Werauhia notata (L. B. Sm. & Pittendr.) J. R. Grant

Thecophyllum pittieri Mez, Bull. Herb Boiss. II. 3: 137. 1903.
Stemless, 4-5 dm. high; leaves many in a dense rosette, suberect, 2-4 dm. long; sheaths very broadly elliptic-ovate, about 8 cm. long, very dark-castaneous, densely but not completely covered with fine white immersed scales; blades ligulate, acute, 20-35 mm. wide, subfenestrate with fine brownish-purple lines especially toward the base, vinaccous toward the apex, chartaceous when dry, subglabrous; scape erect, stout, equaling or exceeding the leaves; scape-bracts strict, densely imbricate, foliaceous; inflorescence few-flowered, densely capitate or short-cylindric, 5-9 cm. long; primary bracts spreading, reflexed toward the apex, broadly lance-ovate, acuminate, much exceeding the axillary flowers, very obscurely punctulate-lepidote ; branches almost wholly aborted; floral bracts broadly elliptic or suborbicular, up to 25 mm. long, exceeding and enfolding the flowers, carinate, subchartaceous ; flowers 2 in each axil, subsessile; sepals very broadly elliptic, obtuse, up to 14 mm. long and 10 mm. wide, coriaceous, thick, obscurely punctulate; petals 22 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, bearing 2 triangular acuminate scales at the base.
Type locality: Near La Palma, Costa Rica, altitude 1500 meters. Distribution: Costa Rica.

Werauhia notata is a plant species in the genus Werauhia. This species is endemic to Costa Rica.