268 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
FLORIDE®. 
BURMANNIA MADAGASCARIENSIS, n. sp. 
B. caule gracillimo 1-4-floro, foliis 3-4 minutis alternis lanceolatis, flori- 
bus cymosis terminalibus sessilibus lateralibus breviter pedicellatis, bracteis 
minutis lanceolatis, perianthii ezrulei trialati obovati tubo cylindrico ovario 
subzquilongo, limbi segmentis brevibus, exterioribus orbicularibus, interi- 
oribus lanceolatis. 
Stems filiform, flexuose, 4—5 in. long, with about four alternate 
sheathing leaves in the lower half, with a small erect lanceolate 
acute membranous lamina. Flowers cymose, the central flower 
of the cyme sessile, the side ones on short arcuate ascending 
pedicels. Perianth blue, 4 in. long, 4 in. in diam. including the 
three wings, which are nearly truncate at the top, rounded on 
the outside and narrowed gradually from near the top down to 
the base; tube cylindrical, about as long as the ovary. Limb 
very minute, the three outer segments orbicular, the three inner 
lanceolate. Style as long as the perianth-tube; stigma capitate. 
Stamens 3, inserted at the top of the perianth-tube just below 
the large outer segments.—Madagascar, Gerrard 101! Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1049! Swampy ground on the east coast, 
Baron 1561! This is doubtless the plant on which Thouars 
founded his genus Maburnia, Nov. Gen. Madag. p. 4; but he 
describes the stamens as opposite the inner segments of the 
perianth. It is nearly allied to B. juncea, Soland., and B. colestis, 
D. Don. 
HEDYCHIUM FLAVESCENS and H. PEREGRINUM. 
From living roots presented to Kew by Dr. Parker two species 
of Hedychium have been raised, one identical with the Indian 
H. flavescens, Carey, and the other a new species, which has been 
described by my colleague Mr. N. E. Brown in the ‘ Gardeners’ 
Chronicle’ for March 24, 1883 (p. 368), under the name of 
H. peregrinum. 
ARISTEA CLADOCARPA, n. Sp. 
Dense ezespitosa, glabra, foliis basalibus 8-10 linearibus multinervatis, 
racemo simplici vel composito rhachi applinata nodis 2-3-floris, bracteis 
minutis ovatis membranaceis, fructu cylindrico. 
Densely e:spitose. Leaves rigid in texture, 4-12 in. long, 
l in. broad, tapering to a point, quite flat on the faces, with 
above twenty close distinct ribs. Stem, including inflorescence, 
