PROF. OLIVER ON NEW PLANTS FROM RORAIMA. 287 
quam antico subtriplo brevioribus sinu parabolico sejunctis, nervis primariis 13, 
venis primariis costa utrinque 6-7, omnibus supra et subtus prominentibus; 
peduneulo valido tereti; spatha oblongo-lanceolata, filiformi-acuminata; spadice 
stipitato spatha subsequante valido. 
Hab. Roraima, British Guiana, Е. Е. im Thurn. 
Cataphylla minora З poll. longa, majora 7-8 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata.  Petiolus 
2 ped. longus. Lamina 20 poll. longa, 12 poll. lata, pergamentacea, reticulato-venosa, 
nervi intramarginali margine valde approximato. Spatha 5} poll. longa, 1% poll. lata. 
Spadix (cum stipite $ poll. longa) 5 poll. longus, & poll. crassus. Flores 1 lin. diam., 
stylo conico brevissime ехвегіо.-.У. E. Brown. 
382. GEONOMA APPUNIANA, Spr. 
858. Егтевре. 5400 ft. 
CYPERACEJE. By H. N. Втогех, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 
259. FIMBRISTYLIS HISPIDULA, Kunth. (Our house, 5400 ft.) Roraima. 
245. RHYNCHOSPORA GLAUCA, Vahl. (Our house, 5400 ft.) . 
253. RHYNCHOSPORA CAPILLACEA, Torrey. (Our house, 5400 ft.) 
RHYNCHOSPORA LEPTOSTACHYA, Boeckl. (Our house, 5400 ft.) 
248. SCLERIA HIRTELLA, Swartz. 
209. SCLERIA BRACTEATA, Cavanilles. 
357. CRYPTANGIUM STELLATUM, Beckeler, $. (Plate LI. figs. 1-6.) Upper slope, 
Roraima. 
The male plant of this species does not seem to have been hitherto met with or 
described ; I therefore add a description of it. 
Panicula longissima, ramis gracilibus. Spiculz plures, bine, castanee, + unciam 
longs. Bractea lanceolata, trinervis, longe mucronata, mucrone ciliato. Glume vacue 8, 
florifere 2. Stamina tria, apiculis longis acuminatis, dimidio anther zequantibus. 
EVERARDIA, nov. gen. Cryptangiearum. 
Herba perennis, caule valido descendente Попово. Folia conferta rigida recurva. Culmus 
paniculatus validus lateralis, ex axilla folii inferioris oriens.  Panicula laxa, rami 
plurimi inferiores masculi, supremi feminei. Spicule masculo pluriflore, glumis 
vacuis 3, floriferis 6. Stamina plura. Spicule femine: parvz, glumis vacuis 4, 
florifera 1. Stylus brevis, stigma bifidum lobis brevibus planis lanceolatis. Ovarium 
triangulatum breviter pedicellatum, сарша nulla. Зее hypogynz copiose torte. 
385. EVERARDIA MONTANA, Ridley, n. sp. (Plate LII. figs. 1-8.) Caulis brevis, vaginis 
latis decompositis superne tectus. Folia lineari-lanceolata acuta acuminata carinata | 
recurva, marginibus albo-ciliatis, longissima 7 uncias longa, 1 unciam lata. Culmus 
14 uncias longus, validus, compressus, anceps, pro maxima parte paniculata, efoliata, 
vaginis paucis brunneis fissis compressis, seepius lamina parva lanceolata obtusa 
