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infra simplex, tunc ramosus, teres, minutissime striatus, glaber. 

 Folia cir. 1| iDoll. longa, ^ poll, lata, ovata vel lanceolata, obtusa vel 

 acuta, margine incrassato saepe undulato, brevissime j)etiolata ; 

 subtus albiora, nervo centrali subtus prominente, Cceteris obscuris ; 

 infima alteniantia, superiora 4-verticillata. Eacemi terminales, 

 elougati, sublaxi, 2-6 poll, longi ; bractese lineari-lanceolatae, 

 deciduas. Flores circa 1^ lin. longi, ,rosei, subsessiles. Sepala 

 glabra, minute glandulosoTpunctata ; exteriora intequalia, duo 

 inferiora approximata, superius majus, carinatum ; al« elliptic*, 

 roseas, sepalis exterioribus duplo longiora, corolla sublongiores. 

 Caringe crista valde conspicua, in multas lacinias lineares divisa ; 

 petalmn lateralium j^ars libera parva. Capsula alis persistentibus 

 brevior, suborbicularis, glabra. Semina nigra, semiovalia, leviter 

 liirsuta ; arillodium baud galeatum, in duabus appendicibus 

 carnosis descendens. 



From Bolivia to the borders of Mexico. In sylvis Anaccoa 

 Andium Boliviensium, Mandon, 839 ; Cliilaso, Guatemala, Salvin 

 and Godman, 1861; Chiapas, Mexico, Linden, 173. Allied to 

 1\ distans, St. Hil., and P. galioides, Poir. 



25. P. PEEUviANA, noh. n. sp. Caulis ascendens, teres, X3edalis 

 vel major, infra simplex, tunc ramosus, glaber ; rami sub- 

 pubescentes. Folia lineari-lanceolata, glabra, utrinque attenuata, 

 acuta, 1 poll, longa, 2^ lin. lata, nervo medio prominente, infima 

 4-verticillata, superna alterna. Eacemi terminales ; 1|— 2 in. longi; 

 bracteas deciduge. Flores circa 1^ lin. longi, j)edicellis brevibus 

 pubescentibus suffulti. Sej)ala exteriora lineari-lanceolata, sub- 

 pubescentia, ciliata, duo inferiora approximata ; alae anguste 

 ellipticae, sej)ala exteriora duplo excedentes. Carina eximie 

 cristata. Capsula suborbicularis, emarginata, alas aequans. Semina 

 nigra, curvata, pilosa ; arillodium duabus appendicibus latis 

 carnosis semen asquantibus prteditum. 



Peru. Tatamara ; inter muscos ; Lechler, 2629, in Herb. Kew. 

 Near P. nemoralis ; but a smaller plant, with much narrower leaves; 

 the lower part . of the stem often bare of leaves ; the flowers 

 on longer stalks ; and the whole plant somewhat more pubescent. 



26. P. PARAGUAYENSis, noh. n. sp. Eadix lignosa. Caules 

 numerosi, virgati, ascendentes, angulati, levissime puberuli, circa 

 pedales. Folia plerumque 4-verticillata, ad 1 poll, longa, ^ poll, 

 lata, lanceolata vel obovata, apiculata, versus apicem ramorum 

 sparsa, linearia. Eacemi terminales, confertiflori ; bracte* lineares, 

 XDost anthesim persistentes, pedicellis longiores. Flores breviter 

 pedicellati, fusco-albi. Sepala exteriora parva, lineari-lanceolata, 

 marginibus membranaceis ; alae multo majores, lanceolata?, capsula 

 matura sublongiores. Carolla ignota. Ovarium pulchre glandu- 

 losum. Capsula ovalis. Semina nigra, curvata, sericeo-hirsuta ; 

 arillodium subgaleatum, appendicibus duabus m'unitum, semine 

 dimidio brevioribus. 



Paraguay. Itangu, pres de Villa-Eica, dans les prahies, Bal., 

 2193. Nearest to P. 7iemoralis, but readily distinguished by its 

 longer more crowded racemes, larger flowers, persistent bracts, and 

 other characters. 



(To be coutinued). 



