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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



[ Vbl. 8, No. 1 



Fig. 1: a, Puya maculata L. B. Smith, apex of leaf X 1; b, floral bract 

 X 1; c, flower X 1; d, sepal X 1; e, Puya nutans L. B. Smith, upper scape 

 and inflorescence X 0.5; f, sepal X 1; g, Puya pygmaea L. B. Smith, upper 

 scape and inflorescence X 1; h, flower X 1; i, sepal X 1; j, Pitcairnia 

 Campii L. B. Smith, floral bract and flower X 1; k, sepal X 1. 



Paramo de Tinajillas and surrounding chaparral and forests, 30-50 km. south of 

 Cuenca, 10,000-10,500 ft., E-2082 o 



Puya maculata L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 1, a-d. 



Hefba 5-6 dm. (raro 1 m.) alta (! Camp); foliis rosulatis, ultra 4 dm. longis, 

 crassis et rigidis sed fragilis et facillime fractis (! Camp), vaginis suborbiculari- 

 bus, 4 cm. diametro, pallidis, extus ad apicem versus lepidotis, alibi glabris, 

 laminis lineari-triangularibus, pungentibus, basi 4 cm. latis, supra glabris luci- 

 disque, pallide viridibus sed sub spinis insigniter atro-maculatis, subtus minute 

 albo-lepidotis inter nervos crebros; scapo 12 mm. diametro, brunneo-flocculoso; 

 scapi bracteis dense imbricatis, infimis foliaceis, supremis ovatis, acuminatis, 

 fere integris, ex sicco subpapyraceis, brunneo-lanosis; inflorescentia strobiliformi- 

 clavata, 15 cm. longa, 5 cm. diametro, brunneo-lanosa; bracteis primariis erectis, 

 floribus fere occultantibus, supremis scapi similibus; ramis abortivis, f lores 3 fas- 

 ciculatos gerentibus; bracteis florigeris ellipticis, acutis, sepala superantibus, 

 tenuibus; pedicellis obconicis, 6 mm. longis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis , sub- 

 acutis, 21 mm. longis, ecarinatis, subcoriaceis; petalis 4 cm. longis, atro-caeru- 

 leis (! Camp) 



