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margines pul>escentibus. Lahellum bifidum, quani sturaen brevius, basi lato 

 rotundato apice abrupte aug'ustato liiieari obtuso rotuadato. Stamen anthera 

 lanceolata augusta niarginibus paullo incrassatis, ajjpendice brevissirao rotundato 

 antlieram vix superante. Panicula fructifera 30 cm. longa, ramis 4, 14 cm. longis, 

 pedicellis 5 mm. lougis. Capsula globosa, oblonga, 1 cm. louga, iu valvas 3 fissa. 

 Semlna irregularia, atra, semiovoidea, aagustata, rotuudata, faciebus interioribus 

 planis angulatis ; arillus brevior, lobis 5-6 truncatis. 



Caiioe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft. 



Flowers orange-red. 



Allied to R. macrantha. Sebum., but witli blunt round-tipped linear lobes to the lip. 



RiEDELIA (§ PAXICULATiE) FERRTJGIXEA, PLidl., Sp. nOV. 



Folia anguRta, lanceolata, acuminata, teauia, coriacea, siccando grisea, glabra, ad basin 

 angustata, 45 cm. louga, 35-4 cm. lata, petiolo ad basin alato 5 cm. longo, ligula 

 5 mm. longa oblonga truncata pubescente, vagina costata. Fanicula 20 cm. longa 

 vel longior, ramis 3 vel pluribus remotis ferrugineis tomentosis, pt'dunculo 15 cm. 

 longo, ramis 7 cm. longis. Flores dissiti, pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Ocariwn 

 clavatum, 2 mm. longum. Calyx tubo cylindrico ferrugineo 3-4 mm. longo iu 

 uno latere breviter et late emarginato, lobis 2 brevibus ovatis 1 mm. longis, 

 Corollce tubus calyci sequilongus, lobis oblongis linearil)us 12 cm. longis, postico 

 corniculato hirto. Lahellum ad basin bifidum, lobis linearibus acuminatis corollse 

 lobos sequantibus, linea in medio elevata. Stamen cequilongum, fllamento linear! 

 carnoso, anthera angusta lineari, apicibus loculorum parallelis connectivo mar- 

 ginatis, appendice nullo. Stylus gracillimus, stigmate parvo glubro. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



This species is allied to R. Alhertisii, K. Schum., but differs in the petiole of the leaves, 

 the shorter pedicels of the flowers, and the narrow lobes of the lip, which resembles in 

 its form that of R. cui^tijlora, Oliver. 



PlIEDELIA PULCHEURiiiA, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Folia elougata, lanceolata, basi longe acuminata, apice acuminata, 60 cm. longa, 7 cm. 

 lata, costa valida costata glabra, petiolo 4 cm. longo alato, ligula brevi oblonga 

 truncata lanuginosa. Fanicula ferruginea, vehxtina (corollis exceptis), pedunculo 

 18 cm. longo valido, ramis 8 cm. vel brevioribus remotis lateralibus 3. Bractece 

 ovato-lanceohitte, acuminatse, tenues, papyracese, caducte, 15 cm. longse, 2 cm. latge. 

 Flores copiosi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Ooarium obconicum, pedicello a?quilongum. 

 Calyx 2 cm. longus, cylindricus, lobis brevissimis rotundatis obtusis. Coro/te tubus 

 subsequilongus, lubis insequalibus, postico lanceolato cucullato et corniculato 1 cm, 

 loni^o 4 mm. lato in dorso et margine sericeo, lateralibus 7 mm. lougis baud 

 cucullatis. Lahellum quam stamen brevius, 6 mm. longum, ad basin bifidum, 

 lobis ol)longis lanceolatis obtusis. Filamentitm brevissimum. Anthera oblonga, 

 linearis, appendice nullo glabro. Stylus aequilongus, stigmate parvo. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



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