COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 221 
rotundata retusa hirta, vagina cancellata. Paniculu brevis, 4 cm. longa, compaeta, 
peduneulo 6 em. longo, capitulis 6 dense aggregatis, rachi valida pubescente. 
Capitula subcylindrica, multiflora, 2 cm. longa. Bractee tenuiter coriace:w, 
lanceolate, oblonge, acute, hirte, in marginibus sericeze, ima 3 em. longa, 1 em. 
lata. Ovarium breve, hirtum. Calyx 2 cm. longa, cylindrica, lobis 3 sequalibus 
subulatis 5 mm. longis. Corolla tubo calyci zquilongo, lobis oblongis carnosis, 
postico longiore 1 em. longo, dorso hirto apice obtuso carnoso et torto (in sicca), 
exteris brevioribus subsimilibus.  Labellwm lineare, carnosum, breve truncatum, 
extus pubescens. Stamen equilongum, hirtissimum, appendice brevi ovato obtuso 
hirto. 
Camps III and I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
** Carmine " or coral-red. | 
Differs from the other species in the short, compact, more glahrous capitulum, long 
calyx-lobes, and smaller appendage to the stamen. 
ERIOLOPHA SETICALYX, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis vix crassus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, basi paullo angustata, 
obtusa, superne glabra, subtus minute velutina, 26-30 cm. longa, 2*5 cm. lata, 
costa valida, ligula brevi 2 mm. longa ovata obtusa pubscente, vagina tenuiter 
costata pubescente. Inflorescentia capitata, sessilis ex uno vel pluribus capitulis 
lanceolatis 3-4 cm. longis composita, bracteis oblongis cuspidatis 5 cm. longis 
1-2 em. latis pubescentibus marginibus apicis ciliatis. Pedicelli breves, glabri, 
5 mm. longi. Calyx clavatus, basi angustus, teres, superne fusiformis, in uno 
latere fissus, 2'7 cm. longus, glaber, lobis setiformibus 7 mm. longis pubescentibus. 
Corolla et Jabellum desunt. Slamen filamento 2°5 em. longo lineari canaliculato. 
Anthera 2 mm. longa, appendiculata. Capsula basi lata, obtusa, cylindro-conica, 
glabra, acuminata, 9 cm. longa, 1 cm. crassa, calyce elongato basi terete 3 em. 
longo, limbo spathaceo 2 cm. longo coronata. Semina ad 30, cuneata, apice lata, 
brevia, 5 mm. lata, arillo tenui parvo. 
Canoe Camp. ‘Greenish white.” 
Apparently allied to Æ. Klossii, but differing especially in the longer pale bracts, 
peculiar calyx with setiform points, and long stamen. The only specimen is in bad 
condition, having finished flowering, and the perianth having mostly disappeared. The 
fruit with its long calyx beak is very peculiar. The leaves are often so broad and 
rounded at the base (2 em. across) that they are almost cordate. It seems to be allied 
to Schumann's section Medusula of Alpinia. 
ERIOLOPHA SERICEA, Ridl., sp. nov. _ 
Caulis validus. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, abrupte cuspidata, basi rotundata, 
25 em. longa, 7 em. lata, marginibus et costa minute sericeis, ligula brevissima 
retusa hirta, vagina cancellata hirta. Inflorescentia 7 em. longa, rhachi crassa 
pubescente, capitulis 2-3 aggregatis 4 cm. longis oblongo-globosis sessilibus 
approximatis. Bractee inferiores lineari-oblonge, abrupte cuspidate, 7 cm. 
