30 BOTANicAi. GAZETTE. ^ [ February, 



secund, equalling leaves ; flowers 12-15, pubescent, alternate 

 and opposite, twice exceeding foliaceous bracts : calyx 2 

 lines long, equalling pedicel : corolla yellow, 10 lines long, 

 tubular nearly to lips and half a line w^ide ; posterior lip i 

 line long, united with equal lateral lobes, nearly twice ex- 

 ceeding patent anterior lip : filaments scarcely margined ; 

 anthers ciliate. — Rock-crevices, Chajrax, Depart. Alta Ver- 

 apaz, alt. 2,000 feet, Dec, 1887 (Ex Pl. cit. 406). — Affinity 

 is with the recently described S. lutea^ Botan. Gaz. xiii. 76; 

 but conspicuously different by fihform corolla. 



Daphnopsis radiata (^ Noi-dmminia Benth, et Hoolc.). — 

 Fruticose, younger parts and inflorescence sericeous-pubes- 

 cent: leaves coriaceous, smooth and shining above, paler 

 and veiny beneath, oblanceolate, 8 or 9 inches long, 2 inches 

 broad, each end acutely attenuate, sessile : peduncles extra- 

 axillary, i|— 2 inches long, terminated by a globose 35-38- 

 flovvered umbel 16 lines in diameter ; pedicels filiform, tvvice 

 exceeding flowers : pistillate perianth urceolate-fusiform, 

 roundish unequal lobes \ line long: staminodes most mi- 

 nute : style equalling sub-stipitate ovary, large globose stig- 

 ma included by connivent perianth-lobes : staminate flowers 

 not seen,— Mountain-forest, Coban, alt. 4,600 feet, Feb., 1888 

 (ExPL cit. 1,163). — Well marked by large leaves, numerous 

 elongated pedicels, small perianth-lobes, long style. 



^ Hvpoxrs RACEMosA (§ Etihyfoxis^^^x).—^\^^x oblong, 

 finch thick, neck elongate: leaves plicate, carinate, 7- 

 veined, a foot or more long, 6 lines broad : scapes 5-6, suS- 

 erect, a third shorter than leaves : racemes densely villose, 

 2-3 inches long, 7-8-flowered ; pedicels equalling bracts and 

 internodes, alternate above : exterior perianth-segments 

 green on face with colored margin, linear-Ianceolate, 5 lines 

 long, I line broad ; the interior a little smaller, more than 

 twice exceeding stamens : style with stigma equalling fila- 

 ment : ovary trigonal, equalling limb.— Coban, alt, 4,300 feet, 

 May, 1886 (Ex PL cit, 33)*— A more robust plant than any 

 forms of //. decumhcns L., and distinct from the var. major 

 Seub., by rhizome, distinctly racemose inflorescence, long- 

 pedicellate flovvers, elongale perianth. Collected also in 

 Mexico by Botteri (80, 455, 463). 

 Baltimore. Md. 



