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in dorso carinata, secundum marginem tenuiora, 2 mm. longa. Petala 5, fere 
equilonga, anguste oblonga, apice emarginata, carina elevata, versus apices latiora, 
glabra. Stamina fere squilonga, filamentis brevibus, antheris conicis. Ovarium 
conicum, obtusum, hirtum. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.; Camp VIa, 3100 ft.; and Camp VI8, 3900 ft. * Flowers 
deep yellow." 
PENTASTIRA NITIDA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Rami rigidi. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, 
coriacea, nitida, 11 cm. longa, 27 cm. lata, nervis 5-7 intra margines anastomo- 
santibus, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Cyme breves, pauciflore, 5 mm. longe, 
pubescentes. Pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Bractee parve, lineares, pubescentes. 
Sepala 5, ovata, obtusa, carinata, basi subgibbosa, 2 mm. longa. Petala breviora, 
oblonga, apice bifida, facie interna carinata. Stamina petalis equilonga. | Ovarium 
pubescens. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
The flowers of this species are almost identical with those of the preceding, but the 
foliage is entirely different. The young parts of the branches are pubescent. The 
leaves are lanceolate and quite stiff and coriaceous, while those of P. flava are quite thin 
and elliptic to ovate. The sepals in both species are ovate, valvate, and erect, thickened 
in the centre, the thickening being widest at the base and narrowing upwards. The 
valvate petals are shorter, linear-oblong, with a keel running along the inner face and 
becoming more developed towards the apex, where it is nearly equal in width to the 
half of the petal. The ovary is very small and hairy, unilocular. 
The affinity of the plants seems to be with Apodytes, but they have the keeled petals 
of Villarezia, though differing from that genus in the valvate sepals and petals. 
PociLLARIA, Ridl., gen. nov. 
Arbor vel frutex. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptica, petiolata, glabra. Spice graciles, 
pubescentes, floribus parvis sessilibus, bracteis minutis. Oalya gamosepalus, 
brevissimus, 5-dentatus. Corolla urceolaris, lobis 5 ovatis acutis. Stamina 5, 
sepalis opposita, filamentis brevissimis, antheris longioribus oblongis.  Pistillum 
cylindricum, albo-hirtum. ; 
Species unica. 
POCILLARIA PUBESCENS, Ridl., sp. nov. | 
Rami ad apices pubescentes. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, cuspidata, basi 
cuneata, glabra, 17 cm. longa, 5:5 em. lata, nervis 11 paribus subtus elevatis, nervis | 
ae secundariis fere æque conspicuis, reticulationibus in utraque pagina conspicuis, : 
cai pedicellis 1 em. longis. Spice graciles, singuli, axillares, pubescentes, 6 cm. longs, 
i floribus sessilibus parvis dissitis. Bractee minute, hirte. Calya orbicularis, 
mh — dentibus brevibus 5. Corolla ionic campanulata, extus pubescens, 
