238 : : MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. (November, in fruit) ; VIa, 3100 ft. (January, 
in flower). 
Allied to D. glabra, Roxb., but differing in the leaves being brown and polished on 
both sides when dry, not glaucescent, in the longer spikes of larger flowers, oblong in 
bud, and in drying brown, not black. 
CORSTACE. 
- (By H. N. RipLEY.) 
ConsIA ORNATA, Becc. Malesia, i. 238, tab. 9. 
Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp Vie, 5500 tt. 
* Bright paper-yellow, streaked with dull crimson.” 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
BURMANNIACE. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
BURMANNIA DISTICHA, Linn. Sp. Pl. 287. 
Camps VI 4, 3900 ft.; VI ¢, 5500 ft.; and VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, and Australia. 
BURMANNIA LONGIFOLIA, Becc. Malesia, i. 244. 
Camps III, 2500 ft.; Vie, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands. 
BURMANNIA MICROPETALA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba saprophytica, gracilis, 11-12 mm. alta, squamis paucis lanceolatis acuminatis 
4 mm. longis dissitis. Flores 8-10 ad apicem pseudo-umbellati, congesti. 
Bractee lanceolate vel lineari-acuminate, inferiores latiores, lanceolate, 2 mm. 
longe. Pedicelli crassi, 5 mm. longi. Perianthium 5 mm. longum, exalatum, — 
tubo obscure angulato subeylindrico. Sepala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa, carnosa, 
papillosa. Petala multo minora, oblonga, obtusa, carnosa. Stamina connectivo 
ovato triangulari-obtuso, antheris parvis ellipticis. Stylus cylindricus, validulus ; 
stigmata brevia, lata, decurva. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Closely resembling B. sphagnoides, Becc., of Borneo, in the form of the flower, but 
the connective of the stamens is broader and entire, not notched above, as in that 
species. The leaves are also reduced to two or three inconspicuous lanceolate acuminate 
scales. 
GYMNOSIPHON PAPUANUM, Becc. Malesia, i. 241. 
Canoe Camp, at about 150 ft., in dry places; Camp I, 700 ft. >> 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. . E | 
