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A NKw CiKNi'iAX i-KoM Boi.iviA. — Geotiana dolichantha 

 Gilc^ s{). nov. Pcicnnaiis. Raciicc ? : rhi/.oniatc ccrtc decum- 

 bente rcliq.uii.s folioruni cvanidorum obtccto, ajDicc folia pauca 

 laxe vel laxiuscule rosulata gerente : foliis lanceolatis vel lincari- 

 lanccolatis, apicc acutissimis, basi vix an<^iistati.s sctl Iiaud con- 

 ncctis, sub anthcsi semper manifeste recurvatis, utiinquc nitidis, 

 subchartaceis, solemniter 3-nervatis : floribus 6-mei'is puniceis, in 

 apice caulis erccti parce foliosi in cymam 3-floram dispositis, in 

 axillis foliorum infcriorum semper solitariis, tenuissime longe pedi- 

 cellatis, sub anthcsi x^erisimiliter nutantibus : sepalis in parte 3/^ 

 alt. in calycem campanuliformem le\iter lo-angulatum connatis, 

 lobis liberis lanceolato-triangularibus, acutissimis : corollae tubo 

 cylindraceo vel anguste cylindraceo, superne paullo ampliato, 

 lobis tubi vix ^ longit. aequantibus orbicularibus, breviter 

 apiculatis. 



Caule repente <S-i2 cm. longo, parte erecta 17-25 cm. Foliis 

 basalibus rosulatis quam cetera caulina baud majoribus, adultis 

 4-5 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. latis ; internodiis 2.5-4, rarius usque 

 5 cm. longis. Pediccllis 1.5-4 cm. longis. Calycis tubo ca. 8 

 mm. longo, 5-6 mm. crasso, lobis 2.2-2.8 mm. longis, 2 mm. 

 latis. Corollae tubo 2.2—2.3 cm. longo, 8-9 mm. crasso, lobis 

 ca. 7 mm. diametro metientibus. 



BoLivi.\ : Pelichuco, 11,500 ped. s. m. {Wi/Iiaiiis, 11. 2^Sg. 

 Flores maio 1902). 



Species nova affinis G. f>iiiiict\ic Wedd., sed floribus majoribus 

 longius tubulatis calyceque alte connato campanulato diversa. 



Ernst Gilg. 



liKKLIN. 



A Trio of Grasses new to the West Indies. — Among the 

 plants collected by Mr. W. E. Broadway, in Granada in 1904, 

 is a specimen of Polytrias pracviorsa Hack., secured at St. 

 George's, growing in pasture land. This grass is native in Java, 

 and its appearance as an introduction into the West Indies is 

 rather interesting. 



A word in reference to the nomenclature of this species may 

 be appropriate here. In Hackel's treatment of the Andropogo- 

 neae (D. C. Monog. Phan. 6: 189), in the synonymy under his 

 P. prac'iiiorsa, in reference to the Aiidropogon divcrsijforus Steud. 

 (Syn. Gram. 370), the following statement is made: " nomen 

 specificum a me rejectum quia in speciminibus bene evolutis 



