220 ME. H. N. EIDLEY OX PLANT.S 



linearis, dorso pubescens, appendice oblongo truncate integro liirto. S/i/his sequi- 

 longus, stigmate obcuneato triangulari birto. Capsida giobosa, Isevis, pediccllo 

 sericeo 5 mm. lougo. 

 Camps VI 6 and VI c, and VIII to IX, 3900 to 5500 ft. 



Allied to tbe preceding species, but vvitb a very remarkable long, slender, flexuoua 

 and apparently pendulous inflorescence. Tlie calyx and bracts appear to have been 

 pink. 



Eriolopha platylopha, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Canlis 5 mm. crassus. Folia late lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata obtusa, tenuiter 

 coriacea, glabra, 12-17 cm. longa. 2 3 ad 4 7 cm. lata, ligula brevi oblonga obtusa 

 birta 5 mm. longa, vagiuis cancellatis marginibus parce bittis. Iiijlorescentia 

 erecta, 8 cm. longa, spicis 3 paucifloris subcylindricis erectis sessilibus appressis, 

 rhachi crassiuscula sericea. Bractea oblongae, abrupte cuspidatae, 55 cm. longae, 

 1 cm. latae, cusjiide 5 mm. longo, glabrae in marginibus sericete, superiores minoi'es. 

 Flores 2*5 cm. longae. Ovarium oblongum, 4 mm. longum, sericeum. Calyx cyliu- 

 di'icus, costatus, superne paullo dilatatus, pi'aeter margine loborum sericeo glaber, 

 15 cm. lougus, lobis liuearibus acuminatis, 5 mm. longis. Corolla tubo calyci 

 sequilongo, lobis oblongis cucullatis obtusis extus sericeis 8 mm. longis. Lahellum 

 brevius, oblongum, obtusum, integrum, extus hirtum, intus glabrum, minute 

 pustulosum, 5 mm. longum. /S'^amew eequilongum. Anthera lineari-oblonga, dorso 

 hirta, appendice late oblongo truncato retuso latiore quam longo birsuto. Stylus 

 appendicem superans, clavatum, hirtum. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



Distinct in its scanty few-flowered erect spikes and the crest of the anther, which is 

 broader than long, very hairy and retuse. 



^J Eriolopha multispica, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Cuulis validus. Folia coriacea, late lanceolata, acuta, basi lato I'otuudata costa 

 crassa in dorso pubescente, aliter glabra, 22 cm. longa, 6'5 cm. lata, ligula brevi 

 ovata 2 mm. longa, vagina cancellata. Injlorescentia terminalis validus, sessilis, 

 10 cm. longus, rhachi sericea, spicis 7 crassis erectis sessilibus 2 cm. longis obconicis. 

 Bractece latae, lanceolatte, ovatae, brunneo-lanuginosae. Ovarium obovoideum, 

 lanuginosum. Calyx late tubulosus, costatus, parce liirtus, versus apicem dilatatus, 

 1 cm. longus, lobis 3 lanceolatis acutis margiuil)us hirtis. Corolla tubo breviore, 

 lobis late ovatis lanceolatis cucullatis pubescentibus 6 mm. longis. Lahellum late 

 obovatum, integrum, carnosum, quam petala brevius, versus apicem obtusum, 

 paullo dilatatum. Anthera oblonga, appendice magno carnoso obovato truncato 

 hirto. Stylus antheram superans, stigmate magno clavato. 

 Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 and 5500 ft. 



^' Eriolopha Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Caulis gracilis. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, glabra costa 

 pubescente excepta, sessiiia, 28-30 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, ligula coriacea oblonga 



