(459) 
Bomarea (Sphaerine) flava Baker, sp. nov 
bright-yellow, 4% in. long; segments oblong-spatulate, equal, not 
spotted on the face, the three outer faintly keeled outside with green. 
tamens curved, nearly as long as the perianth; anthers orbicular, 
small, yellow 
Near B. minima Baker, Handb. Amaryll. 144. (Vo. 2013.) 
DIOSCOREACEAE 
DioscOREA CONVOLVULACEA Schlecht. & Ch. Linnaea 6: 49. 1831. 
(No. 2976.) 
DroscorEa cymosuLa Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Am. Bot. 3: 355. (Vo. 
(2577.) The same as Rusby rggo. 
DioscorEa FuRCATA Griseb.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 3': 45. ‘* Grows 
in wet forest-mould and climbs 8-ro ft. high, the flowers green- 
ish-white; abundant.” Yungas (Sacramento), August 27, 1894. 
(Vo. 2397.) The same as Rusby 532 and 1047. 
DioscorEA GALEOTTIANA Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 409. (Vo. 
2040.) 
Dioscorea racemosa sp. nov. 
Inflorescence, holaetees the calyx-tube, scurfy-tomentose, gray ; 
stems slender, strongly sulcate; petioles 2-5 cm. long, ribbed; 
blades 0.47-1 5 long and broad, ovate, cordate wil a broad 
shallow sinus, very abruptly and shortly pointed and acute, very 
thin, bright-green, 9-ribbed, the ribs prominent only underneath, 
connected by the sparse, nearly straight secondaries; racemes short- 
peduncled, 1-2 dm. long, slender, costate, loosely- flowe ered; pedi- 
cels very short and stout; ovary 5-7 mm. long, 2-3 mm. ‘broad, 
oblong, obtusely triangular, downy, strongly ribbed; perianth-seg- 
ments 3-4 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, lance- -oblong, downy at the 
base, thick; styles nearly equaling the perianth when straightened 
out, very strongly recurved, ee bifid about half way, the divi- 
sions thick, flattened, acutisl 
cA eitnces, scarce; wet andy soil near the river, the flowers 
green.” Coripata, May 9, 1894. (lVo. 2780.) 
Dioscorea glauca sp. nov. 
Pale and glaucous; stems stoutish, ee petioles Clee leaves 
only seen) about 5 cm. long, stoutish ; blades 1 dm , 8 cm. 
broad, ovate, lightly cordate, very shortly acute- a  clsh, 
