DR. MEISNEE OK CHAM^LAUCIE^. 41 



almost like it in the flowers, it differs so materially iu the struc- 

 ture of the flowers, that it cannot even tate its place in the sajue 

 section of the genus. 



9. Veeticordia cheysostachys, nob,, glaberrima, rainis gracilibus, jiiniori- 

 bus imbricato- folio sis, foliis glaucis ? orbicularibus planis enerviis margin e 

 integerrimo haud diaplianis denium patiilis, racemis terminalibus epici- 

 forraibus foliosis densis apice sterilibus, pedxmculis folium cequantibus, 

 bracteolis 2 cucuUatis apiculatis, caljcis tubo glabro obconico 5-costato, 

 limbo 3-seriali, seriei extcrioris lobis 5 deflesis herbaceis semirotmidis inte- 

 genimis tubo dimidio brevioribus ejusque vallcciilis semiaduatis, seriei se- 

 cundae lobis illis alternis dcflexis tubum a?quaiitibus totumque obvelantibus 

 j^etaloideis luteis scssilibus cordato^subrotmidis toto ambitu integi'O breve 

 ciliatis, seriei tertise (intimse) lobis 5 illis alternis brevibus niargine truncate 

 subpalmatim 7-partitis, laciniis setaceis dens^ plunioso-ciliatis citrinis, 

 petalis ovatia acutis indivisis toto margine longiuseule ciliatis, filameutis 

 staminodiisque subsequalibus subidatis, antheris ovalibus muticis, stylo 

 tonui glabro apice signioideo hine dense barbellato. 



Hah, cuiu pra?cedente. JDnonm. coll. 6. n. 46! 



Eami corymboso- v. fastigiato-ranudosi. Folia subcamosa ? 2-3 lin. longa, 

 basi obtusa v. vix emarginata, dorso glandulis fuscis punctata. Eacemi 

 aurei, 1-2 J poll, longi, pedicellis apice brevissime bilobis (2-bracteatis ?). 

 Alabastra magnit. pisi, obovato-subglobosa, bracteolis 2 enerviis membra- 

 naceis tecta, prope apicera 2-mucronulata, lutea v. liiuc sanguinea. Calyeis 

 expansi diameter 5-6 lin. 



A very elegant and quite distinct species, resembling the two 

 following ones in the shape of the leaves and inflorescence, but very 

 different in the smaller size of the leaves and flower, in the colour 

 of the calyx, and the form of the lobes or appendages of the second 

 series. From all the yellow-flowered species it is widely different 

 i^i tlie leaves. 



10. Verticokbia occlata, nob., glaborrinia, ramis gracilibus imbricato- 

 foliosis, foliis glaueis orbieularibus planis basi eniarginatis enerviis margino 

 angxu^te albido-diaphanis, racemis terminalibus foliosis, peduncuHs folio 

 subdupl^ longioribus, bracteolis 2 cucullatis apiculatis, calyeis tubo 

 glabro obconico 5-costato, limbo 3-seriali, seriei cxterioris lobis 5 deflcxis 

 herbaceis integerrimis tubo adpressis et pariim brevioribus, seriei secundae 

 lobis 5 paull5 brevioribus deflcxis patuliave scariosis nitidis subspatlmlatis 

 loiigj* fimbriato-cihatis albis, seriei tertise lobis 5 brevibus latis (macula 

 violaceH renifornii notatis) inciso-serratis, dentibus 7-11 argenteis in aristam 

 tenuem indivisam plumoso-cihatam nitentem productis, petalis subrotundis 

 fimbriato-multifidis, fimbriis setaceis indivisis eciliatis, filamentis stamino- 

 dihqne rcquahbus subidatis semimonadclphis, stylo complanato glabro, 

 stigmatc obtuso barba densa crispa cincto. 



Sab. in planitie arenosa inter flum. Hutt ctMurchison, Drummond in Eook. 

 Jouni. 1853, p. 119. coll. 6. n. 43! 



