226 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
“Secondary stems crimson, under surface of leaf washed purple, stem dull crimson 
brown. Flowers yolk-of-egg colour." | 
The only species in which I have seen the large bracts of the branches of the 
inflorescence, though they are probably present at one time in all species. 
The plant is allied to R. macrantha, Valet., but differs in its woolly panicle and its 
‘oblong, not semi-oblong, blunt lobes to the lip. 
RIEDELIA (5 PANICULATZ) WOLLASTONII, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia tenuia, late lanceolata, in petiolo decurrentia, 30 cm. longa, 6:5 cm. lata, costa 
pubescente, nervis primarii 14 distinctis, petiolo 7 mm. longo canaliculato, ligula . 
brevi hirta oblonga truncata, vagina in parte superiore hirta. Racemus 10-15 em. 
longus, laxiflorus, interdum ramo uno addito, floribus paucis, pedunculo 4 cm. longo. 
Pedicelli 2 mm. longi. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, parvum, ovoideum. Calyx 2 cm. 
longus, cylindricus, limbo lanceolato lato, dentibus 3 minimis, 6-nervius, haud 
carinatus. Corolle tubus 3 cm. longus, calycem superans, lobis anguste lanceo- 
latis acutis 2 cm. longis, postico paullo cucullato. Ladellum stamen superans, 
lobis angustatis basi semiovatis apice linearibus obtusis. Anthera lineari-oblonga, 
basi bifida, appendice parvo ovato triangulari. 
Camps VI to VILI, 3900 to 4900 ft. 
A. very distinct species in the hairy ligule, the narrow-lobed lip, which is longer than 
the stamen, and the form of the calyx. 
RIEDELIA ($ PANICULATA) LONGISEPALA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia elliptica, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi longe angustata, tenuiter coriacea, 
glabra, 40 em. longa, 7 cm. lata. Panicula (juvenilis) 16 cm. longa, ramis 3 remotis 
patentibus. Flores plurimi ad apices ramorum condensati, racemis 2-3 cm. longis, 
pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, pedicellis 1 mm. longis. Ovarium obconicum, 1 mm. 
longum, glabrum. Calyx (in alabastro) 1 em. longus, tubo brevi cylindrico, lobis 
3 linearibus acuminatis s:equilongis. Corolla tubo brevi, lobo postico lanceolato 
longe corniculato, ceteris lanceolatis multo minoribus.  Labellum stamen superans, 
bifidum, lobis oblongis rotundatis. Anthera lineari-oblonga, glabra, appendice 
nullo. Stigma obconicum. 
Camp VIA, 3900 ft. | 
The flowers are in young bud, so that it is not possible to give accurate measurements 
of the corolla or lip. The solitary leaf is apparently petiolate, but the blade is 
decurrent nearly or quite to the base. The species is very distinct among the group of 
Paniculate, in the small flowers which are crowded in dense racemes at the ends of the 
branches and in the long lobes of the corolla. It is evidently very near R. paniculata, 
but the flowers are much larger, even in bud, and the ovary is glabrous. 
