226 ME. n. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



" Secouflary stems crimson, under surface of leaf washed purple, stem dull crimson 

 brown. Plowers yolk-of-egg colour." 



The only species in Trhicli I have seen the large bracts of the branches of the 

 inflorescence, though they are probably present at one time in all species. 



The plant is allied to E. macrantha, Valet., but differs in its woolly panicle and its 

 oblong, not semi-oblong, blunt lobes to the lip. 



RiEDELiA (§ Paniculat.e) Wollastonii, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Folia teuuia, late lanceolata, in petiolo decurrentia, 30 cm. longa, 6'5 cm. lata, costa 

 pubescente, nervis primarii 14 distinctis, j^etiolo 7 mm. longo caualiculato, ligula 

 brevi hirta oblonga truncata, vagina in parte superioi'e hirta. JRacemus 10-15 cm. 

 longus, laxiflorus, interdum ramo uno addito, floribus paucis, pedunculo 4 cm. longo. 

 Pedicelli 2 mm. longi. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, parvum, ovoideum. Calyx 2 cm. 

 longus, cylindricus, limbo lanceolato lato, dentibus 3 minimis, 6-nervius, baud 

 carinatus. Corollce tubus 3 cm. longus, calycem superans, lobis anguste lanceo- 

 latis acutis 2 cm. longis, postico j^fiullo cucuUato. Lahellmn stamen superans, 

 lobis augustatis basi semiovatis apice linearibus obtusis. Anthei^a lineari-oblonga, 

 basi bifida, appendice parvo ovato triangulari. 



CamjDS Vli to VIII, 3900 to 4900 ft. 



A very distinct species in the hairy ligule, the narrow-lobed lip, which is longer than 

 the stamen, and the form of the calyx. 



KiEDELiA (§ Paniculatji:) longisepala, Hidl., sp. nov. 



Folia elliptica, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi longe angustata, tenuiter coriacea, 

 glabra, 40 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata. Fanicula (juvenilis) 10 cm. longa, ramis 3 remotis 

 patentibus. Flares plurimi ad apices ramoium condensati, racemis 2-3 cm. longis, 

 pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, pediceliis 1 mm. longis. Ovarium obconicum, 1 mm. 

 longum, glabrum. Calyx (in alabastro) 1 cm. longus, tubo brevi cylindrico, lobis 

 3 linearibus acuminatis cequilongis. Corolla tubo brevi, lobo jjostico lanceolato 

 longe corniculato, cteteris lanceolatis multo minoribus. Lahellum stamen superans, 

 bifidum, lobis oblongis rotundatis. Anthera lineari-oblonga, glabra, appendice 

 nullo. Stigma obconicum. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



The flowers are in young bud, so that it is not possible to give accurate measurements 

 of the corolla or lip. The solitary leaf is apparently petiolate, but the blade is 

 decurrent nearly or quite to the base. The species is very distinct among the group of 

 PaniculatcB, in the small flowers which are crowded in dense racemes at the ends of tlie 

 branches and in the long lobes of the c(n*olla. It is evidently very near R. paniculata, 

 but the flowers are much larger, even in bud, and the ovary is glabrous. 



