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NOTES ON XYRIS. 507 
siemens oe sp. nov. ste ee 403, figs. 85-41.) Dense 
oliis . 
oblon ig 7-Onariis cum margine imbricata palliione; sepalis 
lateralibus subfaleatis supra basin latioribus cum carina valida 
ciliolata ; petalorum ungue purpureo, limbo luteo fndieains ovato ; 
antheris oblongis filamenta angusta duplo excedentibus; staminodio- 
rum brachiis geminis inequaliter trilobatis —_ aureo-pilosis ; 
stylis apice rhombeo-dilatatis ; ovario ring 
Peduncles 80- ong, 4-5 m rasa ; Sheath 24 em., 
with a aeobnly striate deep reddish- seven ‘base; spikes 17-26 mm. 
long by 15-20 mm. broad; sterile bracts, ene oe ug from 
below upwards, 4-8 mm. long, the largest reaching . broad, 
nerves anastomosing above; fertile bracts 11-15 mm. a by 
9 to 10 mm. yee nerves similarly anastomosing; sepals 9-13 mm. 
long by 1:75-2°5 mm. broad, apex more or less ame notched ; 
claw of petals 1 cm. long : tint (from unopened bu y 7 mm. 
nther 3 mm. long; ent 15 mm.; staminodes falling a little 
share of the anthers.  Daripe fruit incompletely trilocular at the 
apex 
This, the first Xyris recorded from New oii Be tei 
the widespread tropical Asiatic X. indica, but ore robust 
plant with larger bracts and flowers, tiflering sso i in 1 tke colour of 
the heads, which are ir: a dark polished br 
Hab. New Caledonia. Dry fephigindts soil, 400 metr 
Pancher, no. 411. Mt. Mon; Vieillard, no. 1408, in herb. Hance 
o. 17,869. 
X. Pancheri, sp.nov. Dense cespitosa foliis scabridulis 
vaginis scariosis ibe brunneis elongatis anguste linearibus ice 
gl cum area centrali lanceolata ad ovata pl 
pallidiore et margine subfragili supra basin ampliata, sterilibus in- 
fimis parvis ovatis, ceteris ad bracteas fertiles se gp mei 
prebentibus; sepalis lateralibus falcato-lanceolat carina 
ciliata et margine sublata integra; antheris bilobatis Daienks vix 
excedentibus ; staminodiis superne it a margine dense sed 
brevius pilosis ; ovario basi tantum triloc 
aves, including sheath (6-8 cm.), tae 40 cm. in length 
by 1 “2 mm. broad; sheaths of peduncles becoming loose and mem- 
branous above, with a short pungent awn-like apex, }-} the length 
of the scape, the longest of which is 75 cm. with a diameter of 
erg rapidly in size after the first three rows, and passing 
o the large shallowly concave blunt bracts; flowers yellow ; 
sateiel sepals 9 mm. long by little over 2 mm. broad; anthers 
