NEW SPECIES OF PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 81 



cpi'sa^o squaraoso, foliis 2-3 cordato-ovatis bipollicaribiis carnoso-luTbaceis 

 viiidibiis niaculis saturatioribus notatis basi in petiohim caiialiculatuin 

 lamina subiequaiite rite aiigustatis, scapis foliis excedeiitibiis, florii)Lis 

 12-20 dense suhspieatis, perigonio 1^ lin. longo, laciniis ovato-rotundatis. 

 — Hab. Natal, Hort. Saunders, from Mr. Cooper. — I\ff. Bot. t. 192. 



Enkyanthus jAPONicus, Hook. f. (Ericaccfp) ; ramulis subverticil- 

 latis, foliis deciduis menibranaceis l)reviter petiolatis elliptico-ovatis ob- 

 ovatisve acutis argute serridatis, corolla alba globosa, basi 5-saccata ore 

 contracto lobis parvis revohitis, capsula angusta erecta. — Hab. Japan, 

 Hort. Kew., introduced by Messrs. 8landish. — BoL Mckj. t. 5822. 



Epiuendkum microcharis, i?^/V7//;. /. {prchldece) {i\^. E. pulchello, 

 A. Kicli. et Gal.); radices velatae, filiformes, subtilissinie inst-idptse ; va- 

 giufB fultientes, emarcidse; pseudobulbi oblongo-pyrilornies, purpureo- 

 violacei, hinc inipressi ; folia geniina ; laminae optiine aiticulatse, liuea 

 callosa transversa albida sub lamina, lineari-ligulatee, acuta?, chartaceo- 

 pergameneas, infra purpureo-viobiceae, supra violaceo niarginatpe ; ra- 

 cemus paucitlorus ; bracteae triangnlo-subulatae, ovariis pedicellatis longe 

 breviores ; ovaria pedicellata, curvula; sepala ligulata, obtuse acuta; 

 petala linearia, apiculata ; labellum omnino adnatum, triiidum, laciniaj 

 laterales semiovatffi retrorsum augulatse extrorsuui hinc lobulatte, laciuia 

 media bifida, lacinulis divaricatis deuticulo medio interjecto, basis laevis ; 

 columna omnino labello accreta, apice dilatata, androclinium linearibus 

 eraarginatum, dens semiovatus acutus utrinque ; color ocliroleucus, albi- 

 dus, maculis occultis purpureis. — Hab. It comes from Guatemala, and has 

 flowered lately, under Mr. Green's able management, in the rich collection 

 of W. Wilson Saunders, Esq.— Ga;-rf. Chron. 1870, p. 12^6. 



Eremophtla, sp. nov., F. Mull. {Myoporacece). No description. — 

 Vide Joiiru. Bot. Vol, VIII. p. 321. 



EarosTEMON, sp. nov., F. MUll. {Rntacefe). No description. — Vide 

 Jonrn. Bot. Vol. VIII. p. 322. 



EucoMis CLAVATA, Baker {Liliacece, Scillca') ; foliis 9-12 late ob- 

 lauceolatis acutis vel subobtusis pcdalibus vel ultra planiusculis, margine 

 minute breviter ciliatis, scapo crasse clavato racemo dimidio breviore, 

 racemo snbdenso 50-80-tloro 3 poll, crasso, pedicellis crassis brevissirais, 

 comae foliis 20-25 lanceolatis floiibus paulo excedentibns. — Hab. A na- 

 tive of Cape Colony, Mr. Cooper, Hort. Saunders. — Eef. Bot. t. 238. 



Fernanuoa (^yvo?*^ Eerdinandoa) magnifica, Sceiii. {B iff fio ilia cea). 

 — Vide Journ. Bot. Vol. VIII. p. 280. 



EiaxiLLARiA COLLICOLA, Hance (Liliacea). — Vide Journ. Bot. Vol. 

 VIII. p. 76. 



Gerrardina, Oliv. ffen. nov. {Saniydacea, Ilomuliece). Elores herma- 

 phroditi. Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, tubo brevi, limbi lobis iufequali- 

 bus 2 extcrioribus brevioribus rotundatis interioribus late ellipticis> aestiva- 

 tione imbricatis. Discus tubum calycis vestiens, punctatus, margine late 

 5-crenulatus. Petala 5, calyce breviora et cum loliis calycinis alternantia, 

 margine disci inserta, ovato-rotundata, basi late cuneata. Stamina petalis 

 niunero isomera et eisdeui opposita, margine disci inserta ; filamenta subu- 

 lata ; anthera . . . Ovarium liberum, obovoideum, apice turbinatuin v. 

 subtruncatum, pubescente, basi latum, unilocidare ; stylus brevis, subula- 

 tus, centricus ; stigma (ut videtur lobulatuin) ; ovula anatropa 4, in pla- 

 centis duabus per paria in apice cavitatis pendula. Fructus siccus, mono- 

 spermus. Semen pericarpio confornie, pendulum, obovoideum ; testa 



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