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which are ieee linear, tapering, the divisions spreading hori- 
zontally and u rved. 
eMychatapo,: ee ft., Apr. 8, 1902” (No. 245). 
TRIDACEAE 
Sisyrinchium alatum minor var. nov. 
Stems 15-25 cm. high, slender; petals 6-8 mm. long; capsule 
5 mm. long. 
This plant is smaller, not only as a whole, but in all its parts, 
than the type, from which I cannot at present otherwise distinguish 
1t. 
“Flowers yellow. Hills near Apolo, 6000 ft., Feb. 20, 1902” 
(No. 114). 
Cipura major sp. 
Glabrous; bulb seer ovoid, about 13 mm. long, brown; radi- 
cal leaves 15~30 cm. long, t e lower portion narrowed to the base, 
erect, the upper portion spread. mm. broad, attenuate, 
strongly plicate; scape very slender, 7-10 cm. (one. the floral leaf 
similar to the others and exceeding them; spathes imbricated, 
pedicel very slender, 7 mm. long, enlarging very gradually into 
the ovary, which is 6 mm. long, oblanceolate and sharply ribbed; 
2. : 6 mm. long 
slightly enlarged upward, the stigmas short, broad, spreading; 
capsule 5 mm. long, oval-oblong, obtuse, brown; seeds black, 
irregularly angular, very small, nume 
“Species very near C. paludosa Aubl. 
“Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Dec. 16, 1901” (No. 546). 
ARACEAE 
Heteropsis boliviana sp. nov. 
Branchlets annulate, the annulae narrow, transverse or oblique; 
petioles 3 mm. long, cuneate; blades oblon ng or lance-oblong, 
i igid whe 
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very dark green, 7-15 cm. long, 25~40 mm. broad, the midrib 
stoutish, the are numerous eee eRe lightly ascending 
and communic to form a line about I mm. from the margin; 
peduncle ee. ee in fruit; ceo spathe 35 mm. long, 
including the acuminate base, oblong-lanceolate, the rigid, narrow 
terminal ae out — wie long, enclosing the spadix; 
spadix in young fru —20 mm. lon mm. broad, oblong, ex- 
hibiting 3 spirals and pence by the remains of the spathe; 
