22 made from ^l?nts rrovn un'^.ev^f^less, epusinr the pedicel to elon- 

 gate. Th- ■nlpnt fj paired bv 3alm. 3yck as ^-■•. dif forme is e totally 

 dif-^erent species, represented v.dth long cylindric pedicels thet 

 ere not thickened upvrards, nor at all angulrr. 



17, G. semicylindriciim, N, ^, jp. Leaf-pairs obliquely cros- 

 sing each other, v-riable in size, 2-4 in. long and 3-4 lines 

 broad and nearly as thick, half-cylindric , but the flat face not 

 nearly extendin.'^ to the variably formed compressed tip, v.dth two 

 blunt teeth on the uriner side beyond the middle, '^he leaves are 

 sometimes tirped orhooked with a short soft bristle. 3?edicel 

 6-8 lines lonp-, ver^'- slightly thickened at the apex and slightly 

 angular. Corolla li-1"^ in. in diameter; ratals more numerous and 

 more crowded than those of G. dif forme, according to the I^ew 

 dravjings of these species, 



^•'. semicvTindricum, Kpw. , ^bs., p. 238 (l794), founded upon 

 M. foliis difformibus, Dillen "ort. Slth, p. 252, t. 194, f. 241, 

 v.'hich is a much reduced figure of the plant. 



- '■'. bidentatura, Kpv, s^^^,.,]^^ ^ p^ gg (laig); 3aim. i^yck, i-es., 

 87, f. 1; N, E. Br. in <Journ. Linn. Sqc. 3ot., v. 45, n. 125. 



I', bigibberatum Hav. , in fhil ^feg., v. 68, p. 338 1ie26) not 

 of Saim. Dyck. 



I^have this plant in cultivation, raised from seeds from 

 -'ount '^tewert, ''pnsenville division, sent to me by 2r. I. B, ^ole 

 ^vans, 5579, ?nd find that it varies very much in size and appear- 

 ance. Hevrorth seems not to have realised that ^illenius ' fig. 

 241 is a much reduced represent-? tion of the nlant, and considered 

 size of specific value. There is no difference v/hatever betvreen 

 his three su^^rosed species, 



B. — JT. semicylindricura, Salm. %ck, ^-es.,§7, f. 2^ not of 



tr, 



iav'orth; M, dif forme, 3alm. ^yck, ^"es., %7^ f. --^ , not of •i-'inne nor 

 Kavrorth; end I", bigibberatum, Salm. %ck, ^'' s.,§7, f. 4, not of 

 Howorth; H. difforme, 3alm. ^yck, -'es., §7, f. 3, not of Linne 

 nore H^ivorth; and M. bigibberatum, Saim. ^yck, ^%s., §7, f. 4, 

 not of Havjorth are three differentia'- named plates all representing 

 the same species, and might even have been drav-'n from the same 

 individual in different years. ^11 the nam^es given to the plant 

 represented are v/rong, but I have not seen- any plant like it, so 

 refrain from giving it a name. 



18, G. ochrrceiom., -^. "S. Bj., Leaves 3-4 in. long, trianguler 

 of semi terete, obtuselj'' pointed, slightly thickened upvards, one of 

 esch pair bropder than the other towards the apez and slightly 

 recurved, the other narrower and straight, flat above, one side 

 convex, the other flrt or even concave; the yoijnger leaves finely 

 c:'liate. Pedicels 3-4 in. Ion--, slightly compressed, thickened 

 abo-"'e. GaTyx compressed to-shaded, 2-edg-d, 5-lobed, tv;o of the 

 lobes much elon^pted, leaf-like, 3-angled, cilia te. Corolla 1^ 

 in. or more in diameter; petals 8 lines long, in tvra series, recur- 

 ved-spreadinc" and oblloue, brownish-yellov/, paler on the bfck. 

 Stamens numerous, erect, scarcel^T" half as lonp- as the petals; 

 filaments, v/hit-^. Oyarv flattish pluiaose, greenish-yellov;. 



^'', ochrrceum, Berger, '-esemb. and ^ortul., p. 234. 



Doubtful Species. 

 I-. heterophyllum, H.,,:., 0^3.^ p. ^g^ (^^^^j^ ^^^ 



Us is 



quite 



