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EuiOLOPHA, Eidl., in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3067 (1916). 



(7rt^_y.r tubalosus. Co7'olhE tubus vix lougior, sjepius brevior, lobi oblongi, cucuUati. 

 Lahcllum breve, filameuto in tubo incluso. Anthera oblouga, coanectivi appendice 

 inagno oblongo crasso utrinqvie hirsute. Stylus crassiusculus, stiginate majore 

 clavato hirto. Herbse foliis lanceolatis sessilibus. lufioresceatia paniculata ter- 

 minalis, spicis dissitis vel in capituUs congestis paucifioris vel multifloris saepe 

 gradatim elongatis, bracteis coriaceis ovatis oblongis truncatis, floribus parvia 

 pedicellatis. 



Species numerous, all Papuan. 



Species laxe paniculatae, spicis remotis cvliiuh-icis gradatim elongatis. 

 Pauicula foliis brevior, raniis crassis, pateiitiinis. 



Paniciila valida, 30 cm. longa E. riyida. 



Panicula minor, 9-10 cm. longa E. tristachya. 



Pauicula 2 cm. longa, spicis minoribus E. Meyeri. 



Panicula folia superans, ramis gracilibus. 



Panicula 1 1 cm. longa E. juliformis. 



Panicula 70 cm. longa, pendula E.flagellaris. 



Spicfe plures in capitula congestis erectis. 



Capitula 3, pauciflora, subcyliudrica E. platijlopha. 



Capitula 7, multiflora E. multispicata. 



Capitula G, obovata E. Klussii. 



Capitula 3, subglobosa, flores majores E. sericea. 



To this genus probably also belong Jlpinia [^ OUgocincimms) strobilacea, K. Schum. ; 

 A. chaunoGolea, K. Schum. ; A. sericijlora, K. Sciiuin. ; A. Dekockli, Val. ; A. graclUlma, 

 Val. ; A. me)ioslachys, Val, and leptostachija, Val., which Valeton refers to the affinity 

 of Kolowratia. I have seen none of these species. 



The genus Alpinia, as described by K. Schumann in Engler's ' Pflanzenreich,' H. 20, 

 contains a somewhat heterogeneous collection of upwards of 110 species, arranged in six 

 sections. Some of these sections appear to me to be suiBciently distinct to warrant their 

 being raised to genera. In the present instance, 1 propose to separate a grotip which 

 appears to be quite peculiar to New Guinea and the surrounding islands, and which is 

 mainly characterised by the large broad and thick crest of the anther, which is also very 

 hairy. In these species — or in many of them, at least — the development of the flower- 

 spike is peculiar. The inflorescence having developed to its full, or nearly full, length, 

 produces spikes containing one or two flowers enclosed in long stiff bracts. These 

 spikes then elongate as more and more flowers are produced, developing at last into a 

 long cylindric spike covered with short imbricate hard bracts, so that, unless the flowers 

 of the species are carefully compared, or a good set of the plant in diff"erent stages 

 l>rocured, it would be easy to mistake a si^ecimen commencing to floAver for a species 

 distinct from the fuUy developed one. 



Eriolopha rigida, Ridl., sp. nov. 



CatiUs validus, 1 cm. crassus. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptica, lanceolata, basi; 



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