A F. Fedde. 
from all previously described species by the reflexed lateral margins of 
its petals. 
53. Xylobium brachystachyum Kränzlin, 1. e p. 302. 
Bulbi cepiformes fere globosi supra paulum angustati monophylli 
rhizomati lignoso 1 cm crasso insidentes laete virides rudimentis copiosis 
cataphyllorum dense vestiti, 4 cm alti 3,5 cm diam. folia singula e 
petiolo sulcato oblonga acuta trinervia crasse coriacea nitida, petiolus 
.7—8 cm longus, lamina 25 cm longa 9—10 cm lata; racemi brevissimi 
pauciflori vix 2 cm longi, rhachis et ovaria et flores extus sordide pur- 
purei, bracteae pro planta magnae cucullatae 2 cm longae vi expansae 
2,9 em latae flores semiaequantes. Sepalum dorsale late ovato-oblongum 
obtusum, lateralia bene majora basi valde dilatata cum pede gynostemii 
mentum obtusum (in alabastris acutum) formantia leviter falcata obtusa: 
petala basi obliqua gynostemio affixa antice oblonga acutiuscula quarta 
parte minora quam sepala, omnia flaveola maculis sordide purpureis 
onusta, labellum simplex obovato-oblongum acutiusculum leviter pandu- 
ratum subconvexum medio in disco leviter excavatum v. foveatum vix 
incrassatum lineis callisque omnino destitutum atropurpureum superficie 
vernixium nitidum; gynostemii pars antica libera vix ulla; rostellum 
magnum cuculli instar foveam stigmaticam obtegens; anthera obtuse 
apiculata. Flores maximi generis expansi 3 cm diam. sepalum dorsale 
2 cm longum basi 1,2 cm latum, lateralia 2—5 cm longa basi 1—5 cm 
lata, petala ad 8 cm longa 8 mm lata, labellum 2 cm longum antice ca. 
7 mm latum. 
Importari jussit Wilh. Hennen, Hildesheim. E Brasiliae meri- 
dionalis provincia Sta. Catarina. 
54. Nepeta Wilsoni J. F. Duthie, 1. c., p. 334. 
Herba perennis 3—4,5 dm alta. Caules acute quadrangulares, an- 
gulis puberulis, saepe purpureis. Folia 6,3—7,6 em longa, 2,5—3,2 
lata, breviter petiolata superiora subsessilia, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, basi 
truncata vel rotundata, marginibus late crenatis, supra subglabra, subtus 
pallida et puberula: costâ venisque prominentibus, rubescentibus. Flores 
violacei, in verticillastros distantes dispositi, breviter pedicellati. Bracteae 
inferiores foliaceae, sursum minores, apice basique acutae, marginibus 
integris. Bracteolae oblique elliptico-lanceolatae, acuminatae, calyce 
breviores, marginibus ciliatis. Calyx bilabiatus, 1,3 cm longus, dense 
pilosus, labio superiori breviter 3-fido inferiori ad medium 2 fido. 
Corolla circ. 2,4 cm longa, tubo gracili, basi albo, sursum curvato, superne 
ampliato; labio superiori 2-fido, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, terminali 
suborbiculari, emarginato, marginibus reflexis, medio elevato, piloso. 
Stamina superiora paulo exserta, filamentis glabris, antheris demum 
divaricatis. 
Extreme west of China: Sungpan (E. H. Wilson). 
Its affinity is with N. macrantha Fischer, from which it may be dis- 
tinguished by its erenate leaves and much broader bracteoles. 
