208 TlMEHRI. 
312. Abolboda sceptrum, Oliv., n. sp. Foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
acutis rigidis Ijete viridibus leviter glaucescentibus, scapo 
crassitie pennas anserinae, floribus capitalis, capitulis flori- 
feris 4-5 poll. diam. bracteis ovatis acutis rigidis sepalis 
-2-f brevioribus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis subaequilongis 
lateralibus carinatis, petalis limbo ovato flabellatim venoso 
ovario ovoideo stylo longo basi appendicibus 3 crassinis- 
culis arete uncinatis ovario sequilongis circumdato, ovula 
plurima. Roraima, Summit. E. F. im Thum. 
Folia 6-7 poll, longa. Bractese ovatse v. interiores ovato- 
lanceolatse f-i| poll, longas. Sepala i|-i| poll, longa. 
Petala 2-2^ poll, longas, inferne in tubum leviter curvatum 
ovalita. Stamina petalis breviora ; filamenta anguste 
linearia ; antherse lineares. Ovarium cartilagineum \ poll, 
longam ; stylus if poll, longus. 
The leaves I have not seen, Mr. im Thurn having kindly 
supplied me with a note of their size and form. He 
describes the foliage as " Yucca-like". Our specimen con- 
sists of a well-developed capitulum and 8-9 ins of its scape. 
The flowers hardly admit of being satisfactorily analysed. 
They are very much larger than in other species seen by 
me, and the tube of the united petals much wider. The 
singular uncinate appendages are inserted with the style 
upon the ovary, not as in some species at a distinct inter- 
val above it. 
338. Stegolepis guianensis, Kl. 6,000 ft. 
34. Eriocaulon Humboldtii, Kth. ? (= specimen from Roraima, 
Schomburgk) Arapoo River 
33. P^epalanthus, Schomburgkii, Kl. Arapoo River 
60. ,, flavescens, Kth. (eriocephalus Kl.) 4,000 feet. 
294. Peepaianthus Roraimae, Oliv. sp. nov. Acaulis foliis dense 
rosulatis brevibus rigidis linearibus obtusiusculis basi lati- 
oribus leviter falcatis rectisve, basi arete imbricata lanugi- 
nosa excepta glabra longitudinaliter striata, scapo solitario 
vaginato, vagina foliis subduplo longiore spathacea v. bifida 
glabra involucri bracteis linearia lanceolatis glabratis v. 
parce pilosis fuliginosus, brafteis disci flores stipantibusob- 
lahceolatis v. obovato-cuneatis cymbiformibus. Roraima 
summit : E. F. im Thurn. 
