28 MR, H. N. EIDLEY OX PLANTS 



in dorso carinata, secundum marginem tenuiora, 2 mm. longa. Tetala 5, fere 

 «;quilonga, anguste oblonga, apice emarginata, carina elevata, versus apices latiora, 

 glabra. Stamina fere requilonga, filamentis brevibus, antheris conicis. Ovarium 

 conicum, obtusum, hirtum. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; and Camp VI b, 3900 ft. " Elowers 

 deep yellow." 



Pentastika nitida, Ridl., sp. noy. 



Hami rigidi. Folia, lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 coriacea, nitida, 11 cm. longa, 2'7 cm. lata, nervis 5-7 intra margines anastomo- 

 santibus, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Cymce breves, paucifiorfB, 5 mm. longa^ 

 pubescentes. FedicelU 1 mm. longi. JBractece parvse, lineares, pubescentes. 

 Sepala 5, ovata, obtusa, carinata, basi subgibbosa, 2 mm. longa. Fetala breviora, 

 oblonga, ajoice bifida, facie interna carinata. Stamina petalis sequilonga. Ocariuin 

 pubescens. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



The flowers of this species are almost identical with those of the preceding, but the 

 foliage is entirely diflPerent. The young parts of the branches are pubescent. The 

 leaves are lanceolate and quite stiff and coriaceous, while those oiF.flava are quite thin 

 and elliptic to ovate. The sepals in both species are ovate, valvate, and erect, thickened 

 in the centre, the thickening being widest at the base and narrowing upwards. The 

 valvate petals are shoi'ter, linear-oblong, with a keel running along the inner face and 

 becoming more developed towards the apex, where it is nearly equal in width to the 

 half of the petal. The ovary is very small and hairy, imilocular. 



The affinity of the plants seems to he with Apodytes, but they have the keeled petals 

 of Yillarezia, thovigh differing from that genus in the valvate sepals and petals. 



PociLLAKiA, Ridl., gen. nov. 



Arbor vel frutex. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptica, petiolata. glabra. Splcce graciles, 

 pubescentes, floribus parvis sessilibus, bracteis minutis. Cahjx gamosepalus, 

 brevissimus, 5-dentatus. Corolla urceolaris, lobis 5 ovatis acutis. Stamina 5, 

 sepalis opposita, filamentis brevissimis, antheris longioribus oblongis. Pistillum 

 cylindricum, albo-hirtum. 



Species unica. 



POCTXLATIIA PUBESCENS, Ridl., sp. noV. 



Tiami ad apices pubescentes. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, cuspidata, basi 

 cuneata, glabra, 17 cm. longa, 55 cm. lata, nervis 11 paribus subtus elevatis, nervis 

 secundariis fere aeque conspicuis, reticulationibus in utraque pagina conspicuis, 

 pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Spic(P graciles, singuli, axillares, pubescentes, 6 cm. longae, 

 floribus sessilibus parvis dissitis. Bractece minuta?, hirtse. Calyx orbicularis, 

 pubescens, dentibus brevibus 5. Corolla gamoj)etala, campanuJata, extus pubescens, 



