58 NEW SPECIES OF PHANEKOGAMOUS PLANTS. 



sequantibus. — Hab. Peru, Hort. Saunders, from Mr. Farris. Habit of 

 a Sedum of the rejiexnm set. — Ref. Bot. t. 200. 



CouRSETiA ERIANTHA, BetitJi. {LeguminoscE Galegea) ; fruticosa, 

 foliis imifoliolatis, foliolo late ovato v, orbicular! basi late cordato subtus 

 albo-tomeiitoso, racemis axillaribus laxe 2-4-floris, ealycis laciiiiis e basi 

 lata subulatis, vexillo tomentoso. — Hab. La Eonca, at an elevation of 

 9-10,000 ft., Veavce.—Hook. Ic. Plant, p. 52. 



C. orbiculakis, Bentli. ; fruticosa, foliis unifoliolatis, foliolo sub- 

 orbiculari subtus albo-tomeutoso, pedicellis axillaribus 1-3-nis, pedunculo 

 comrauui subuullo, calycis laciniis lanceolatis, vexillo glabro. — Hab. 

 Pampas (of Bolivia?), at an elevation of 8-9000 ft., Pearce. — Hook. Ic. 

 Plant, t. 1065. 



CucuMis \\ooKY.^\, Naudin {Ciicurbitacea) ; annuus, multicaulis ; fla- 

 gellis bimetralibus, gracilibus, scaberrirais ; foliis profunde 5-lobatis, lobis 

 obtusis crenulato-denticulatis, sinubus inter lobos rotuudatis ; floribus 

 luteolis ; fructibus pollicera humanum crassitudine sequantibus aut paulo 

 superautibus, ovoideo-cylindricis, dense aculeatis, colorem purpureo-fus- 

 cum quum adoleverunt induentibus, lineolis albis circiter decem longi- 

 tudinaliter fasciatis. — Hab. From the interior of Africa. — Gai'd. Chron. 

 1870, p. 1503. 



Dendrobium chrysotis, Reichb. f. {prcliidecB) (afF. JDendrobio fim- 

 Iriato, Wall.) ; petalis ligulatis obtuse-acutis, labello cuneato oblongo 

 rhombeo, alte fimbriato, insulis asperis velutinis utrinque in unguis basi, 

 callo transverso per unguem, tota superficie bene barbellata; antro in 

 basi columnee ligulato, margine superior! medio in fisSuram exeunte. — 

 Hab. We believe this comes from Assam. — Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 1311. 



DioscoREA (§ 16 Kunth, En. PI. vol. v. p. 391) retusa. Mast. 

 {Dioscoreaceai) ; rarais inermibus, teretibus, puberulis ; foliis sparsis petio- 

 latis, digitatis, 5-7-foliolatis, foliolis petiolatis membranaceis puberulis 

 oblongis, basi rotundatis vel attenuatis, apice retusis vel acutiusculis, 

 abrupte longiusculeque acuminatis, margine sinuatis vel integris, 1-nerviis ; 

 racemis masculis 4 vel pluribus, axillaribus, gracilibus pendentibus pluri- 

 floris, circiter 2 poll. long, rachibus racheolisque (his floribus requilongis) 

 puberulis ; perianthii bibracteolati clausi conici laciniis 6, biserialibus, 

 conuiventibus, insequalibus, externis ovatis cymbiformibus, margine ciliatls, 

 internis oblongis obtusis intus concavis ; staminibus fertilibus 3, sepalis 

 oppositis; antheris didymis iutrorsis ; staminodiis petalis oppositis peta- 

 loideis, spathulatis, apice concavis ; styli vestigio apice tripartite ; llore 

 femineo adhuc ignoto. — Hab. In Africa australi, Burke, n. 266 (pi. masc.) 

 in Herb. Kevv ; Cooper, v. v. in Hort. Veitch. — The branches spring 

 from a tuber, and are twining, cylindrical, and puberulous, destitute of 

 spines. The leaves are alternate, loosely scattered (2-3 inches apart), 

 provided with puberulous leaf-stalks, thickened at the base, and as long 

 as the blade of the leaf, Avhich latter is in general outline, roundish, and 

 digitate. Leaflets 5-7, petiolulate (petiolules ^ inch long, thickened at 

 the base), slightly downy, especially below and along the nerves, oblong 

 obtuse, sometimes markedly retuse, rounded at the base, sinuous at the 

 margins, 1-nerved, the midrib excurrent into a rather long, slender acu- 

 men. Racemes axillary, slender, pendulous, as long as the leaf-stalks, 

 1^2 inches long, many-flowered. Flowers pendent, less than a quarter 

 of an inch long, on short downy pedicels, provided at the apex with two 

 ovate-oblong acuminate bracts, unequal in size and shorter than the flower. 



