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9. Leaf-blades completely glabrous. 6. L. phelpsiae. 



8. Scape-bracts much shorter than all but the lowest internodes. 

 12. Leaf-blades serrulate toward the base; axis 5 mm in diam- 

 eter; racemes dense. 7. L. geniculata. 

 12. Leaf-blades entire; axis 2.5 mm in diameter; racemes lax. 



L. guianensis. 



7. Branches of the inflorescence not more than 7 cm long. 



13. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate with slightly convex sides, 33 



mm wide. 8. L. brachyphylla. 



13. Leaf-blades narrowly triangular with straight sides, 15 mm 



wide. 



14. Primary bracts linear, short; leaves secund. 9. L. steyermarkii. 

 14. Primary bracts broadly triangular, large; leaves not secund. 



10. L. tillandsioid.es, 

 4. Branches of the inflorescence reduced to pulvini; flowers fasciculate. 



11. L. subsimplex. 



3. Inflorescence densely cylindric. 



15. Leaf-blades serrate near base, 20 mm wide; scape elongate. 



12. L. thyrsoidea. 



15. Leaf-blades entire, 10 mm wide; scape 6 cm long. 13. L. stenophylla. 



2, Flowering shoot not more than 13 cm. long; leaves densely white-flocculose 



beneath; flowers erect-secund. 14. L. minor. 



1. Scape none; inflorescence corymbose, few-flowered; leaves much shorter than 



the normally elongate stem. 15. L. navioides. 



2. Lindmania wurdackii L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 13- 



Caulescens, florifera 55 cm alta; foliis ad 45 cm longis, vaginis ellipticis, 

 parvis, vix distinctis, laxe serratis et minutissime lepidotis, laminis linearibus, 

 acuminatis, 14 mm latis, planis, basibus extremis exceptis glabris integrisque; 

 scapo erecto vel adscendente, gracili, glabro; scapi bracteis strictis, subfolia- 

 ceis, magnis et internodia multo superantibus sed scapum paulo occultantibus, 

 integris; inflorescentia laxe bipinnatim paniculata, anguste pyramidata, 36 cm 

 longa, 17 cm lata, glabra; bracteis primariis angustissime triangularibus; ramis 

 patentibus, sublaxe quaquaverseque multifloris, basibus sterilibus brevibus nu- 

 disque, bracteis florigeris ellipticis, vix 2 mm longis, membranaceis; pedicellis 

 divergentibus, gracillimis, 10-15 mm longis; sepalis late ellipticis, obtusis, 3 

 mm longis, integris; petalis late ellipticis, obtusis, 7 mm longis, albis, stamina 

 paulo superantibus; ovario pyramidali; stylo brevi; seminibus longe caudatis. 



TYPE: infrequent on wet rocks, about base of falls, upper Caho Culebra at 

 1300 m alt., Cerro Duida, Rio Cunucunuma, Amazonas, Venezuela, November 20, 

 1950, B. Maguire, R. 5*. Cowan & J. J. Wurdack 29637. 



VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Chimanta Massif: terrestrial on rock ledge by river at 1895- 

 1910 m alt., occasional, summit, along Cano Mojado, between base of upper falls and 

 drop to escarpment, Torono-tepui, February 23, 1955, /. A. Steyermark & J. /. Wurdack 

 1098. Bonnetia forest, northwestern part of summit of Abacapa-tepui at 2125-2300 m alt., 

 April 13, 1953, /. A. Steyermark 74931. (Larger and stouter than the type. Material very 

 old and weathered.) 



3. Lindmania paludosa L. B. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 14. 



E. planta vetusta imperfecte cognita, florifera metralis vel ultra; caudice 

 plantae sterilis 1-3 dm longo; foliis multis, bulboso-rosulatis, ca. 45 cm longis; 

 vaginis suborbicularibus, 7 cm latis, basi integerrimis, stramineis, glabris, apice 



Explanation of figures 13-16 



FIGS. 13-16. Lindmania. Fig. 13. L. wurdackii (Maguire, Cowan & Wurdack 29637)- a, 

 branch of inflorescence, x 1; b, sepal, x 2; c, petal and filament, x 2; d, seed, X 5. FIG. 

 14. L. paludosa (Maguire 33034). a, habit, x % ; b, base of leaf, xV 2 ; c, fruit, x 2; d, se- 

 pal, x 2; e, seed, X 2. FIG. 15. L. cylindrostachya (Maguire 35280). a, base of leaf, X l 2 \ 

 b, branch of inflorescence, X /£; c, flower, x 1; d, sepal, x 2; e, seed, x 4. FIG. 16. L. 

 phelpsiae (Phelps & Hitchcock 501). a, habit, X 1/20; b, base of branch,xl; c, sepal, X 2; 

 d, petal, x 2; e, pistil, x 2; f, seed, x 5. 



