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small 6 mm. long", lobes short 1 mm. long with Irydathode 

 at end pubescent to hirsute — hairs not very long. Corolla- 

 tube 1 cm. long obovate emarginate. Anthers broad. Tip 

 of anther 5 mm. from annulus. Limb from annulus to 

 base of lobes 1 mm. Style reaches annulus only, not 

 exserted. 



It is not far removed from the plant figured in Plate XLI, 

 but the flowers are smaller and petioles longer. 



Plate XLI gives a picture of a plant with a true 

 obconica rosette of leaves, but more densely tufted than in 

 many specimens. I take it to be a plant which grew in a 

 free, loose soil well moistened, and it has in consequence 

 developed a copious mass of brown roots and is not 

 markedly rhizomatous. The covjious relatively short scapes 

 confirm this. The whole inflorescence and the catyx are 

 hirsute, and the large flowers, large spotted calyx, and short 

 stout corolla-tube are conspicuous marks. The following 

 are more details of its structure : — 



Has a typical obconica rosette, without a rhizome, but 

 with a mass of brown roots. The leaves are mid-sized and 

 oval, almost entire or with slight low crenatures. The 

 lamina about equals the petiole — about 5'5 cm. long as a 

 maximum and 4 cm. wide, nearly glabrous above, paler and 

 shortly pubescent below. Petioles have long brown hairs 

 distributed villously. Scape curving up from leaves and 

 longer than them, hirsute. Bracts, pedicels, and calyx 

 brown hirsute. Flower long-styled. Calyx 5 mm. long. 

 Lobes quite shallow, only 1 mm. long — dark coloured and 

 spotted. Corolla-tube 8 mm. long — lobes obovate, bifid 

 somewhat, undulate, about 6 mm. long. Stamens inserted 

 about half way up tube. Style not exserted. Stigma 

 dark, probably red when fresh. 

 Of much interest is 



P. ambita, Ball fil. (Plate XLII) 

 Of this plant I have seen two sets of specimens, and for 

 this I am indebted to M. Bonati. As the illustration shows, 



1 P. ambita, Bali. fil. Rbizoma lignosum apice multicipitum vestigiis 

 foliorum vetustorum obtectum. Folia petiolata ad 15 cm. longa ; 

 lamina ad 6 cm. diam. crassa orbicularis rotundata vel oblongo-rotun- 

 data maturitate pagina superiore glabra vel sparsim puberula inferiore 



