Navia sandwithii L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1957. The Botany of the Guiana Highland -- Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 235-392.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Caulescens; caule ad 28 cm longo, 4 mm diametro, foliis fere omnino occulto; foliis ad 14 cm longis, vaginis late ovatis, 1 cm longis, brunneis, glabris, laminis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi attenuatis, 14-17 mm latis, anguste brunneo-marginatis, dense serrulatis, basi lepidoto-ciliatis, alibi glabris, pallide viridibus, ex sicco linea mediana albida pictis; inflorescentiis nidulantibus, terminalibus dein pseudolateralibus, simplicibus, paucifloris, 15 mm diametro; bracteis exterioribus foliaceis sed valde reductis; bracteis florigeris ovatis, obtusis apiculatisque, integris, tenuibus, glabris; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, 10-13 mm longis, alte connatis, posterioribus anguste alato-carinatis; petalis acutis, vix unguiculatis, 18 mm longis, albis, staminibus subaequantibus sed reflexis; ovario supero; capsula ellipsoidea, 5 mm longa; seminibus nudis, atris, verrucoso-sulcatis.
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Discussion
Fig. 52.
TYPE: on cliff face at the top of precipices and under boulders on precipices at 360 m alt.9 Kaieteur Falls, British Guiana, September 1-8, 1937, N. Y. Sandwith 1285, Kew.