40 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Allied to A. Jlexuosa, Ridl., in the short calyx-tube, but it is a much more condensed 

 and compact plant, with the petals hairy on both sides, the style stouter and hairy, and 

 the stigma larger. 



Pyrsonota, Ptidl., gen. nov. 



'^ Frutex virgatus. Folia subopposita, coriacea, lanceolata, serrata, spinosa, multi- 

 nervia, nervis tenuissimis, petiolis brevibus. Racemi breves, axillares, hirti. 

 Bractece lanceolataj. Flores minores, pedicellati. Sepala 6, lanceolata, hirta. 

 Fetala 5, oblonga, glabra, iBquilonga, apicibus trilobis. Stamina 15 e margine 

 disci 5-lobi orta, fllamentis brevibus, antheris oblongis hirtis. Ovarium subglobosum, 

 hirtum, biloculare, ovulis 2 in loculo utroque pendulis. Slyli 2, connati. Stigma 



r capitatum, bilobum. 



Pyrsonota calophtlla, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 3. figs. 48-54.) 



Rami aureo-hirti. Folia longe acuminata, basi breviter cuneata, obtusa, serrata, 

 spinis parvis, 6 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, superne Isevia, subtus aureo-hirta, nervis 

 circiter 40 paribus tenuissimus et cum nervulis et reticulationibus elevatis, petiolis 

 2 mm. longis. Racemi 5 mm. lougi, pauciflori. Bractece minutse, hirtae. 

 Pedicelli 4 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa. Petala apice 

 truncata, breviter triloba, lobis obtusis. Stamina filamentis liberis pubescentibus. 

 Camps X to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 



This plant is evidently allied to the genus Platylophus of South Africa, which it 

 resembles in its lobed petals and 5-lobed disc, but it differs from that in its 15 short 

 stamens in threes, glabrous ovary, and 2-ovuled loculi. Prom Gilbeea of Australia it 

 differs in its fewer stamens, which are long in that genus, whilst it resembles it in the 

 presence of two ovules in each loculus. 



HALOEAGE^. 



GlJNNEKA MACROPHYLLA, Blume, Bijdr. 513. 

 Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 

 Bistrib. Java and the Philippines. 



GUNNERA RENIFORMIS, Ridl., Sp. UOV. 



Herba humilis, rhizomate squamis parvis tecto. Folia reniformia, dentata, dentibus 

 brevibus latis truncatis, 1'2 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, nervis 4 e sinu ortis ramosis 

 subtus hirtis, pagina superiore pilis dissitis tecta, petiolis hirtis 2-5 cm. longis. 

 Racemi simplices, graciles, 25 cm. longi, rachi hirta. Flores glomerulati, superne 

 masculi, inferne foeminei. Flores masculi, tubo subcylindrico superne dilatato, 

 laminis 2 dentiformibus, petalis nullis. Stamina 2, filamentis brevissimis, antheris 

 ellipticis. Bractece oblongae, apiculatse, ad margines hirtse. Flores foeminei 

 congesti, tubo brevi, dentibus 2 acutis. Stigmata subulata, crassiuscula. 



Camps XI to XII, 8300 and 11,000 ft. 



