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Fig. 1. Nowellia curvijolia. 1 a. Stem, dorsal view, X 50. 1 b. Stem, ventral view, X SO. 

 1 c. Dorsal leaf segment, X 275. Drawn from Sharp 2077, Guatemala. 



Fig. 2. N. yunckeri. 2 a. Stem, dorsal view, X 50. 2 b. Stem, ventral view, X 50. 2 c. Dorsal 

 leaf segment, X 275. 2 d. Ventral leaf segment, X 275. 2 e. Segment from an inner female bract, 

 X 200. 2 f. Portion of the perianth mouth, X 200. Drawn from the type. 



florescence terminal often becoming intercalary on a stem, long, the bracts in many 

 series, equally bifid, without a sac on the ventral margin and without the long, 

 capillary leaf-tips. Female inflorescence on a short ventral branch, the bracts and 

 bracteoles in 3 series, long-ovate, keeled, bifid, the margins serrate. Perianth long, 



