tease). CCHS STELIS. 
0. 8. discolor (Rehb. f. in Bonpl. Sept. 1, 1855); f. = obl. coriac. 
pi longiore spica — secunda duplé breviore, 88. OV: aie 3-nerv., pp. 
transvers. membr. 3-n i 
condupl. subrotundo- wake acuto medio calloso sub rd ake 
—— (ward the base of Pichincha in ravines, 691 in ib. Hooker) v. s. sp. 
5 ie: 
14/—2” long by 4’” broad, with short petioles, Spikes 4”—5”. 
Flowe ers nea This character is drawn from the same source as that o 
Rehb. but ase a in details. It is crehable that he had no good materials 
mm The ed appearance of leaves and the — -velvety 
surface of "the spate’ josie do not exist in the Hookerian specim 
61. §. gladiata; f. gladiato coriac. long petiolato caule paulo longiore 
spicd paucifloré breviore, bract. apic. ustulatis, ss. in orbem feré connatis 
inori veni i i 
3-nerv. lat. m bus venis valde obliq., pp. trunc. carn ot , lab. min 
subrotundo cone s. condupl._——. rd (Quito, 99) v. 8. 
ooker Very near the last, but distinct in itsJeaves shaped 1 
Roman sword-blade, its much shorter spikes, larger i 
the sepals being —— confluent into a circle without ssa ieee _ of the 
two laterals which are much smaller curving from the bas 
1- 
grown leaf-blade 14” x 3" petiole 7”—8””. Stem 1/’— iW”, se te ; eid, 
with projecting angles, Spike 2”. Flowers apparently green. 
2. §. purpurascens a egearede et Galeottiin Ann, Se, Nat. 3rd ser. 3. 
18); i lin. obl. obt. membr. spica spirali multd breviore, ss. ovatis subin — 
8-nerv., pp. transv. v. margine pois dorso gibbos, absoluté 3-nerv., lab. sub- 
guadraio lateribus incurv. disco abrupté carnoso—— Mexico, Meisner (1112) 
ha eee with the size and habit of S. daatgemngrcam rhaps 
puaer larger. Flowers deep purple. In such flowers as contai pole 
and as Scunteaa there have been ezght pollen-masses/ a case a pre 
el. 
without 
3. §, Jamesoni (Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 11); f. obl. carnos. 
as tenui apice paucifloro multé brev. brev., pedicellis bracteis mult longioribus, 
ss. obl, Rm subrotund. concay., lab. eee minore ciliolato basi laté 
carina eos 
FP a 8. ascendens ace dl. in Comp. to B. Mag. 2. 353. Humboldtia oblonga, 
Hb. Willd. 16906); rhizomate ascendente, f. obl. carnos. subsessili 
—_ multd breviore, ss. ovatis acut., pp. subrotund. membr. plan. semi- 3- 
i i Hall and Jameson ( of 
écarnoed coutorral acutiore.—— P% (valley 
Tins at 8000’ ; 100’ ; towards the base z Pichincha on sides of oe ; forest of 
Nane negal )——A we well-marked species, readily known by the well defined veins 
of the petals terminating sean “seit clavate. Flowers purple (?) 
5. S. lamellata (Hooker ic. t. 62. Lindl. in Comp. B. Mag. 2. Lag ; 
mate ascendente, f. carn. lin. lane. pee reg S long petiolate sp 
ore, 
to concay 
aa = 
Be of Puchinchy ae euburte of Quit) ve 8 
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