

 of the floral bracts relative to the pedicels. 



Cottendorfia savannensis L. P>. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 3. 



Florigera 2 m alta; foliis 6 dm longis. subtus dense stellato-lepidotis. basi 

 excepta mox glabris, basi spinis planis rectis 1 mm longis subdense serrnlatis. 

 alibi integris, vaginis ellipticis. 4 cm longis, brunneis; laminis angustissime tri- 

 angularibus, ad 25 mm latis. planis; scapo recto, lepidibns stellatis albidis 



6 By Lyman B. Smith. Illustrated by Robert J. Downs. 



