1. Ponera glomerata Correll sp. nov. 
Herba caespitosa. Caulis robustus, arundinaceus, teres, 
supra foliosus, foliorum vaginis arcte adpressis omnino 
celatus. Folia disticha, lineari-lanceolata, membranacea 
vel subcoriacea, vaginis articulata; vaginae laeves, non 
verruculosae, cicatrix prominens, persistens. Inflorescen- 
tiae glomeratae, terminales vel in caulis parte inferiore 
defoliata oppositifoliae; glomeruli breviter pedunculati, 
in floribus pluribus sessilibus et bracteis numerosis dense 
imbricantibus consistentes; bracteae membranaceae, in 
fibras numerosas solutae. Flores inflorescentiae bracteis 
fere obtecti, perianthii segmenta carnosa. Sepalum dor- 
sale ovato-ellipticum, concavum, obtusum. Sepala lat- 
eralia oblique triangularia, obtusa, concava, columnae 
pedi adnata et mentum conspicuum formantia. Petala 
oblongo-elliptica, apice late rotundata. Labellum col- 
umnae pedi leviter articulatum, in positu naturali late 
obovato-flabellatum, expansum obcordato-subquadra- 
tum, emarginatum cum lobulis rotundatis. Columna 
brevis, apice trilobulata, basi in pedem latum elongatum 
producta. 
Plant caespitose, stout, coarse, up to 1.5 m. tall, with 
numerous coarse fibrous roots which are densely tomen- 
tose. Stem robust, reed-like, terete, 6-8 mm. in diameter, 
leafy above, concealed by closely appressed leaf-sheaths, 
vernicose when exposed. Leaves distichous, articulated 
to the leaf-sheaths, narrowly lanceolate, obliquely retuse 
at the apex, firmly membranaceous or subcoriaceous, 
grass-green above, paler beneath, 8-25 cm. long, 1—1.8 
cm. wide; leaf-sheaths smooth, not verrucose; leaf scar 
prominent, persistent, about 1.5 mm. wide. Inflores- 
cences composed of glomerules, terminal or opposite the 
leaf axils at the nodes along the defoliated lower part of 
the stem; glomerules short-stalked, up to 2.5 em. long 
and 2. cm. in diameter, consisting of several sessile flowers 
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