40 DE. MEISNEE ON CHAMiELAUCIEiE. 



exterioris a sinubus interioris deflexis subunguiculatis calycis tubum sub- 

 sequantibus et abscondentibus, seriei interioris sessilibus patulis, petalis 

 ovatis indivisis toto margine dense fimbriato-ciliatis, staminibus 10 styloque 

 tenui glabro exsertis, filamentis capillaribus cum staminodiis conformibus 

 dimidio brevioribus basi monadelphis, antheris ovalibus muticis, stigmate 

 subcapitato. 



Sab. cum prsecedente. Drumm. coll. 6. n. 48 ! 



Corymboso-ramulosa. Folia viridia, 4-7 lin. longa, faciebus lateralibus $-f 

 lin. latis. Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi, teretes, deflorati apice truncato-patelli- 

 formes. Flores pallide rosei v. fere albi, expansi diam. 5 lin., calycis fim- 

 briis 2-3 lin. longis haud nitentibus, petalorum ciliis mollibus calycem 

 cequantibus. Genitalia florem superantia. 



This pretty species agrees in the essential points of structure of 

 the calyx with V. insignis, Endl. (Schauer, Monogr. t. 4. B. f. 10, 

 11), but differs from it in the shape and size of the leaves, in the 

 exterior (renexed) lobes of the calyx being neither connected with 

 the base of the tube nor divided into recurved lobules, in the 

 simple and filiform staminodia, &c. It has also some affinity with 

 V. compta and Hilgelii, Endl., and V. Lehmanni, Schauer, and 

 consequently must belong to Schauer' s section Catocalypta, the 

 characters of which however, as given by the author, would scarcely 

 be recognized in our plant without the assistance of the quoted 

 figure. 



- 8. Veeticoedia ovalieolia, nob. , glabra, ramis gracilibus apice corymboso- 

 ramulosis, foliis imbricatis glaucis ovalibus suborbicularibusque obtusissimis 

 integerrimis planis, racemis brevibus pedunculatis in corymbum congestis, 

 pedicellis folio yix longioribus, bracteolis caducis, calycis tubo obconico 

 glaberrimo basi tenui rugoso-striato, limbo biseriali, lobis 5 exterioribus 

 deflexis dimidio tubo brevioribus albo-membranaceis ciliatis, interioribus 5 

 brevibus patulis subtruncatis palmatim inciso-multindis, laciniis pinnatim 

 2-3-fidis, lacinulis setaceis dense breveque plumoso-ciliatis pallide roseis, 

 petalis coriaceo-scariosis ovatis apice irregulariter inciso-3-5-fidis, laciniis 

 eetaceis rigidulis fimbriatis v. passim simplicibus, nlamentis staminodiisque 

 subffiquilongis subulatis corolla brevioribus, antheris ovatis apiculatis, stylo 

 infra stigma obtusum hispidulo. 



Hob. cum prsecedente. Drumm. coll. 6. n. 45 ! 



Kami longi simplices. Folia 2^-3 lin. longa et plerumque vix angustiora 

 dorso leviter 1- passim basi 3-nervia, subeglandulosa, margine vix diaphano. 

 Pedicelli crassiusculi, deflorati apice truncato brevissime bilobi. Calycis 

 tubus 2 lin. longus, loborum exteriorum ciliis tubum subsequantibus, lobis 

 interioribus 3 lin. longis nitidis. Petala basi lata sessilia inferne macula 

 rubra ? notata, excepto apice integerrima. Staminodia glandula minuta 

 rubra, capitata. 



This species is very distinct from any other, and although 

 approaching in habit and foliage V. oculata, and at first sight 



