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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



>[Vol. 9, No. 3 



Venezuela, alt. of 2165-2180 m, February 9, 1955 (NY). The collectors of this 

 amazing species note that the plant was locally frequent, the caudex elongated in 

 wet places, the leaves "spreading in 2 planes/' the involucre of the head 

 "tawny-brown, the heads white with blackish parts at base and around rim." 



BROMELIACEAE 25 



1. Lindmania serrulata var. reducta L. B. Smith, var. nov. 



Differt in partibus minor, florifera 6 dm alta; foliis 13 mm latis. 



TYPE: frequent in dense rosettes on vertical southeast face of escarpment 

 base at 1955 m alt., Agparaman-tepuf, Chimanta Massif, Bolivar, Venezuela, 

 February 26, 1955, /• A. Steyermark & J. J. Wurdack 1167. 



The typical variety of the species was described from Cerro Apacara, Rio 

 Caroni (Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 29: 283. 1949) and has been collected since in the 

 central section of the Chimanta Massif. 



5. Lindmania argentea L. B. Smith, sp. nov. (Fig. 78.) 



E plantis vetustis solum cognita, caulescens, florifera metralis; caule ultra 

 15 cm longo, foliis vetustis dense vestito; foliis juvenilibus erectis, 6-7.5 dm 

 longis, vaginis late ovatis, 4 cm longis, laminis linearibus, longe acuminatis, 

 basi haud attenuatis, 15 mm latis, coriaceis, supra glabris, subtus dense argenteo- 

 lepidotis, basi laxe obscureque denticulatis, vetustis revolutis; scapo erecto, 

 gracili; scapi bracteis subfoliaceis, internodia multo superantibus, integris; 

 inflorescentia laxe bipinnatim paniculata; bracteis primariis linearibus, quam ramis 

 multo brevioribus; ramis patentibus, 17 cm longis, gracilibus, laxe florigeris, 

 basi sterili nuda ad 6 cm longa; bracteis florigeris triangularibus, quam pedicellis 

 gracilibus 7 mm longis subduplo brevioribus; floribus decurvato-subsecundis; 

 sepalis valde imperfecte cognitis, late ellipticis, 4.5 mm longis; capsula ovoidea; 

 seminibus longe bicaudatis. 



TYPE: terrestrial, locally frequent on rocky slopes at 2165-2180 m alt., 

 summit, at edge of escarpment in and among zanjones, -Torono-tepuf , Chimanta 

 Massif, Bolivar, Venezuela, February 9, 1955, /. A. Steyermark & J. J. Wurdack 

 678. 



VENEZUELA: Bolivar: among Bonnetia and Abolboda thickets, Bonnetia forest at 

 2125-2300 m alt., northwestern part of Abacapa-tepui, April 13, 1953, /. A. Steyermark 



74936. 



7. Lindmania geniculata L. B. Smith, sp. nov. (Fig. 79.) 



Verisimiliter acaulis, florifera ad 1.3 m alta; foliis multis, 4 dm longis, 

 vaginis late ovatis, 4 cm longis, glabris, prope apicem castaneis lucidisque, 

 lamkiis angustissime triangularibus, 15 mm latis, pungentibus, prope basin laxe 

 serrulatis, alibi integris, subtus dissite albo-flocculosis, supra mox glabris; 

 scapo erecto gracili; scapi bracteis subfoliaceis, supremis quam internodia multo 

 brevioribus; inflorescentia laxe bipinnata; axe geniculato; bracteis primariis 

 eis scapi similibus, brevibus; ramis suberectis, 15 cm longis, dense multifloris, 

 haud secundifloris; bracteis florigeris triangularibus, quam pedicellis graciliter 

 obconicis 5 mm longis subduplo brevioribus; floribus subpatentibus; sepalis 

 convolutis, late ovatis, 5 mm longis, integris; capsula ovoidea, 7 mm longa, 

 rostro longo excluso; seminibus ignotis. 



TYPE: around rocky swampy savanna at 2000-2100 m alt., rocky plateau on 

 southeast-facing upper shoulder of Apacara-tepui, below summit, Chimanta Massif, 

 Bolivar, Venezuela, June 20, 1953, /. A, Steyermark 75774. 



25 By Lyman B. Smith. 



