COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 211 
appendice brevi, ad apices loculorum cornubus duobus ovatis rotundatis parvis 
instructa. Stylus vix longior, stigmate triangulari recurvo hirto. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. | 
The whole flower appears to have been purple except the corolla-tube and calyx. 
The stamen is deeply excavate in the apex between the cells, behind each of which rises 
a small, rounded, fleshy ovate process. 
AMOMUM PELLITUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia oblongo-linearia, longe acuminata, basi breviter angustata, obtusa, glabra, 
50 em. longa, 7:5 cm. lata, sessilia, ligula vix distincta, vagina reticulata hirta. 
Racemus obovatus, 7 cm. longus, 9 cm. latus, peduneulo 9 em. longo brunneo 
velutino, bracteis caulinis lanceolatis dissitis 3:5 cm. longis. Bractee racemi - 
lanceolato-ovatz, obtuse, mucronulo setiformi minuto instructe, tenuiter coriaceze, 
glabre, leves, 8-4 cm. longs, 2 cm. late, copiose. Bructee florales anguste 
lanceolate, tridentate, apice et basi pubescentes, 2 cm. longs, tenues. Calyæ 
spathaceus, sequilongus, lanceolatus, dentibus 3 brevibus inwqualibus (medio 
breviore) apice ciliatis. Corolle tubus gracilis, equilongus, basi pubescens; lobi 
lineares, oblongi, apice pubescentes, 7 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. Labellum 1 em. 
longum, 8 mm. latum, obovatum, apice oblongo bilobo abrupte angustato. Stamen 
quam corolla brevius. Anthera oblonga, apice retusa, appendice nullo, connectivo 
autem in dorso antherz loculorum brevissime libero loculis vix longiore. Stylus 
gracilis, stigmate late obovoideo. Ovarium oblongum, sericeum. Capsula elliptica, 
12 mm. longa, appresse sericeo-hirta. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; 
This small-flowered species belongs to the section in which the connective of the 
stamen is not prolonged into a distinct crest. It is, however, very shortly freed in 
the form of two short rounded lobes just behind the tips of the anther-cells. "The bracts 
of the large raceme are of a smooth, thin, leathery texture and quite glabrous, except the 
basal one, which is slightly pubescent at the base. The leaf-sheath is very curiously 
reticulate with oblong or elliptic pits with raised hairy edges. These pits are 2-3 mm. 
long. Apparently nearest to Geanthus bromeliopsis, Val. in Nova Guin. viii. 935, 
tab. 166 B, but the bracts are not “subcucullate duriuscule” nor is the ligule 
conspicuous, and all parts are smaller. 
ALPINIA ($ HELLENIA) CORDYLINOIDES, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia lanceolata, acuminata vel oblanceolata, basi angustata, 34 em. longa, 4°5-8 cm. 
lata, nervis primariis 12, e costa ascendentibus, ligula nulla, vagina costata omnino 
glabra. Panicula apice in racemum abiens, 15-25 cm. longa, basi per 2 mm. 
nuda, ramis 5-6 lateralibus patentibus 7 em. longis. lores copiosi, dense approxi- 
mati, rosei. Bractee lanceolate, cuspidate, papyracez, caducee, 9 cm. longe, 
lem. late. Pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Ovariwm turbinatum, 1 mm. longum. Calyx 
urceolatus, 4 mm. longus, haud fissus, dentibus 2 subulatis tubi dimidio szequalibus. 
Corolla 1 cm. longa, tubo gracili longo, lobis oblongis obtusis rotundatis, postico 
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