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+Cryptanthus (Greek, for hidden flower). Bromeliaceae. Brazilian epiphytal bromeliads, differing from Aechmea and Billbergia (which see for culture) in the tubular calyx and the dense heads of flowers nearly sessile amongst the leaves.
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+Leaves crowded in a rosette, recurved-spreading. spinulose-serrate: fls. in a terminal head, nearly buried beneath the bracts; petals oblong, joined at the base; stamens attached to corolla-tube.—Monogr. by Mez (who recognizes 8 species) in DC. Monogr. Phaner. 9 (1896); by some, all are considered to be forms of one species.
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