COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 215 
sericeis 3 mm. longis. Corolla tubo quam calyx multo breviore, lobo postico 
carnoso lineari recurvo 1:2 em. longo, aliis linearibus oblongis planis 6 mm. longis. 
Labellum oblongum, undique hirtum, stamini equilongum, calyce brevius. Anthera 
loculis angustis, brevibus, appendice magno oblongo apice rotundato utrinque 
hirto. Stigma magnum, late triangulatum, rotundatum, hirtum. 
Camp Via, 3100 ft. 
Allied to A. () Hellwigia) pulchra, but with two flowers only in the spike, short- 
petioled leaves, a shorter broader lip, and a large hairy crest to the stamen. A 
remarkably stiff plant. 
PsyrcHANTHUS, Ridl., gen. nov.—ALPINIX sectio, K. Schumann, in Engl. Pflanzenreich, 
H. 20, p. 319. 
Herba foliis lanceolatis, inflorescentia terminali multiflora, labello obovato vel oblongo 
integro, filamento cymbiformi, denticulis duobus (ut videtur staminodiis) ad apicem 
prope antheram sitis, connectivo appendiculo nullo. 
The following Papuan species are referable to this genus :—Alpinia compta, K. Schum. 
in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 277; A. papilionacea, K. Schum. Fl. Kaiser Wilhelm's 
Land, 29; A. platynema, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 20, 438 ; A. scyphonema, 
K. Schum. ll. cc. et probabiliter A. Sehlechteri, K. Schum. l. c. 438; A. floribunda, 
K. Schum. 1. c. 439; and A. Gjellerupi, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 5. 938. 
PSYCHANTHUS INJEQUALIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia angusta, lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata, inzquilateralia, tenuiter 
coriacea, glabra, longe petiolata, 35 cm. longa, 3 em. lata; petiolus gracilis, 4 cm. 
longus, 2 mm. crassus; ligula 1 cm. longa, lineari-oblonga, retusa, marginibus 
brunneo-lanuginosis; vagina tenuiter costata nec cancellata, marginibus hirtis. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, sessilis, spicis tribus erectis cylindricis, 6 em. longis, 
bracteis truncatis coriaceis circiter 9 imbricatis glabris ad margines parce pilosis 
tectis. Flores singuli in pedicellis 7-8 mm. longis sericeis. Ca/yz cylindricus, 
2 em. longus, tenuiter coriaceus, glaber, apicibus loborum triangulorum brevium 
vix 1 mm. longorum exceptis. Ovariwm parvum, 2 mm. longum, glabrum. 
Corolla tubo calyci sequilongo lobo postico 3:5 cm. longo basi 5 mm. superne 
2 mm. lato angustus carnoso, lobis lateralibus linearibus oblongis 2 cm. longis 
2 mm. latis. Labellum integrum, lineare, planum, medio incrassatum, 2 cm. 
longum, 3 mm. latum. Staminis filamentum oblongum, cymbiforme, processubus 
apice 2 bilobis (uno lobo minimo). Anthere apice bilobæ, dorsifix®; loculi 
lineares, divulsi, connectivi appendice nullo. Stylus validus, stigmate obconico 
sericeo-hirto. Capsula globosa, levis, 1 cm. longa et lata, pericarpio coriaceo. 
Seminis plura, obovoidea, arillis tenuibus albis cupuliformibus, marginibus albo- 
lanuginosis. 
Camp VI à, 3900 ft. 
Very distinct from the others in the long petioled leaves and cylindrical spikes covered 
