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subremota, 15-31 (supremum 5) cm. longa, 8-16 mm. la 
lineari-lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, trinervia, plicata, glabra; 
Spathae bructeae 2, convolutae, acutae, 2 cm. longae, circa 
6 flores circumdantes. Pedicelli 2°8-3°8 cm. longi, graciles, 
glabri. Ovarium 4 mm. longum, trigonum, glabrum. Perian- 
thium 3°7 cm. diam., coeruleo-violaceum, unguibus _pallide 
brunneis et segmentis interioribus ad basin laminae maculo albo 
triangulo ornatis, glabrum ; segmenta exteriora 1'8-2 cm. longa, 
17-18 cm. lata, sublate unguiculata, laminis cuneato-obovatis apice 
late rotundatis integris ; segmenta interiora multo minora, latissime 
unguiculata, unguibus late cuneato-obovatis concavis basi patentibus 
deinde incurvo-erectis superne contiguis, laminis abrupte reflexo- 
patentibus 11 mm, longis 9-10 mm. latis obovatis apiculatis vel 
abrupte acutis basi contractis obsolete denticulatis. Stamina mona- 
delphia ; tubus 3 mm. longus, brunneus ; antherae 4 mm. longae, - 
patentissimae, sagittatae, loculis coeruleis. Stylus 3°5-4 mm. 
__Brazit. Described from a living plant imported “from the 
Upper Amazon River” by Mr. H. A. Tracy of Twickenham. 
This plant much resembles Tigridia vivlacea, Schiede (Bot. Mag. 
t. 7356), in appearance, size and colour of the flowers, but is entirely 
different from Tigridia and all other genera in the structure of its 
style-branches. 
_>40. Polypodium callophyllum, C. H. Wright [Filices-Polypo- 
diaceae] ; species P. trichomanocidi, Sw., affinis, soris saepi bini 
dispositis differt. 
Planta humilis. Rhizoma ascendens, gracile, sparse pilosum. 
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BRAK : Gunong Hijan, 1070 m., on rocks, Fleet-Surgeon C. G. 
Matthew, RN. Ss 
_LIL—THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF MICROTROPIS. 
T. A. Spracup. 
The genus Microtropis( Celastraceae) was described for the first time 
in 1837 by Meissner (Gen. p. 68), and more fully by Arnott in 1839 
aan Nat. Hist. vol. iii, p. 152). At the end of 1896, 11 species were 
tecognised, all of which were natives of the Indo-Malayan region. 
n 1897, however, "Loesener described a new species of Microtropis 
from Costa Rica (Bot. Gaz. vol. xxiv. p. 393); and in 1900, another 
from Mexico (Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxix. p. 98). Three more American 
qpecies are now added, bringing the total number of species to 16, 
five of which are natives of Mexico and Central America. 
' erin the problem presented by the distribution of Microtropis, 
oesener( Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxiv. p- 198) suggested that the genus 
