BE. MEISNER ON CHAM^LAUCJE^E. 41 



almost like it in the flowers, it differs so materially in the struc- 

 ture of the flowers, that it cannot even take its place in the same 

 section of the genus. 



9. Verticoedia Cheysostachys, nob., glaberrinia, ramis gracilibus, juniori- 

 bus imbricato-foliosis, foliis glaucis ? orbicularibus planis enerviis margine 

 integerrimo baud diaphanis demum patulis, racemis terminabbus spici- 

 formibus foHosis densis apice sterilibus, peduncuhs fohum sequantibus, 

 bracteobs 2 cucullatis apiculatis, calycis tubo glabro obconico 5-costato, 

 limbo 3-seriaH, seriei exterioris lobis 5 deflexis herbaceis semirotundis inte- 

 gerrimis tubo dimidio brevioribus ejusque valleculis semiadnatis, seriei se- 

 cundae lobis illis alternis deflexis tubum sequantibus totumque obvelantibus 

 petaloideis luteis sessilibus cordato-subrotundis toto ambitu integro breve 

 cihatis, seriei tertise (intimse) lobis 5 illis alternis brevibus margine truncato 

 subpalmatim 7-partitis, laciniis setaceis dense plumoso-ciliatis citrinis, 

 petabs ovatis acutis indivisis toto margine longiuscule cibatis, filamentis 

 staminodiisque subsequahbus subulatis, antheris ovabbus muticis, stylo 

 tenui glabro apice sigmoideo hinc dense barbellato. 



Sab. cum prsecedente. Drumm. coU. 6. n. 46 ! 



Rami corymboso- v. fastigiato-ramulosi. Foba subcarnosa ? 2-3 Hn. longa, 

 basi obtusa v. vix emarginata, dorso glandubs fuscis punctata. Eacemi 

 aurei, l-2£ poU. longi, pedicellis apice brevissime bilobis (2-bracteatis ?) . 

 Alabastra magnit. pisi, obovato-subglobosa, bracteobs 2 enerviis membra- 

 naceis tecta, prope apicem 2-mucronulata, lutea v. bine sanguinea. Calycis 

 expansi diameter 5-6 lin. 



A very elegant and quite distinct species, resembling the two 

 following ones in the shape of the leaves and inflorescence, but very 

 different in the smaller size of the leaves and flower, in the colour 

 of the calyx, and the form of the lobes or appendages of the second 

 series. From all the yellow-flowered species it is widely different 

 in the leaves. 



10. Yeeticoebia OCTTLATA, nob., glaberrima, ramis gracilibus imbricato- 

 fobosis, fobis glaucis orbicularibus planis basi emarginatis enerviis margine 

 anguste albido-diaphanis, racemis terminabbus fobosis, peduncubs fobo 

 subdupl6 longioribus, bracteobs 2 cucullatis apiculatis, calycis tubo 

 glabro obconico 5-costato, limbo 3-seriab, seriei exterioris lobis 5 deflexis 

 herbaceis integerrimis tubo adpressis et parum brevioribus, seriei secundse 

 lobis 5 paullo brevioribus deflexis patulisve scariosis nitidis subspathulatis 

 longe fimbriato-ciliatis albis, seriei tertiae lobis 5 brevibus latis (macula 

 violacea reniformi notatis) inciso-serratis, dentibus 7-11 argenteis in aristam 

 tenuem indivisam plumoso-cibatam nitentem productis, petabs subrotundis 

 fimbriato-multifidis, fimbrus setaceis indivisis eciliatis, filamentis stamino- 

 diisque sequabbus subulatis semimonadelphis, stylo complanato glabro, 

 stigmate obtuso barba densa crisp4 cincto. 



Hob. in planitie arenosa inter num. Hutt et Murchison, Drummond in Hook. 

 Journ. 1853, p. 119. coll. 6. n. 43 j 



