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margines pubescentibus. Labellum bifidum, quam stamen brevius, basi lato 
rotundato apice abrupte angustato lineari obtuso rotundato. Stamen anthera 
lanceolata angusta marginibus paullo incrassatis, appendice brevissimo rotundato 
antheram vix superante. Panicula fructifera 80 cm. longa, ramis 4, 14 em. longis, 
pedicellis 5 mm. longis. Capsula globosa, oblonga, 1 cm. longa, in valvas 3 fissa. 
Semina irregularia, atra, semiovoidea, angustata, rotundata, faciebus interioribus 
planis angulatis; arillus brevior, lobis 5-6 truncatis. 
Canoe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft. 
Flowers orange-red. | 
Allied to R. macrantha, Schum., but with blunt round-tipped linear lobes to the lip. 
RIEDELIA ($ PANICULATZ) FERRUGINEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia angusta, lanceolata, acuminata, tenuia, coriacea, siccando grisea, glabra, ad basin 
angustata, 45 cm. longa, 3:5-4 em. lata, petiolo ad basin alato 5 cm. longo, ligula 
5 mm. longa oblonga truncata pubescente, vagina costata. Panicula 20 cm. longa 
vel longior, ramis 3 vel pluribus remotis ferrugineis tomentosis, pedunculo 15 em. 
longo, ramis 7 cm. longis. Flores dissiti, pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Ovarium 
clavatum, 2 mm. longum. Calyx tubo cylindrico ferrugineo 3-4 mm. longo in 
uno latere breviter et late emarginato, lobis 2 brevibus ovatis 1 mm. longis. 
Corolle tubus calyci zequilongus, lobis oblongis linearibus 1:2 em. longis, postico 
corniculato hirto.  Labellum ad basin bifidum, lobis linearibus acuminatis corolla 
lobos equantibus, linea in medio elevata. Stamen sequilongum, filamento lineari 
carnoso, anthera angusta lineari, apicibus loculorum parallelis connectivo mar- 
ginatis, appendice nullo. Stylus gracillimus, stigmate parvo glabro. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
This species is allied to R. Albertisiz, K. Schum., but differs in the petiole of the leaves, 
the shorter pedicels of the flowers, and the narrow lobes of the lip, which resembles in 
its form that of R. curviflora, Oliver. 
RIEDELIA PULCHERRIMA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia elongata, lanceolata, basi longe acuminata, apice acuminata, 60 cm. longa, 7 em. 
lata, costa valida costata glabra, petiolo 4 em. longo alato, ligula brevi oblonga 
truncata lanuginosa. Panicula ferruginea, velutina (corollis exceptis), pedunculo 
18 cm. longo valido, ramis 8 cm. vel brevioribus remotis lateralibus 3. Bractee 
ovato-lanceolatæ, acuminatæ, tenues, papyraceæ, caducæ, 15 cm. longæ, 2 cm. late. 
Flores copiosi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Ovarium obconicum, pedicello æquilongum. 
Calyx 2 cm. longus, cylindricus, lobis brevissimis rotundatis obtusis. Corollæ tubus 
subæquilongus, lobis inæqualibus, postico lanceolato cucullato et corniculato 1 cm. 
longo 4 mm. lato in dorso et margine sericeo, lateralibus 7 mm. longis haud 
cucullatis. Labellum quam stamen brevius, 6 mm. longum, ad basin bifidum, 
lobis oblongis lanceolatis obtusis. Filamentum brevissimum. Anthera oblonga, 
linearis, appendice nullo glabro. Stylus zequilongus, stigmate parvo. | 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
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