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Fig. 3. Nowellia caribbeania. 3 a. Stem, lateral view, x 50. 3 b. Leaf, X SO. 3 c. Dorsal 

 leaf segment, X 275. 3 d. Leaf sinus, X 275. 3 e. Segment tip of a female bract, innermost series, 

 X 200. 3 f. Portion of a perianth mouth, X 275. 3 g. Portion of a perianth mouth (young), 

 X 275. Fig. 3 a-f, drawn from the type; 3 g, from a plant from Costa Rica. 



Fig. 4. N. bicornis. 4 a. Stem, lateral view, X 95. 4 b. Stem, ventral view, X 95. 4 c. Leaf 

 sinus, X 280. 4 d. Female inflorescence and perianth, X 27. After Spruce, 1895 



spreading with the outer part curved upward, imbricate, bifid to one-half, the seg- 

 ments long, triangular from a 4- to 6-celled base, ending in a capillary tip 4-7 cells 

 long, the tips weakly connivent to overlapping, the ventral sac rather small, pro- 

 truding as a knob beyond the stem, the sinus broad-lunulate, bordered at least in 

 part, by 1 or 2 rows of rectangular cells; cells of the tip 35-40 X 15-20 /x, cells of 



