Tas. 8009. 
BURBIDGEA  scuizocueina. 
Malaya. 
ScrtaMIne&. Tribe ZINGIBERE. 
BursipeEa, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6403; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. 
lil. p. 647; Engler, Pflanzenr. Zingiber. p. 281. 
Burbidgea schizocheila, Hort. Buitenz. ec W. Hackett in Gard. Chron. 
1904, vol. ii. p. 301, a B. nitida, Hook. f., lamina labelli quam staminis 
connectivum obtusum angustiore et perianthii segmentis interioris 
aurantiaco-luteis differt. 
Caules tenues, 9-15 poll. alti. Folia elliptica, acuminata, basi cuneata, 5 
poll. longa, 3 poll. lata, supra viridia, subtus brunneo-purpureo tincta, 
marginibus angustis brunneo-purpuratis; vagine 5 poll. longw, rubro- 
purpures; ligula scariosz; petioli 14 poll. longi, brunnei. Panicula 
terminalis, 9-12-flora. Calyx tubularis, 9 lin. longus, 2 lin. diam., 
breviter bidentatus. Petala 2 poll. longa, lutea, posticum ovatum, apice — 
longe cucullatum, 5 lin. latum, lateralia oblonga, obtusa, 3 lin. lata. 
Labellum bifidum, apice intus pilosum. Anthera 3 lin. longa, connectivo 
apice in appendicem obcuneatam obtusam irregulariter dentatam pro- 
ducto. Ovariwm viride; stylus filiformis, stigmate triangulari, medio 
excavato. 
The plant was received at Kew in 1903 from the 
Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens, under the name of Burbidgea 
schizocheila, but it does not appear to have yet been 
described, and no information is available as to its original 
habitat. The only other species of the genus B. mitida, 
Hook. f. (B. M. t. 6403), is a native of Borneo. 
In habit Burbidgea resembles Hedychiwm, but the 
flowers are destitute of any trace of lateral staminodes. 
There is a drawing at Kew of a plant collected in Borneo © 
by Mr. (now Sir Hugh) Low, which much resembles this 
species, but the corolla is of a similar colour to that of 
B. nitida. 
Descr.—Stem slender, nine to fifteen inches high. 
Leaves elliptic, acuminate, cuneate at the base, five inches 
long, three inches wide, green above, narrowly edged and 
tinged beneath with brownish-purple; sheaths five inches 
long, claret colour; ligules scarious ; petioles an inch and 
a half long, brown. Panicles terminating the leafy stems, 
nine- to twelve-flowered. Calye tubular, nine lines long, 
two lines in diameter, shortly two-toothed. Corolla two 
inches long, orange-yellow ; posterior petal ovate, five lines 
Aprit Ist, 1905. 
