Puate 2674. 
DISCHIDIA COMINSIYI, //ems/. 
ASCLEPIADACE. 
D. Cominsii, Mems/. (sp. nov .)3 a D. Nummularia, R. Br. foliis 
tenuioribus ovatis, corollz lobis quam tubo brevioribus differt 
Epiphyta — caulibus agin neem ad nodos radicantibus. 
Fo lin ce sedtit petiolata, subcarnosa, ov vel ovato-lanceolata, 
Sepius lee ‘pollio caria, quam internodia cade breviora, vix acuta 
venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores minuti, vix 2 lin. longi, axillares, 
solitarii, breviter pedicellati. Calyx minimus, lobi s oblongis obtusis. 
orone squam reuato- -Incurve, ifide, ae acutis. olliculi teretes, 
patentes, sieertee ‘cttiakies, leeves, acumin 
Sotomon Grovp ; Florida Island, on trees on the beach, Comins, 316. 
Although this species bears a strong r resemblance to the widely 
spread D. Nummularia, R. Br., it is easily oo by the charac- 
ters indivated above._-W. Bo OTTING Hems.i 
Fig ; 2, a section showing the corona; . andrecium from which the 
corona ay “tg saan d; 4, a pair of pollen masees ; 5, a seed.— All enlarged. 
