132 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



l-2"7 cm., minora parvula, saepissime circa 5 mm. longa, lanceolata, cito decidua. 

 Calyx elongatus, tubulosas, corolla brevior, 3 cm. longus, usque ^ in labia duo 

 divisus ; labii segmeuta oblongo-triangularia, obtusa, labii postici 3 quam antica 

 multo breviora, 4-4.'5 mm. longa. Corolla 36 mm. longa ; tubus rectus, 23 mm. 

 longus, subcylindricus (superue breviter dilatatus), extus glaber ; labii antici lobi 

 late oblongi, obtusissimi, 13 mm. longi, labium posticum latius oblongum, 

 14'5 mm. longum, breviter bilobum, lobi omnes apicem versus dorso barbati. 

 Stamina 2 exserta ; antberse mox liberse ; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 

 glabrum, 3'5 mm. longum, stylo breviter exserto superne pubescente 22 mm. 

 longo (interdum usque ad 2 mm. abbreviatum) terminatum. Fructus stylo abbre- 

 viate vel styli elongati basi persistente coronatus, 12 mm. longus. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Leaves with hirsute petioles, 2-6 mm. long. 'Filaments somewhat fleshy, 15 mm. 

 long ; anthers narrowly ovoid, 3 mm. long. 



Var. HEPTANTHA, S. Moore, var. nov. 



A typo abhorret prsesertim foliis majoribus 10-13 x2-3'5 cm., calyce angustiore 

 (28x6 mm.), c;ip.sula minore (10 mm. longa). 



Camp VI h, 3900 ft. 



This is possibly a distinct species, but the narrow calyx seems to be the only essential 

 difference. 



The affinity of C. Klossii seems to be with C. trisepala, C. B. Clarke, but its flowers 

 apparently spring from the stem after the leaves have been shed. C. triseiiala has 

 larger leaves, and flowers with a much smaller calyx and corolla. 



The calyx is very unlike that of most Cyrtandras, and is a good instance of correlation 

 of growth, as it shows much resemblance in its lobing to the corolla. With this in 

 mind, and the absence of staminodes, which organs in text-books are always said to be 

 present in Cyrtandra flowers, there seems some ground for supposing that we may here 

 have a distinct genus. Against this view is the fact that there are species, though only 

 a few, of Cyrtandra without staminodes ; moreover, C. radicijlora, C. B. Clarke, which 

 possesses staminodes, has a strongly zygomorphic calyx. Perhaps the matter would be 

 more satisfactorily settled by placing those species with a zygomorphic calyx in a 

 section by themselves. 



ACANTHACE^. 



(By S. MooEE.) 



Aportjellia paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



CatiUs erectus, ramosus, ramis bene foliosis ad nodos tumidis teretibus juvenilibus 

 pubescentibus puberulisve mox glabris. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, apice obtuse acuta, basin versus sensim contracta, margine undulata, 

 firme membranacea utrobique (exemptis costis prsesertim in pagina inferiore 

 puberulis) glabra. Flores in racemos spicilormes simplices paucifloros axillares 

 vel pseudo-terminales foliis breviores vel iisdem a^quilongos sparsim puberulos 



