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Guzmania nubicola L. 3. Smith } sp. nov. Fig. 60. 



Verisimiliter acaulis, florifera ca. metralis; foliis ad 64 cm longis, vaginis 

 late ellipticis, dense brunneo-lepidotis, laminis ligulatis, acutis, 7 cm latis 5 pal- 

 lido-lepidotis^ supra glabratis; scapo fere recto, 15 mm diametro, glabro; scapi 

 bracteis erectis, dense imbricatis et scapo omnino obtegentibus. supremis ex- 

 ceptis foliaceis maximisque; inflorescentia dense bipinnatim paniculata^ sub- 

 cylindrica, 32 cm longa; axi recto; bracteis primariis viridibus, concoloribus,, in- 

 fimis e suborbiculari late triangularibus, spicis superantibus supremis apicula- 

 tis, quam spicis brevioribus; spicis subsessilibus, dense globosis, 4 cm dia- 

 metro, ca. 10-floris; bracteis florigeris latissime ellipticis, 15-20 mm longis, 

 membranaceis, haud sulcatis, lepidotis; pedicellis robustis, 5 mm longis; sepalis 

 lanceolatis, 19 mm longis, ad 4.5 mm connatis, per anthesin paulo exsertis, sul- 

 catis, lepidotis; petalis aureis. 



TYPE: inflorescence heads covered with gelatinous mucilage, buds greenish 

 yellow, flowers yellow, on upper escarpment slopes east of Camp 3 at 1700 m 

 alt., slope forest, Cerro de la Neblina, Rio Yatua, Amazonas, Venezuela, Decem- 

 ber 24, 1953, 3. Maguire, J. J. Wurdack & G. S. Bunting 36852. 



From its nearest relative, Guzmania mitis L. 3. Smith, this species is dis- 

 tinguished by its larger dimensions throughout, its ampler, thinner, even floral 

 bracts, and narrower sepals. 



Aechmea campanulata L. 8. Smith, sp. nov. Fig. 61. 



Terrestris, acaulis^ stolonibus gracilibus procreans; foliis paucis, anguste 

 rosulatis, exterioribus valde reductis, interioribus ad 37 cm longis, inflores- 

 centiam fere aequantibus, dissite minuteque albo-lepidotis, vaginis ellipticis, 

 magnis, laminis ligulatis, late acutis apiculatisque, basi contractis, ad 43 mm 

 latis, laxe minuteque serratis; scapo leviter curvato, gracillimo, glabro; scapi 

 bracteis erectis, anguste lanceolatis, membranaceis, glabris, rubris, supremis 

 internodia superantibus; inflorescentia paupere bipinnata, laxissima, petalis in- 

 clusis 9 cm longa, glaberrima; bracteis primariis eis scapi similibus, quam ramis 

 paulo brevioribus; ramis divergentibus, 1-2-floris, floribus inclusis ad 65 mm 

 longis; bracteis florigeris minutis, quam pedicellis multo brevioribus, membrana- 

 ceis, rubris; pedicellis gracilibus, 4-6 cm longis, ex sicco sulcatis; floribus 

 albis (! Maguire); calyce campanulata, sepalis liberis, valde asymmetricis, obli- 

 que lateque obovatis, 13 mm longis, inermibus, submembranaceis; petalis 26 mm 

 longis, alte callis binis auctis, laminis ellipticis; staminibus inclusis, filamentis 

 serie secundae alte cum petalis connatis 9 pollinis granulis globosis, poris non 

 visis; ovario crasse obconico, tubo epigyno brevi sed distincto, placentis apice 

 loculorum affixis, ovulis caudatis. 



TYPE: summit of Eagle Mountain at 700 m alt. (mile 114.5, Bartica-Potaro 

 Road), Valley of the Mahdia River (Tributary Potaro River), Pakaraima Moun- 

 tains, British Guiana, October 13 8 1951, B. Maguire 32098. 



This species would appear to belong to the subgenus Lamprococcus, in which 

 it is immediately distinguishable by its campanulate calices. 



Explanation of figure 58-62 



FIGS. 58, 59, Vriesicu .FIG. 58. V. sulcata (Maguire & Maguire 35374). a, leaf, x V 10 ; 

 b, scape and inflorescence, x \ ; c, part of inflorescence, x 1; d, sepal, x 1; e, base of 

 petal, X 1. FIG. 59- V- fibrosa (Maguire & Politi 27912). a, habit, X V 10 ; b, inflorescence, 

 X %\ c, sepal, X 1; d, base of petal, X 1. FIG. 60. Guzmania nubicola (Maguire, Wurdack 

 & Bunting 36852). a, apex of leaf, X 1; b, section of inflorescence, x 1; c, sepals, X 1. 

 FIGS. 61, 62. Aechmea. FIG. 61. Ae. campanulata (Maguire 32098). a, habit, X V 1? ; D » 

 flower, x 1; c, sepal, x 1; d, petal, X 1; e, ovary, x 1. FIG. 62. Ae. politii (Maguire & 

 Politi 273 73). a, leaf, x V 10 ; b, part of inflorescence, X %; c, sepal, x 1; d, petal, X 1; e, 

 ovary, x 1. 



