742 BULLETIN DE L'HERBIER BOISSIER. (29) 



viridia, opaca, furfure raro minulissimo scabra, venis saturatius viridibus 

 reticulata, nervis ferrugineo-tomentosis; nervi supra paulo sulcali, subtus 

 costati, laterales ulrinsecus 6-8, arcubus intramarginalibus sertis, in 

 cujusvis nervi série versus laminee apicem sensim diminutis inter se 

 conjuncti; flores in panicellis (termina tis!) brevibus axillaribus solitariis 

 ad apicem rami cujusvis in panicula (terminata!) communi terminali 

 brevi congestis, odore gravi grato hyacinthino; flos lateralis quivis bractea 

 solitaria bracteolisque binis oppositis suffultus; pedunculi et pedi- 

 celli teretes, tomento denso stellato ferrugineo pelliti; bractese brac- 

 te ol se que minute, sessiles, subulalse vel lanceolatae, virescentes, ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosae ; pedicelli clavati, sub calyce subito in pulvinar con- 

 spicuum valde incrassati; sepala parva, aequalia, ad 3 /ß arcte imbricata, 

 semi-orbicularia, convexa, crassa, coriacea, utrinque viridia, exlus opaca, 

 basi tomento ferrugineo afflata, intus lucida; corolla in alabastro glo- 

 bosa, extus rufa, velutina, post anthesin nigricans, in anlhesi pallide 

 citrina, turbinato-rotata, tubo brevissimo turbinalo, sepalis obteclo, glabro, 

 extus albido-luteolo, vitreo, nitido, supra tubum profunde in lobos 5 late 

 obcordatos, margine fimbriato-crenulatos undulatos divisa ; cujusvis lobi 

 fascia mesopetala marginibus curvatis longe triangularis, acuta, intus 

 albicans, glabra, opaca, nervis 3-5 longitudinalibus parallelis viridulis 

 subtiliter lineata, extus tomento appresso denso ferrugineo veslita, 

 2 /ä lobi longitudinis adaequans; lobuli bini laterales semi-obcordali, apice 

 supra fasciam mesopetalam connati, tenues, membranacei, utrinque pal- 

 lide citrini, glabri, subopaci, in alabastro dextrorsum induplicato-contorti, 

 saturate auranliaco-lutei; filamenta tubo inserta, brevissima, lata, com- 

 planata, nitidula, albida, basin versus sensim dilatata nee dentata, glabra, 

 ima basi in annulum commissuralem nitidum connata ; antheree pallide 

 citrinae, parvee, longe ovatse, basi subcordatae, marginibus undulatae, acu- 

 mine acuto ineurvae, rimis 2 longitudinalibus lateralibus déhiscentes, in 

 alabastro alba?, sligmalis sulcis impress33; discus deest; ovarium glo- 

 bosum, laste viride, nitore vitreo, solidum(?), sterile (f); stigma sessile, 

 semiglobosum, costis 5 radiatum, albidum, opacum; fruetus non pro- 

 tulit. — E. Rheedei Bl. et glomeratx Bl. non Wall, arcte affinis. 



Trunci usque 8 cm. diametro; rami novelli 3 mm. crassi ; petiolus 10-15 

 mm. longus, 3 mm. crassus; lamina usque ultra 2 dm: longa, ultra 1 dm. lata; 

 panicellse usque 7 cm. longae; bracteae usque 7 mm. longae, vix 1 mm. late; 

 pedicellus vix 5 mm. longus, pulvinari 3 mm. crasso terminatus ; sepala vix 

 2 mm. longa, ultra 3 mm. lata; corolla 8 mm. longa, limbo 18 mm. diametro ; 

 fasciae mesopetalae 6 mm. longae, basi 3 mm. late; lobi 9 mm. longi, 

 11 mm. lati. 



