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4 ft. long, 4 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, 
vagy einatontly adpresso-lepidote. Pe duncle rather longer than 
e ; i rescence 
n 
4-3 in. long, 4 in. broad. Calyx 4 in. long; sepals oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla conole twice as long as the calyx. Immature capsule 
as long as the bract. 
Hab. Jamaica; Plain of Westmoreland, on log-wood trees, 
Purdie! 
87. T. monapeteHa Baker. Phytarhiza ements K. Morren 
in Belg. Hort. 1882, 168, t. 7.—Leaves 50-60 in a rosette; dilated 
ovate base 2 in long, an ‘inch broad; blade isiear artnet: red- 
brown, channelled, 7-8 in. long, } in. broad at th Peduncle 
6-8 in. long; bract-leaves small, not imbrica Inflorescence a 
simple moderately dense erect spike 4—5 in. long; flowers about 1 
on a side, erecto-patent ; flower-bract ovate, acute, as long as the 
calyx. Calyx } in. long; sepals acute. Petal-blade able whitish, 
++ in. long. Style and stamens not longer than the calyx. Cap 
sule above 2 in. long 
Hab. Guiana. oo in cultivation by Linden in 1874. 
Recedes from typical Platystachys by its thin subglabrous leaves, 
white flower, and short stamens and pistil. 
. graminifolia, n. sp. — Leaves 40-60 to a pet erect, 
linear-setaceous, under a foot long, } in. broad at the e, din. 
at the dilated base, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle as long 
moderately dense simple erect spike 2-8 in. long; flowers about 6 
on a side, erecto-patent; flower-bract oblong- oe ee glabrous, 
in, | Calyx as long as the bract. Petals 2, r greenish 
y ee lower white. Capsule-valves linear, 14-2 
Cayenne, Martin! Poteau! Sagot BB9 | Demerara, 
Parkin? Trinidad, Fendler 828! Nearly allied to 7. monadelpha. 
(To be continued.) 
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Saxrrraca caxsprtosa L. — I see that Watson’s ‘ a 
Botany,’ _ 2, p. 188, does not admit this plant as a native ot 
Wales. I have before me a specimen met at Twill Dda, in 
“or nah in 1835, » by Mr. J. Roberts, a botanist of Bangor 
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to 8. cc a, and have perfect confidence in Mr. Roberts. I have 
also the 8S. F tecuresfilad (D. Don) distributed by the late Mr. J. 
Dickson as S. cespitosa (a variety of which it is), and given to me 
by the late Rev. T. Gisborne, who obtained it from him, as gathered 
in Westmoreland many years since. Of the correctness of this 
name also there can be no doubt.—C. C. Basreron. 
