504 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
ly flowered panicles; whole plant filled with a reddish yel- 
low juice; flowers scarcely more than 1 line long; scales 
very narrow, linear, irregularly ad SPAN laciniate-fimbr- 
ate towards the tip; seeds 0.7 line long. 
54. C. CORNICULATA, n. sp.: caulibus filiformibus crass- 
is; cymis bracteosis laxis paniculatis seu _magis com 
tis aubglobotis ; hie membranaceis ovatis obtusis; 
nodigero seu cucullato oornivalntts inflexisy enthett * 
longis filamenta subulata equantibus ; squamis late ovatis 
fimbriato-fissis tubum_ excedentibus i incurvis ; stylis ovarium 
pytiforme equantibus, stigmatibus magnis pileatis; capsula 
corolla marcescente indusiata apice nuda, orificio intrastylat 
m mee oot oblique ovatis intus carinatis, 
CEMULOSA: floribus laxe panic 
prick tobis apice nodoso acutiusculis.—South : 
low ! 2489 and 3621 in Hb. reg. Berol. a 
Var. 8. spH#Rocyma: floribus giohves ae eile 
Brazil, Prov. Goya% om © 
campos near the Buixas, Weddell! Venezuela, on hae 
Meta, Karsten! en 
This is the first of a series of intricate, mostly 
species, which includes nros. 54-58, an fad whi nd 
> to oR Y 
cenc pay do belong together, must be pens mee 
of this whole group; Weddell’s specimen 
et them.—Flowers 1-12 lines cons 
lines, ohare of the other 4-5 lines in diam 
"the st flowered specimen 0 0.6-0.7 Tine 3 
vate wi a very short roman’. senate 
