134 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
HEMIGRAPHIS CAUDIGERA, S. Moore, sp. nov. ; 
Caulis gracilis, anfractuosus, pubescens, cito puberulus. Folia petiolata, ampla, 
elliptico-lanceolata, breviter caudato-attenuata apice ipso (et basi) obtusa, margine 
crenata, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus sparsim puberula, 9:5-11:5 X 3°5—4'3 em. 
Spica pedunculata, laxe pauciflora, pedunculo circa 5 cm. longo incluso, foliis 
parum brevior. Bractee lanceolatæ, obtusæ, puberulæ, inferiores 2 cm. x 3 mm., 
superiores gradatim minores. Calycis 12 mm. longi segmenta linearia, acuminata, 
puberula. Corolle tubus calycem excedens, 15 mm. longus, superne gradatim 
amplificatus, faucibus 4 mm. latus; lobi inter se subzequales, obovati, obtusissimi, 
5x4mm. Filamenta per paria connata, majora in dimidio inferiore longe barbata. 
Staminodium 0. Ovarium sparsim puberulum; ovula pro loculo 5-6. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
The single specimen to hand is 26 cm. long, but the attachment to the soil is not 
shown. Leaves grey-green when dry, somewhat paler below, the caudate attenuation 
at most 1:5 cm. long, margins entire; petioles 1-2 em. long, covered with short strigillose 
hairs. Flowers “ violet white." Longer filaments 3 mm., shorter 0°75 mm. long; 
anthers 1°75 mm. long. 
Different from the last in foliage and bracts. 
LEPIDAGATHIS PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Caulis ascendens, circa sesquispithameus, quadrangularis, aliquanto anfractuosus, 
paucifoliosus, ad nodos tumidus, puberulus. Folia ovato-oblonga vel anguste 
elliptica, obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem contracta, margine undulata, mem- 
branacea, supra glabra, subtus prsesertim in nervis subtiliter puberula, 6:5-14 X 
28-48 em. Spice axillares vel terminales, solitarie vel 2-3-ne, cylindric:e, 
pro rata laxiuscule, pedunculate, pedunculis sepius brevibus, ut inflorescentize 
axis pubescentes vel puberule, summum 4 cm. longs. Bractee calyci subsequi- 
longs, circa 8 mm. longe, ovato-lanceolatz, spinuloso-acuminate, 1-nerves, margine 
breviter ciliate, ceteroquin fere glabre. ^ Calycis segmenta oblongo- vel lineari- 
lanceolata, spinuloso-acuminata, ut bractez scariosa, dorso puberula, margine 
breviter ciliata; segmentum posticum 8 x 2 mm., 3-nerve, cetera 1-nervia 
7X1-15 mm. Corolla parva, calyce brevior, vix 5 mm. longa; tubus 3 mm. 
longus, medio contractus; labium posticum integrum, suborbiculare, 1:5 x L:5 mm., 
antico circiter equilongum; antici lobi laterales late oblongi, obtusi. Ovarium 
ovoideum, apice breviter papillosum, 1:5 mm. longum. Capsula oblonga, sursum 
angustata fere rostrata, 7 mm. longa. Semina pro capsula 4, 1 mm. diam., 
retinaculis acutis fulta. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Stem with about four pairs of leaves separated usually by internodes of 4-6 cm. 
Leaves drying green, paler below, upper side with small scattered cystoliths; petioles 
5-10 mm. long, puberulous. Filaments rather more than 5 mm. long; cells of anther 
linear-oblong, 1 mm. long. 
I have compared this with Malayan specimens, referred (in MS.) by C. B. Clarke to 
