PROF. OLIVER ON NEW PLANTS FROM RORAIMA 285 
315 or 311 (2 labels). TILLANDSIA STRICTA, var.? | 
916. TILLANDSIA, sp.? Inadequate. 
45. Puya (probably new). (Inadequate.) > J. G. Baker. 
966. CrPURA PALUDOSA, Aubl. 
28. SISYRINCHIUM ALATUM, Hook.. ) 
298. NIETNERIA CORYMBOSA, Klotzsch & Schomb. Тор. 
297. TorrELDIA SCHOMBURGKIANA, Oliv., sp. nov. (Plate XLIX. A. figs. 1-6); foliis 
elongato-linearibus longe acuminatis minutissime ciliolatis longitudinaliter striatis 
basi distiche vaginantibus, scapo erecto tereti glabro foliis longioribus, floribus 
strictis racemosis pedicello erecto subzequilongis, calyculi bracteolis ovatis acutis 
perianthio 6-plo brevioribus, segmentis perianthii erectis oblongis acutis valide 
5-7-striatis. 
Roraima, 6000 ft., Schomburgk; summit, Е. Е. im Thurn. 
Folia 8-12 poll. longa, i-i poll. lata. Scapus 2-9 ped. longus, 5-9 (8-с )-florus. 
Flores flavido-virentes semipollicares; perianthii segmenta temp. florif. acutata persis- 
tentia rigida. Bractee ovato-lanceolate appresse. 
Nearly allied to 7. falcata, Pers. (7. frigida, Н. B. K.), from which it differs in its 
strict inflorescence and longer pedicels and flowers. 
Schomburgk describes the leaves as margined with red. 
257. Хувтз FoNTANESIANA, Kunth. 5400 ft. 
62. XYRIS SETIGERA, ОПу., sp. nov. (Plate L. A. figs. 1-8.) Subacaulis, foliis linearibus 
setoso-acuminatis marginibus minutissime setuloso-scabridis, scapo foliis 4—5-plo 
longiore stricto gracillimo subtereti glabro, capitulo ovoideo paucifloro bracteis cori- 
aceis obtusis ovatis у. ovato-ellipticis, staminodiis ad faucem coroll: insertis bipartitis 
penicillatis, antheris filamento libero longioribus. 
Roraima, 4000 ft., E. F. im Thurn. 
Folia 1-2 poll. longa, +y- poll. lata. Scapi 5-7 poll. longi, 1 v. 2 ex una radice; 
vagina carinata angusta foliis paullo longior. ^ Bractez interiores cymbiformes oblongo- 
elliptiee obtuse v. emarginatze, 1 poll. longe. Sepala lateralia linearia complicata 
anguste carinata, carina obsolete denticulata. 
240. XYRIS WITSENIOIDES, Oliv., sp. nov. (РІ. L. B. figs. 9-15.) Caulescens, caule decum- 
bente sub scapo sepius dichotomo, foliis rigidis distiche arcte imbricatis linearibus 
longitudinaliter striatis glabris ad apicem acutissimum gradatim angustatis, basi 
vaginante scariosa spadicea, scapo gracili foliis 3—5-plo longiore, capitulis paucifloris, 
bracteis glabris obtusis v. interioribus majoribus emarginatis, sepalis lateralibus 
incurvis rigidis carinatis carina scabriuscula, staminodiis flabellatim dilatatis longe 
penieillato-plumosis, ovario apice rostrato, rostro persistente. 
Roraima, ledge 7300 ft., E. F. im Thurn. | 
Folia 23 poll. longa, 1 lin. lata, leviter faleatim incurva. Scapus in dichotomiis soli- 
tarius compressiusculus v. subangulatus, 6-9 poll. longus ; vagina foliis brevior. Capi- 
tula 4 poll. longa, bracteis haud arcte imbricatis. 
