214 ME. H. ]S^. EIDLEY OX PLANTS 



Hypolytetjm viRiDiNTJx, C. B. Clarke, in Philipp. Jouru. Sc. ii. (1907) 109. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 

 Bistrib. Philippines. 



HyPOLYTRTIM MINUS, EiclL, sp. nov. 



Folia linearia, acuminata, trinervia, marginibus scabris aculeis minutis pallidis, 

 70 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Culmus 60 cm. longus, trlqueter, gracilis. Folia 2, 

 vaginis longis. Pauicula ramis 2 cm. longis vel miaoribus scabridis. Spiculce 

 conoidese, parvse, 1'5 mm. longse, castanese. Olumce ellipticse, ovatte, obtusaD, 

 pallide brunnese. Sqnamellcs lauceolatse, teniiissimae, carinis hirtis. Stamiiiis 

 filamentum tenue, anthera brevis, oblonga, trnncata. Caryopsis (vix matura) 

 obovoidea, ad basin angustata, apice breviter rostrata. - 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft , and Via, 3100 ft. 



Allied to H. latifolium, Rich., but a smaller and weaker plant, with the edges of the 

 leaves scabrid and the spikes smaller, ovoid in shape. 



Thoracostachyum simples, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Herha parva. Folia lineares, abrupte cuspidata, cuspide 2-5 cm. Ion go, 25 cm. longa, 

 9 mm. lata, subtus glaucescentia, nervis conspicuis, costa elevata, marginibus ouspide 

 et carina aculeis parvis brunneis munitis. Culmi gracillimi, 6 cm. longi, ferrugiuei, 

 furfuracei. Spica solitaria, terminalis, primo ellipsoidea, obtusa, 5 mm. longa. 

 Glunia inferior ovata, subacuta, 1 mm. longa, superiores ovatae, rotundatte, 

 pubesceutes, omnes atrorufse. SquameUce angustoe, lanceolatge, atrorufoe, pilis ruHs 

 copiosis in carina. Stylus brevis, vix glumam superans. Caryopsis ovoidea, rostro 

 longo canaliculato, 5 mm. longa, atra polita. 

 Camp VI rt, 3100 ft. 



A curious little plant, remarkable for its solitary spikes and long-beaked, nearly black 

 fruit. 



Chobizandra involucrata, Ridl. Capitularia involucrata, Suriugar, in Lorentz, Nova 

 Guinea, viii. 711, t. 118. 

 Rhizoma repens, 5 mm. crassum, vaginis ovatis costatis acutis 5 mm. longis vel 

 minoribus tectum. Culmus quadrangularis, 40 to 60 cm. altus, vaginis una vel 

 pluribus lanceolatis papyraceis 10 cm. longis basi 7 mm. latis. Folia involucralia 

 6-8, in pseudo-verticillura terminalem collecta, erecta, rigide coriacea, lanceolato- 

 linearia, acuminata, acuta, costata, 20-30 cm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata. Capitulum 

 solitarium, sessile, 1 cm. longum vel brevius, obconicum. Bractece late ovatae, 

 abriipte obtuse cuspidatie, cartilaginese, atro-brunnea^, nitidse, 5 mm. longae, cus- 

 pidilms pallidis 3 mm. longis. Sjnculce dense congestae, floribus masculis pluribus, 

 femineo uuo terminali. 6 : Glunue exferiores oblongae, subspathulatse, cucullats, 

 carina acuta dorso scabrido. Glumcc interiores 2, spathulatse, truncatse, costa 

 couvexa superne in costas 3 fissis, pallidae, apice rufescentes, floralis anguste lanceo- 

 lata, tenuior. Stamen 1, filamento tenui lineari pallido apice paullo dilatato rubro. 



