June 21, 1913] A Few New Polyga[.ueak 1675 



dry, apex gnidually acuminate and frequently somewhat 

 curved or subfalcate, base obtuse or acute, inargins entire 

 but more or less rugose or undulate, broadly lanceolate to 

 lanceolately oblong, the larger blades 1 dm. long by 3.5 

 cm. wide across the middle or below it, frequently smaller, 

 usually with a pair of elongated glands at the base beneath; 

 rnidvein yellow and prominent beneath, flat above, sub- 

 glabrous; lateral nerves 5 to 7 on each side, very oblique 

 and only slightly curved, their tips submarginally extending, 

 conspicuous beneath, less so on the upper surface, reticulations 

 numerous and very evident especially on the nether side: 

 petiole 1 to 1.5 cm. long, glabrous or subglabrous, canicnlate. 

 Panicle yellowish green, ascending, terminal or from the 

 uppermost leaf axils, less than 1 dm. long, branched from 

 near the base, the widely spreading or recurved branches 

 finely toraentose or becoming glabrous, the peduncle stout and 

 only 1 to 2 cm. long, the main or lowermost branchlets usually 

 opposite, the others alternating, flower bearing from below the 

 middle and crowded at the distal end; flowers profuse, divari- 

 cate, creamy white but with age turning luteus, odorless, irregu- 

 lar; pedicels 3 mm. long, recurved, subtended by deciduous rather 

 acute bracts, greenish puberulent; calyx pale green, imbricate 

 in the pointed bud state, subequal, ranging from 3 to 5 mm. 

 in length, ovate to elliptic, united at the base, spreading in 

 anthesis, subpersistent, the sides usually involute, erect and 

 with a rather broad truncate thickened basal shoulder; pet- 

 als creamy white when fresh and luteus when old, 7 mm. 

 long, 5, the basal one half erect and conduplicate, one of 

 them quite dissimilar in shape, beitig obovoid toward apex 

 and clawed toward the base, uhile the others are oblongish 

 for their whole lengths, sides likewise involute; stamens 5, 

 alternating with the petals and inserted upon them toward 

 the base; filaments much flattened toward the adnate base, 

 glabrous, 6 mm. long, upwardly curved toward the apex; 

 anthers oblong, 0,75 mm. long, subdorsifixed, sparsely beard- 

 ed at the lower end; ovary superior, upon a short 

 thick stipe, surrounded by a leathery rim-like appendage, 

 glabrous; style fleshy, densely hairy except the apical portion, 

 a trifle shorter than the filaments, bearing a slightly 

 enlarged sti/frra» 



