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racemosis (parvis citrinis), pedicellis foKo brevioribus, bracteoUs caducis, 

 calycis tubo sphseroideo ecostato inferne patenti-piloso, limbo uiiiseriali 

 5-partitOj lobis subunguiculatis paliHatiin 3-5-partitis, lacinulis longiuscul^ 

 pinnatim fiiubriatis uiollibus, petalis subrotundis brevfe fimbriato-ciliatis 

 glabriusculis, staminodiis subulatis acutis stamina eequantibus glandiiloso- 

 verruculosisj stylo brevfe exserto infra stigma obtusum liispidulo. 



Hah, cum prsecedeute. Drummond^ coU. 6. n. 50 ! 



Affinis F. densiflorce Lindl. (ad quam referenda videtur planta Drummondii 

 coll. 6. n. 49) et V. JimhripetalcB Turcz., sed a posteriore distincta calyce 

 ecostatOj loborum lacinulis non aristatis, stylo apice taatum pubescente, 

 stigmate simplici nee capitato, etc. ; a priore floribus luteis (nee roseis), 

 staminibus corolla dimidio brevioribus (nee flequalibus), etc. Folia 2-3 liii. 

 longa, |— 2 lin, lata demum patula, novella pseudo-fasciculata. Capitiila 

 4-8-flora. Calycis limbus patens, diametro vix 3 lin., lobis pallide citrinis 

 stellulam referentibus, fimbriis radiantibus rix 1 lin, longis. Antherae 

 subglobosse, muticse, 



6. Veeticordia nobilis, noh., glabra, foliis triqiietro-liiiearibus obtusis sub- 

 mucronulatis, corymbis terminalibus siniplicibus brevibus, bracteolis 2 

 connatis diu persistentibus, calyce majusculo, tubo turbinato glaberrinio 

 infernfe 10-costato, limbo petaloideo aiireo 1-seriali o-fido, lobis subrotundis 

 sessilibiis palniatim multifidis, lacinulis rectis linearibus planis pinnato- 

 ciliatis, petalis ovatis longe funbriato-ciliatis, staminodiis lauceolatis utrin- 

 que l-2-dentati8 filamentis fertilibus subulatis nudis brev^ superatis, 



antheris pcndulis ovalibus inflcxo-bicomutis, stylo tenui stigmateque im- 

 berbi. 



Sah. in planitie prope Smith Eiver. Drum, in Hook. Journ. 1853, p. 120. 

 coll. 6. n. 47 ! 



A beautiful species, closely approaching V. grandijlora, Eudl. 

 (r. heliantha, Lindl.), but differing in its higher growth, larger 

 leaves and flowers, and in the shape of the sterile filaments, which 

 are subulate, not cuneato-trifid. The anthers are exactly as 

 figured in V. grandijlora by Schauer, Monogr. t. 4. B. f. 7. Leaves 

 3-4 lines long, \-\ line broad, with a very minute mucro, the 

 younger ones imbricate. Peduncles 1-flowered, about an inch 

 long, compressed. Bracteoles at last half separating, cut oft' from 

 the peduncle, and falling off" as a bifid calyptra. Expanded calyx 

 7 lines in diameter, without a trace o( outer appendages. 



7. Veeticordia CAiLiTRiCHA, noh., glabra, foUis linearibus compresso-tri- 

 quetris obtusis minutfe mucronulatis baai attenuatis margmibus carmaquc 

 integerrimis acutis, facicbus planis, superiore latendibus dimidio angustioro, 

 corymbis terminalibus simplicibus 6-8-floris densis, pediccUis folia pariim 

 superantibus, bracteolis caducis, calycis tubo campamdato-turbinato supra 

 basin hemisphffiricam densfe villosulam glabro colorato 10-costato sursilm 

 breviter dilatato, Umbo buseriali, utriusque seriei lobis 5 capillaceo-multifidis 

 roseis, lacinulis indivisis moUibus comam densam formantibus, lobis serie 



