IGO 



basi late vigiuantia duplo siiperan- 

 tibus; vagina nigrescente in fibras 

 demum dissoluta; spicisraultifloris 

 conoideo-ovatis acutis; squamis ri- 

 gidis obovato-ellipticie; sepalis la- 

 teralibus complicatis spathulato-li- 

 nearibusangustemcmbrauaceo-ala- 

 tis apicem versus bideutatum subla- 

 ceratis squamam [equantibus; sepa- 

 lo interiore pr?eter apicem char- 

 taceum tenuiter membranaceo o- 

 blongo (explanato suborbiculari); 

 petalis albis obovatis; staminodiis 

 fimbrilliferis antheras oblougas fe- 

 re aquantibus; stigmatibus dilata- 

 tis; capsulamembranaceabracteam 

 dimidiara aequante; serainibus e- 

 llipticis raultistriatis rostellatis fus- 

 co-rubelli8. (3736). 



En pinales aridos y arenosos cer- 

 ca de Pinar del Rlo. 

 2451 XiRis RHOMBiPETALA sp. nov. clata; 

 rhizomate crassiusculo; scapo apice 

 snbcorapresso biraarginato inferne 

 striato folia linearia margine cum 

 angulis scapi subscabra apice incur- 

 vo obtusiuscula plus duplo supe- 

 raute; spica oblonga obtusa multi- 

 flora; squarais orbicularibus dorso 

 viridibus raargine late fulvidis ri- 

 gidis oppressis. Sepala lateralia ri- 

 gida coraplicata lineari-lanceolata 

 acutiuscula dorso curvato late ala- 

 ta serrulata vix excedentibus; se- 

 palo interiore oblongo [explanato 

 orbiculari] tenerrime hyalino; pe- 

 talis rhombeo-ovatis apice denticu- 

 latis; staminodiis fimbriatis anthe- 

 ras lineari-oblongas subtequanti- 

 bus; stigmatibus penicillatis; cap- 

 sula membranacea; seminibus ellip- 



