Werauhia pedicellata (Mez & Wercklé) J. R. Grant

Thecophyllum pedicellatum Mez & Werckle; Mez, Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3: 136. 1903.
Stemless, 5-8 dm. high; leaves many in a dense rosette, not marked in any way, 30-45 cm. long ; sheaths large, elongate, dark-brown toward the base, coarsely and densely pale-appressedlepidote toward the apex; blades ligulate, acute or subobtuse, 25-35 mm. wide, coriaceous when dry; scape curved, stout, equaling the leaves; scape-bracts erect, mostly exceeding the internodes, lance-ovate, acute or acuminate; inflorescence many-flowered, cylindric, 25 cm. long, 3-10 cm. in diameter, glabrous; primary bracts like the scape-bracts, erect to reflexed, mostly exceeding the axes of the branches but not their flowers; branches up to 3 cm. long, slender, cur^■ed, lax, the flowers pinnate and sometimes secund or subfasciculate ; floral bracts broadly elliptic, obtuse, much shorter than the pedicels and enfolding their bases, membranaceous; pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long; sepals broadly obovate-elliptic, obtuse, 7-11 mm. long, convex, ecarinate, coriaceous, even, free; petals oblauceolate, obtuse, 15 mm. long; stamens 12 mm. long; capsules slenderly ellipsoid, acuminate, 25 mm. long.
Type locality: Near Cartago, Costa Rica, altitude 1200-1600 meters. Distribution; Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Thecophyllum violascens Mez & Werckl^ ; Mez, Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 4: 877. 1904.
Stemless, 2-5 dm. high; leaves 10-15 in a cyathiform rosette, 2-4 dm. long; sheaths broadly elliptic, appearing whitish because densely pale-lepidote, marked on the back especially near the apex with longitudinal violet lines; blades acute, 3 cm. wide, subglabrous; scape erect, shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts erect, exceeding the internodes, elliptic, acute, subinflated, not at all foliaceous; inflorescence laxly few-flowered, subcylindric, 8-17 cm. long, 4-8 cm. in diameter, glabrous; primary bracts spreading or reflexed, broadly elliptic, acuminate, exceeding at least the lower axillary flowers, up to 45 mm. long and 17 mm. wide, chartaceous; branches lacking; floral bracts elliptic, obtuse, 5 mm. long, membranaceous, enfolding the base of the pedicel; flowers 2 in each axil, collateral, spreading; pedicels 1-2 cm. long; sepals free, broadly elliptic, obtuse, 7-8 mm. long, coriaceous; petals 15 mm. long; capsules slenderly ellipsoid, acute, 25 mm. long.
Type locality : Near La Palma, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica.

Thecophyllum turbinatum Mez & Werckl^; Mez, Bull. Herb. Bois.s. II. 4: 1122. 1904.
Stemless; leaves many in a very dense rosette, up to 25 cm. long; sheaths ovate, some castaneous at the base, the rest very densely pale-appressed-Iepidote; blades about 55 mm. wide, rounded, subglabrous, concolorous, rigid when dry; scape unknown; inflorescence manyflowered, very densely bipinnate, cylindric, acute, 18 cm. long, 55 mm. in diameter, glabrous; axis very stout, terete; primary bracts reflexed, narrowly triangular, acuminate, exceeding the axillary branches, subglabrous; branches spreading or the uppermost reflexed-spreading, up to 2 cm. long, geniculate, bearing 2-4 flowers about 7 mm. apart; floral bracts elliplic-spatulate, obtuse, about 5 mm. long; flowers spreading; pedicels stout, slightly thickened apically, 11 mm. long; sepals broadly elliptic, symmetrical, obtuse, 10 mm. long, 7.5 mm. wide, thick, coriaceous, even outside, striate within; capsule slender and slightly angled, acuminate, 25 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Costa Rica.
Distribution: Known only from the type collection.

Werauhia pedicellata is a plant species in the genus Werauhia. This species is native to Costa Rica.