358 BULLETIN DE L'HERBIER BOISSIER. (25) 



Hallier f. 1 arcle affinis, sed tarnen a spec. omnibus adhuc nolis connec- 

 livo non elongato el slaminodiis minuLis diversa; radices filiformes, 

 albidse, non tuberös«, parce ramosse, pube molli alba vestitae; caules 

 repentes, ad nodos radicantes, ramosi, juniores virides, nitore vitreo, 

 seniores colore osseo, nitiduli. vaginis brevibus ovatis aeutis scariosis 

 parallelo-nervosis vestili; rami erecti, brèves, 1-2-foliosi; ramorum 

 va gin as longœ, cylindricae, acutse, satura te virides, nervis pallidis paral- 

 lelis lineatœ, opacae, margine membranaceo pallido, seniores pallidsß. 

 scariosae, parallelo-nervosae; petiolus longus, oblique erectus, rigidus, 

 tenuis, semi leres, supra profunde sulcatus, viridis, subopacus, nervis 

 parallelis pallidis lineatus; lamina ovato-lanceolala, basi acutiuscula. 

 apice recurvo acuta, supra gramineo-viridis, concolor, nervo mediano 

 nervisque ca. 8 lateralibus lineala, nitidula, subtus pallidior, glauco- 

 viridis, minute et dense glauco-punclala, nitore parum conspicuo argy- 

 rescenle, nervo mediano prominulo saturatius viridi subcarinaia, nervis 

 numerosis parallelis saturatius viridibus lineala, preecipue ad nervum 

 medianum pilisminutis tenuissimis appressis obspersa; inflorescentiae 

 in ramorum apice solitariae, sessiles, vaginis scariosis involucralœ, pauci- 

 florce; flores parvi; corolla? tubus tenuis, longus, vaginas paulo supe- 

 rans, cylindricus, albus, nitore vitreo; petala 3 sequalia, lanceolata, 

 cucullala, acuta, alba, subpellucida, intus nervis 3 parallelis obscure 

 lineata ; staminodia 3 pelaloidea , sparse et minulissime ciliolata. 

 poslica 2 minuta, petalis dimidio minora, lanceolata, curvata, acuta, viri- 

 dula, nervis 3 pellucide lineata, anticum (labellum) petala paulo superans, 

 profunde bifidum, albidum, subpellucidum, ungue subcuneato, superne 

 prope lissuram macula lutea ornatum; lobi la te obovati, nervis quaternis 

 subparallelis pellucidis lineati; fila m en tum brevissimum; antbera 

 obovoidea, erecta, marginibus involutis circa styli apicem vaginam for- 

 mans, ore sligma obconicum hirsulum fovens. obtruncata, albida, con- 

 nectivo Ihecas (luteolas) haud superante nee dilalalo. 



Rami cum foliis usque 2 dm. alti ; vagina? caulinaj ca. 8 mm. longae, 

 ramorum usque ultra 5 cm. longse; petiolus usque 7 cm. longus; lamina 

 usque H cm. longa, 5 cm. lata; corollse tubus 15 mm. longus, ca. 1 mm. 

 latus, vaginas ca. 6 mm. superans; petala ca. 7 mm. longa, basi 2-3 mm. lata; 

 staminodia 2 poslica ca. 4 mm. longa, ultra 1 mm. lata, antici unguis ca. 

 4 mm. longus, 3 mm. latus, lobi ca. 4 mm. longi totidemque fere lati ; s tarnen 

 ca. 3 mm. longum, ca. 1 mm. crassum. 



1 H. Hallier in Annal. Buitenz, XIII, 2 (1896), p. 321-323, t. 27, flg. 4. 



