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(>u the back, Lairv, lip aud cusp scabric!. J;*aiiicle strict, 18 

 inches lung', with iiuineruus distant l)rauches i inch long, 

 bearing two or three flowers, all ivory white. Bracts deci- 

 duous lanceolate, /g inch long ; ovary small, globose, glabrous. 

 Calyx canipanulate, very short and broad, 1^ inch long, wi1,h 

 three short teeth, cuspidate. Corolla tube twice as long 

 ]>ubescent above. Petals I inch long, boat shaped, violet. 

 Staniinodes broader, shorter, obovate. Lip narrow oblong 

 shortly bilobed, lobes rounded. Stamen filament I inch 

 long, anther elliptic with two linear acuminate deflexed spurs, 

 rising from the base, all bright orangw 



Telom, l>y stream banks, not rare but few plants in Hower. 

 Near GI. violacea, Kidl. 



389. Gl. VALIDA, n. sji. 



Plant ab(-»ut o feet tall ; sheaths spotted with purple glabrovis 

 except on the edge near the mouth which is hairy ; ligule 

 refuse with hairy edges, ^\,- inch long. Leaves elliptic or 

 ovate lanceolate, shortly cuspidate, 7 inches long, 2 inches 

 wide, pale beneath, glabrous. Panicle 18 inches long, with 

 distant rather stout branches 1 inch long, bearing two or 

 three flowers. Bracts caducous. Calyx cupular, ^^^ inch 

 long, with three cusps. Corolla tube i inch long, lobes 

 cvmbiform, half as long. Stamiuodes linear oblong obtuse, 

 much longer, all orange yellow. Staminal tube j',, inch 

 long. Lip shorter linear oblong refuse. Stamen filament 

 from aljove lip over i inch (whole flower 1^ inch) long. 

 Anther oblong cells shightly divaricate at the base, spurs 

 subulate slender from the Itase two, shorter than the anther. 



Telom Woods, distinct in the very long stamiuodes. A big- 

 stout plant. 



390. Gl. (§ Maranteilaj 3iAoiiANTHERA, //. .s^*, 



Plants 3 feet or more tall. Leaves ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 

 cuspidate base, shortly cuneate, glabrous, paler beneath ; 

 petiole j'„-inch winged to the base ; ligule short, rounded, 

 hairy ; sheath hairy on the edge. Panicle 8 inches long, 

 slender with distant few-flowered branches, i inch long. 

 Bracts persistent linear oblong, nearly ^ inch long and i\ 

 inch Avide. Calyx cylindric teeth short, lanceolate, j inch 

 long, orange. Corolla tube ^ inch long, lobes ovate lan- 

 ceolate, upper one hooded yellow, ] inch long. Stamiuodes 

 elongate linear oblong, j inch long, yellow. Lip base narrow^ 

 lobes divaricate excurved, yellow with a small central orange 

 blotch, fuscous in the centre. Stamen filament very long, 1^ 

 inch long, translucent, spurs four, long acuminate. Telom, 

 l)v the stream. 



