100 OX A COLLECTION OF NOBTH-CELEBES PLANTS. 



basi erassiusculis. Corolla 5 poll, longa, basi glabrata, lobis aestiva- 

 • tione subvalvatis apice recurvis intus papulosis. Stamina inclusa, fila- 

 mentis brevibus hirtis, antheris anguste lanceolatis acuminatis basi 

 lobulis brevibus erassiusculis sagittatis. Ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, 

 ovulis numevosis. 



[Nearer Lyonsia than any other genus, with the same valvate 

 corolla, deeply 5-lobed disk, &c. But in Lyonsia the corolla is 

 more deeply cleft, showing the tips of the anthers. Lyonsia is 

 only known from Australia, New Caledonia, and Fiji, The cha- 

 racters do not appear to agree with any other genus. — Note by 

 Mr. Bentham.'] 



Clerodendron Riedelii, Oliv.y sp. nov. 



Ramulis petiolisque breviter pubescentibus, foliis ^-pedalibus ovato- 

 rotundatis, late acutatis, basi truueatis subcordatisve medio in petio- 

 lum breviter et obtuse cuneatim angustatis, integris, scabriuscule hir- 

 tellis, floribus in cymas terminales densas hemisphaericas foliis brevi- 

 ores dispositis, bracteis anguste ovalibus quam calyces subbrevioribus, 

 calyce infundibulari parce puberulo 5 -fido, lobis acuminatis tuboaequi- 

 longis, corolla glabra calycem paullo superante, laciniis limbi sub- 

 aequilongis quam lobi latioribus obovato-rotundatis. 



Folia majora 6-8 poll, longa et lata; petiolus2-2^ poll. longus. Cyma 

 2£ poll. lata. Calyx f poll, longus. Corollas tubus f-1 poll, longus. 



Tacca palmatifida, Baker y n. sp. 



Foliis membranaceis glabris longe petiolatis simplicibus subrotundis pal- 



matifidis, lobis 13-17 lanceolatis acuminatis, centralibus niaxiinis per 



tertiam vel quartam laminae partem egredientibus, exterioribus sensiui 



minoribus. 

 Petioli dense caespitosi, sesquipedales vel bipedales. Lamina 10-12 poll 



longa et lata, venis 13-17 conspicuis ex apice petioli radiautibus. 



Pedunculus bipedalis, floribus umbellatis. Pedicelli 12-15 lin. longi. 



Bacca oblonga pollicaris. Involucrum et perianthium non vidi. 



A very singular plant, which, it is much to be regretted, we 

 are only in a position to describe so imperfectly, the only speci- 

 men being in fully developed berry, and the involucre withered 

 and broken away. 



