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In general aspect Navia splendens closely resembles N. lopezii L. B. Smith, 

 but is quickly distinguished by its densely serrulate leaves. 



Bromelia tubulosa L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 28, a-b. 



Foliis ad 1.5 m longis ; vaginis subovatis, 7 cm longis, basin versus lepidibus 

 linearibus pallide brunneis vestitis, dense recurvato-serratis ; laminis linearibus, 

 acuminatis, basin versus attenuatis sed haud petiolatis, ad 3 cm latis, sparse 

 obscureque brunneo-lepidotis, spinis antrorsis retrorsisque 4 mm longis laxe 

 armatis ; inflorescentia corymbosa, subpaueiflora, 6 cm diametro, inter folia 

 rosulae nidulanti, petalis inclusis dense brunneo-lepidotis; bracteis primariis 

 subfoliaceis ; bracteis florigeris oblongis, 4 cm longis, ovaria superantibus, apice 

 serratis ; sepalis ad 2 cm longis, in tubum cylindricum irregulariter peralteque 

 connatis, apice irregulariter lobatis serratisque ; petalis linearibus, obtusis, 4 cm 

 longis, stamina longe superantibus, albis ; tube- filamentorum 20 mm longo ; ovario 

 subcylindrico, ad 25 mm longo. 



Type. Terrestrial, occasional in forest on crystalline laja on right bank of Rio 

 Siapa 8 km below Randal Gallineta (about 100 river -km from mouth), alt. 200- 

 300 m, Amazonas, Venezuela, 20 Jul 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. 8. Adderley 43525 

 (holotype US). 



The highly connate sepals of Bromelia tubulosa present the most extreme case 

 of this character in the genus, so that nothing else is required to distinguish the 

 species. However, it would seem most closely allied to B. fosteriana L. B. Smith 

 of Suriname. 



Aechmea egleriana var. major L. B. Smith, var. nov. 



Florifera ultra 6 dm alta ; foliis ad 11 dm longis ; vaginis amplis, ultra 3 dm 

 longis ; inflorescentia ample tripinnatim paniculata, 37 cm longa. 



Type. Epiphyte, along Rio Siapa between Rio Casiquiare and mouth of Rio 

 Hechimoni, alt. 120 m, Amazonas, Venezuela, 25 Jul 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. S. 

 Adderley 43613 (holotype US). 



As its name implies, variety major differs from the typical variety in being 

 larger in all its parts. 



Aechmea (Purpurospadix) pallida L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 26, a-c. 



Acaulis, stolonibus brevibus suberectis procreans; foliis ca 20 in rosula, 

 extimis* valde reductis, alteris ad 52 cm longis, erectis, inflorescentiam sub- 

 aequantibus, coriaceis, subtus dissite minuteque lepidotis, vaginis late ellipticis, 

 ca 15 cm longis, purpureis, laminis anguste triangularibus, pungentibus, ad 7 cm 

 latis, spinis patentibus 1.5 mm longis sublaxe armatis, nullo modo canaliculars ; 

 scapo erecto, glabro, apice 4 mm diametro ; scapi bracteis erectis vel suberectis 

 (supremis), internodia subduplo superantibus, ovatis, acuminatis, integris, sub- 

 coriaceis, nervatis, albis, punetulato-lepidotis ; inflorescentia simplicissima, stro- 

 biliformi, 8 cm longa, 5 cm diametro, multiflora; bracteis florigeris patentibus 

 sed earum basibus dense imbricatis, ovatis, late acutis, eis scapi similibus, flores 

 multo superantibus, integris; floribus sessilibus; sepalis liberis, oblongis, obtusis 

 inermibusque, paulo asymmetricis, 11 mm longis, posterioribus cum ovario alatis ; 

 petalis imperfecte cognitis, verisimiliter nudis, albis; ovario subgloboso ; ovulis 

 longe caudatis. 



Type. Upper Mazaruni River Basin, Partang River, Merume Mountains, 

 British Guiana, alt. 824 m ; epiphyte on tree trunk 2 m from ground; leaves deep 



