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vix acute. Corolle tubus calyce paulo longior; labium superius, 
breve, erectum, ovato-rotundatum, integrum vel eroso-denticulatum, 
inferius 4-plo longius, dente intermedio amplo triangulari, lateralibus 
minutis vel obsoletis. Anthere 4, omnes fertiles, uniloculares, rotun- 
dato-cordatze, rima transversali in facie media dehiscentes, omnes 
sub anthesi inter se coherentes. Capsula ovata, acuta, glabra, in- 
clusa. Semina horizontalia, anguste ovato-oblonga, acuta, longitudi- 
naliter striata.—Crescit in umbrosis prope “ Warree," Concano 
australi ; f. mens. Aug. 
The diseovery of this species, which I made this year, will slightly 
alter the generic character of Rhynchoglossum. We have here, also, the 
Rh. obliquum. 
Genus CHLOROPHYTUM. 
l. C. parviflorum; 8-10-pollicare glabrum, e radice fibrosa tuberibus 
oblongis pendulis, foliis radicalibus erectis gramineo-linearibus com- 
plicatis striatis scapo longioribus, scapo simplici paucifloro, floribus 
solitariis vel interdum geminis bracteis acuminatis suffultis, filamen- 
tis alternatim paulo brevioribus glabris, antheris viridibus, pedicellis 
medio artieulatis fructiferis nutantibus, ovarii loculis 4-ovulatis, 
capsula acute lobato-triangulari, seminibus in quolibet loculo 2—4 
compressis reniformibus minute mammillato-scabris.— Crescit in 
saxosis prope mare, provincie Malwan ; /f. Julio. 
2. C. breviscapum ; e radice fibrosa tuberibus oblongis pendulis, foliis 
radicalibus planis ensiformibus (marginibus undulatis) apice acumi- 
natis basin versus attenuatis striatis supra nitidis subtus pallidis 
scapo tereti simplici vel rarissime ramoso subduplo longioribus, 
floribus bracteatis geminis confertim racemosis, sepalis oblongis 
acutis omnibus sub anthesi reflexis, pedunculis apice articulatis, 
stylo adscendente staminibusque sequilongis, antheris linearibus, fila- 
mentis papillosis apicem versus incrassatis, stigmate simplici stylo 
haud crassiore, ovarii loculis 6—7-ovulatis, capsula triquetra in 
quoque loculo seminibus 1-3 compressis, testa atra subtilissime 
papillosa. 
Folia 12-14 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata. Scapus 6-8 poll. longus, 
simplex.—Crescit in prov. Malwan ; ff. Julio. 
3. C. anthericoideum ; bipedale, radicibus plurimis tuberosis, foliis 
radicalibus ensiformibus subcomplicatis marginibus undulatis scapo 
