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2-5 cm. broad, oblong to oval-ovate, short-acuminate and acute at 
both ends, entire, dark green; spikes about 1 dm. long, very slen- 
der, erect, the peduncles longer than the petioles, hrassa f flow- 
ered; bracts setaceous, green, half as long as the calyx ; calyx 
long, divided nearly to the base, the 4 lobes subequal or slee 
very unequal in fruit, lance-linear, attenuate and pungent, green; 
corolla 1.5 to nearly 2 cm. long, the tube straight, slightly con- 
tracted near the middle, the lower lip 8 mm. long, its middle lobe 
distinctly larger, concave, the upper lip a little shorter, pais con- 
cave; stamens a little shorter than the upper lip, the thecae ap- 
proximate and subequal; style equallıng the upper lip, the stigma 
small, but distinctly oblique; capsule oblanceolate, 1 cm. long, 
light brown; seed nearly 2 mm. long, ovoid, flattened, brown, 
light-muricate. 
Espirito Santo, 1891 (1225). Apparently the same collected 
by Triana in New Granada, and a very Par. one by Holton in 
Bolivia. 
Pachystachys Riedeliana N. ab. E. in Endl. & Mart. Fl. Bras. Fasc. 
7: 93. Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1555). 
JACOBINIA TENUISTACHYS Sp. n. 
Slightly strigose, id inflorescence Lue da the upper leaf- 
surfaces glabrous; stems widely branching, the branches slender, 
lightly angled; leaves ite 1.25—2 (or probably more) dm. long, 
-6 cm. broad, ovate, the base slightly inequilateral, the apex 
acuminate and acute; entire, membranaceous, bright green, the 
primaries about IO pairs, very slender, strongly falcate-ascending 
branches distant, widely spreading, very slender, the bracts and 
bractlets very small, varying from setaceous to subulate, the flowers 
distant and sessile; calyx 4 or 5 mm. long, deeply cleft, green, rigid, 
the lobes lanceolate, acuminate and acute; corolla scarlet, nearly 
straight, 2.5 cm. long; the lips nearly equal, I cm. long, nearly 
entire ; stamens as long as the corolla, attached at about its middle, 
the filaments dilated at the base, the thecae parallel, nearly equal, 
attached at about the “one and separated by a short and broad 
connective; fruit not see 
Between Guanai sa Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1441). 
Nearly, if not the same as Lechler’s 3153. 
DIAPEDIUM MULTICAULE Sp. n. 
Sub-glabrous ; primary root short and stout ; stems numerous, 
erect or ascending from a broad crown, 3-6 dm. high, very slen- 
der, sharply quadrangular, green, the internodes 4-5 cm. long ; 
