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iiodi.'i l'i'ii' (liipld longiora. Haccnii plus iiiiiiiis elongati. suhlaxillori :i-l() l'iii. 

 longi, (i-7 mm. lati. Fliires alhi vel alliic.antes cra, 4-5 mm. longi. Brartea' cadii- 

 çx, lineai'i's. l't^dicelli hreve.^ O.o-(),S mm. longi, glahri. Sepala exlotiura loiigi- 

 luiliiie siihipqiialia, siiperiiis iiiajiis tfiaiigiilaii-ovatiim, iiifcriora iliio ovala, aciita, 

 glalira. ilorsd vliiilia, iiiai'gliK^ all)a. Al.i' iiiiillo majores, rpiam corolla longiores, 

 allia', aiigiisti; laiiccolald-i'lliptii'a', iilriiiipn' sciisim atl('imat;p, aciila^, nervis (riliiis, 

 siiiiplioihiis liaiid anaslomosaiililiiis, iiotata', glalir,i\ l'etala siiperiora i'lli|i(iia, 

 brevitt^r uiiguiriilata siiholiliisa. cai'iiiacrislala paiilo hreviora hasi tarilinu iiiin tiilm 

 slaiiiiiiali iiiiiiiala. Haiiiia' liiiiliiis i|iiaiii iingiiiciiliim longior. galeiformis, subito in 

 imgnii'nlnm l'ontraclns ; crista paucilfibala, lobis linearibns, snblongis. Aiitlicra' 

 glabra in liilio staniinali subsi'ssilcs. ovata'. Ovariuiii elliplicnm, glaliniin liaiid 

 emarginatum. Slyins siiberoctus, apirc siibgenicnlatiis. Stignia siiperius cristatrini, 

 vaginatnm. iiifcriiis prominens papillosum. Capsula ovato-o^longa vel ovato idlip- 

 lica .'5,') mm. longa, l.omm. lala, nbtiisa, glabra, alis subbrevior. S(Miiina cyliii- 

 drica, apice atlt'iiuala, atra, 2 mm. longa, pilis lanatis brevibus consix'rsa; arilli 

 Idbi vi'iilrali's .dbi. si'iniiic iiiulloties breviores, elliptici. subobitisi. 



Kaliilal iii iiisulis (lalopagenslbtis, ('liatam, etc. 



Forma' ex insiiiis adjacentibus, vix ibversa' ad Hooiiero atqiie Iteiiiiettio pro 

 speriebiis distinctis descripta', vix liabitn dilTerninl qua causa eas ad nnam l'I ean- 

 di'iii spi'iiem rediico. 



P. MATHUSIANA, n. sp. 



hadix piMpendicidaris suiisimpiex; caiilis basi simplex, dein ramosus, ramis 

 elongatis; folia in ramis conforta, linearia; racemi terminales snblaxillori; flores 

 parvi : sepala exteriora inaeqnalia: aia^ lanceolato-elliplica', aiignst;r subacula': 

 l)etala siiperiora elongata, lanceolata, suiiacnla; crista multilida ; .■iiilbera' sniises- 

 siles: crista stigmatis snpcrioris sossilis haml stipitata: capsiila nbloiiga, snbcinar- 

 ginata vel haud emargiiiala, vol anguste elliptica, superlin^ miiiiilissime tNlicnulata, 

 alas :e(pians. 



(>aidis i)asi leres, sublignosiis, stigmatibus folioriimdilapsonini leviter tiibercn- 

 latus, erectus, subsimplex vi'l ramosns. cnni ramis ad .30 cm. loiigns vel minus, 

 glaiier. Rami erecti, iiiiMii'ro>i. rvnliilinin' racrniiHiMii eloiii.'atis l(l-:'(li'ni. lonu'is. 



