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with stiff imbricate bracts, and tbe remarkably unequal corolla-lobes. The stylodes at 

 the base of the style almost surround it, and are irregularly^ lobed. 



Gtjilla-Inia sdperba, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Ilerha valida, caulibus 1 cm. crassis. Folia oblonga vel lanceolata, subacuta, basi 

 rotundata vel cimeata, glabra ad margine, jiubescentia, 30 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, 

 petiolo 5 mm. longo ; ligula biloba, lobis ovatis obtusis, liirta, 4 mm. longa; vagina 

 costata, pubescens, margiuibus barbatis. Hacemus pendulus, 18 cm. longus, rhachi 

 pubescente. Bractea basalis lanceolata, oblonga, 12 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, 

 pubescens, ad margines sericea, mucrone dorsali I'S cm. longo lanceolato acuto. 

 Bractece suj)eriores florales oblongse, apice ovatse, ad margines pubescentes, rubrse. 

 Flores singuli, subsessiles. Ovarhim cylindricum, obscure triquetrum, glabrum, 

 6 mm. longum. Calyx subcylindricus, uno latere complanatus et breviter fissus, 

 ruber, dentibus ovalibus mucronatis ciliatis 4 mm. longis, mucrone subulato acuto. 

 CorollcB tubus vix calycem superans, lobis oblongis obtusis 12 mm. longis 6 mm. 

 latis carnosulis. Labellum lineari-oblongum, 11 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, mar- 

 giaibus pro parte majore elevatis, carnosum, linea mediana incrassata. Stamims 

 filamentum crassum, breve, dentibus liuearibus acuminatis. Anthera oblonga, 

 liirta, appendiee magno subquadrato hirto. Stylus validulus, stigmate obcuneato 

 truncato giabro. Ovarium triloculare. CapsuXa elliptica, perianthio coronata. 

 Canoe Camp and Camp III, 150 to 2500 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; VI h, 3900 ft. 

 This differs from G. imrpurata, Vieill., in the more oblong bracts, pubescent ligule 



and sheath, the entire lip and entire ajipendage. Alpiiiia rosacea, Val., appears to be 



closely allied to this jilaut, but the leaves are not subsessile, the ligule is bilobed, and 



the calyx is quite different in form. 



GuiLLAiNiA MINOR, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Catilis subgracilis. Folia lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata, 19 cm. longa, 2'5 cm. 

 lata, glabra, petiolo 5 mm. longo, ligula oblonga 4 mm. longa hirta, vagina glabra 

 cancellata. Racemus nutans, 6"5-7 cm. longus, 8 cm. latus, obconicus. Bractece 

 basales lanceolatae, cuspidatye, glabrte (vel una hirta). Florales oblongae, apice 

 rotundatse, glabrae, 3*5 cm. longce, TS cm. latse, corallinse. Flores singuli, sessiles, 

 lactei. Ovarium oblongiim, glabrum, 4 mm. longum. Calyx 1 cm. longus, 4 cm. 

 crassus, glaber, dentibus 3 pugioniformibus 5 mm. longis. Corollce tubus brevior, 

 lobis oblongis obtusis extus sericeis 7 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Labellum oblongum, 

 cymbiforme, extus longe sericeum, corollse lobis subsequilongum. Anthera dense 

 sericea, sequilonga, appendiee oblongo quadrato truncato obscure dentato extus 

 sericeo. Stylus longior, glaber, stigmate obconico giabro. Capsula subglobosa, 

 perianthio coronato kermesino. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



This species differs from the preceding in the smaller size of its leaves, stem, and 

 inflorescence; in the silky petals, liji, and anther; and the wider boat-shaped lip, 

 which is nearly as long as the petals. 



