COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 221 



rotundata retusa hirta, vagina cancellata. Panioula brevis, 4 cm. longa, compacta, 

 pedunculo 6 cm. longo, capitulis 6 dense aggregatis, raclii valida pubesceute. 

 Capltula subcylindrica, muitiflora, 2 cm. longa. BractecB tenuiter coriacese, 

 lanceolatae, oblongse, acutae, liirtoe, in marginibus sericeae, ima 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. 

 lata. Ovarium breve, hirtum. Calyx 2 cm. longa, cylindrica, lobis 3 a^qualibus 

 subulatis 5 mm. lougls. Corolla tiibo cal^'ci sequilongo, lobis oblongis carnosis, 

 postico longiore 1 cm. longo, dorso birto apice obtuso carnoso et torto (in sicca), 

 cseteris brevioribus subsimilibus. Labellum lineare, carnosum, breve truncatum, 

 extus pubescens. Stamen sequilongum, liirtissimum, appendice brevi ovato obtuso 

 birto. 



Camps III and I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



" Carmine " or coral-red. 



Differs from the other species in the short, compact, more glabrous capitulum, long 

 calyx-lobes, and smaller appendage to the stamen. 



Eriolopha seticalyx, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caidls vix crassus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, basi pauUo 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 pubesceute. Injlorescenlia capitata, sessilis ex uuo vel pluribus capitulis 

 lanceolatis 3-4 cm. longis composita, bracteis oblongis cuspidatis 5 cm. longis 

 1-2 cm. latis pubescentibus marginibus apicis ciliatis. Pedicelll 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 labellum desunt. Stamen filamento 2"5 cm. longo lineari caualiculato. 

 Anthera 2 mm. longa, appendiculata. Capsula basi lata, obtusa, cylindro-conica, 

 glabra, acuminata, 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. crassa, calyce elongato basi terete 3 cm. 

 longo, limbo spathaceo 2 cm. longo coronata. Semiiia ad 30, cuueata, apice lata, 

 brevia, 5 mm. lata, arillo tcnui parvo. 

 Canoe Camp. " Greenish white." 



Apparently allied to E. Klossii, but differing especially in tlie longer pale bracts, 

 peculiar calyx Avith 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 

 roiinded at the base (2 cm. across) that they are almost cordate. It seems to be allied 

 to Schumann's section Medusula of Alpinia. 



Eriolopha sericea, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caidis valid us. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, abrupte cuspidata, basi rotundata, 

 25 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, marginibus et costa minute sericeis, ligula brevissima 

 retusa hirta, vagina cancellata hirta. Inflorescentia 7 cm. longa, rhachi crassa 

 pubesceute, capitulis 2-3 aggregatis 4 cm. longis oblongo-globosis sessilibus 

 approximatis. BractecB inferiores lineari-oblongas, abrupte cuspidatse, 7 cm. 



