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136 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 28<br />

Type collected on moist face of dripping sandstone bluffs, Ptaritepuf,<br />

steep forested slopes at base of first line of sandstone bluffs,<br />

on south-facing part, east of "Cave Rock", state of Bolivar, alt.<br />

2130 m., November 4, 1944, Julian A. Steyermark 59863.<br />

Brocchinia Steyermarkii L. B. Smith, sp. nov.<br />

Florifera 6 dm. alta (ISteyermark); foliis ad 7 dm. longis, strictis,<br />

utrinque subdense punctulato-lepidotis, vaginis late ovatis, ca. 8<br />

cm. longis, basi castaneis, la minis anguste subtriangularibus,<br />

pungentibus, ca. 35 cm. latis, ex sicco involutis, reticulatis; scapo<br />

erecto, 1 cm. diametro; scapi bracteis foliaceis, infimis dense<br />

imbricatis; inflorescentia ample 3- vel 4-pinnatim paniculata, minute<br />

denseque brunneo-flocculosa; bracteis primariis subfoliaceis, parvis,<br />

supremis quam basibus sterilibus ramorum multo brevioribus; ramis<br />

FIGURE 18<br />

Brocchinia melanacra. A, Apex of branch (X 1); B, Apex of leaf<br />

(X 1>, C, Sepal (X 5); D, Petal (X 5); E, Apical section of ovary<br />

(X10X<br />

Brocchinia secunda. F, Apex of leaf (X 1); G, Branch (X 1).

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