COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 2009 
HABENARIA ($ HoLogLossa) Krossrr, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba 20-23 cm. alta, gracilis, pauciflora. Folia basalia 2, elliptica, ovata, acuta, 
glabra, subtus pallidiora, carinata, 3:5 em. longa, 1°5 cm. lata, nervis 7, nervulis 
transversis, petiolo cum vagina 1:6 cm. ad 2:5 em. longo. Folia caulina plura, 
lanceolata, acuminata aut cuspidata, inferiora 2 cm. longa, trinervia. Racemus 
6 cm. longus, floribus dissitis 5. Bractee lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm. long. 
Ovarium brevissime. pedicellatum, 1 cm. longum.  Sepalwm posticum ovatum: 
acuminatum, obtusum, carinatum, erectum, fere 3 mm. longum ; lateralia lanceo- 
lata, deflexa, carinata, 3 mm. longa. Petala lanceolata, obtusa, quam sepalum 
posticum breviora. Labellum integrum, lanceolatum, acuminatum, obtusum, 
pugioniforme, carnosum, quam sepalum posticum longius, calcare filiformi 1 em. 
longo ovario zquilongo. Columna lata, processubus brevibus truncatis, stelidiis 
oblongis brevibus pustulosis. Pollinia pyriformia, caudicula longiore filiformi, 
glandula elliptica mediocri. 
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.; Camp III, 2500 ft. (a form with shorter spur). 
ORCHIDEJE: CyPRIPEDIEX. 
CYPRIPEDIUM PAPUANUM, Ridl. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, lviii. (1915) 131. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
SCITAMINE. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
ZINGIBERACEJE. 
Curcuma ZEDOARIA, Rose. Scitam. t. 109. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
‘ Upper bracts pale mauve-crimson, lower green. Flowers pale yellow." 
Distrib. Widely distributed through Asia. : 
TAPEINOCHILUS BkCCARIL, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 348. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
* Inflorescence carmine, near the ground. Leaves at the top of the cane 6 to 10 ft. 
high." 
Distrib. New Guinea. 
TAPEINOCHILUS RECURVATUM, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 349; 
in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 20, p. 436. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Distrib. New Guinea. 
THyLACOPHORA, Ridl., gen. nov. 
Calyx spathaceus, haud tubulosus, elongatus, fere ad basin fissus, lanceolatus, acumi- 
natus. Corolla tubo brevissimo, lobis 3 inequalibus lanceolatis elongatis acuminatis 
tenuibus, labello bifido lobis corolla brevioribus angustis linearibus hirtis. Stamen 
2E 
SECOND SERIES.—BOTANY, VOL. IX. 
