346 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
q/? Trachydium ? simplicifolium, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Planta distinctissima, dubie ad Tvrachydium relata; cum 
illo genere ob folia simplicia ob involucri phyllorum absentiam 
bene non quadrat ; fructus (immaturus) ad Tvachydium certe 
- Spectat ; fortasse typus generis novi sed sime fructu maturo 
vix recte describi potest. 
Planta perennis 7-Io cm. ifs rhizomate modice crasso 
praedita. Caulis solitarius erectus + sparse albo-patenti- 
pilosulus. Folia 3-5, simplicia; radicalia vel subradicalia 1-2, 
petiolo 3-7 cm. longo dense albo-pilosulo vagina ampla I-2 cm. 
longa praedita, 1.5-3 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, saepius latiora 
quam longiora, ambitu latissime ovata breviter vel usque ad 
medium in lobos tres ovatos grosse crenatos divisa, basi + 
alte cordata, subcoriacea utrinque glabra vel subglabra rarius 
Iargine minute pilosula supra viridia subtus pulchre purpura- 
scentia nervis 5 basi digitatim abeuntibus ; folia caulina radicali- 
bus subsimilia sed minora petiolis multo reductis laminis non- 
nunquam vaginae insidentibus, suprema ad vaginam magnam 
et laminam perpusillam reducta. Inflorescentia folia vix 
superans; umbellae 2-3; involucri phylla nulla; umbellae 
radii 6-10, 1-1.5 cm. longi, glabri; involucelli phylla + 10, 
circ. 5 mm. longa, linearia ; umbellulae radii + 20, circ. 5 mm. 
longi. Sepala inconspicua. Petala alba saepe purpurascentia 
obovata vel suborbicularia apice paulo inflexa basi in unguem 
brevissimum angustata, I mm. longa vel paulo ultro. Ovarium 
atro-viride I-1.5 mm. longum. Fructus (immaturus) a latere 
paulo compressus ad commissuram constrictus jugis carpelli 
5 obtusis vittis ad valleculas solitariis vel rarius binis. 
“ Plant of 3-4 inches. Petals white, gynaeceum dark green. 
Barren limy pasture on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. Oct. rg10.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 7394. 
A very distinct plant which has been put provisionally in the 
genus Tvachydium. The simple leaves and the want of involucre 
make it a very anomalous member of that genus, and it may yet 
have to be transferred. The fruit bearing a very close relation- 
ship to that of Trachydium is unfortunately not mature. 
SPECIES AFRICANAE. 
Bulbophyllum inopinatum, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate B. nudiscapi, Rolfe a quo petalis nigro- 
purpureis suborbicularibus longe ciliatis facile distinguitur. 
8 Pseudobulbi ovoidei teretes nec angulati 3-4 cm. longi 
-Vaginis fepuiter membranaceis emarcidis hinc inde obtecti, 
