228 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. (Xoveiuber, ia fmit) ; Via, 3100 ft. (Jacuary, 

 iu flower). 



Allied to D. glabra, Roxb., but differing in the leaves being brown and polished on 

 both sides when dry, not glauceseent, in the longer spikes of larger flowers, oblong iu 

 bud, and iu drying brown, not black. 



COESIACE^. 

 (By H. N. PtiDLEY.) _ 



CoRsiA ORNATA, Becc. IMalesia, i. 238, tab. 9. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 

 " Bright paper-yellow, sti'eaked with dull crimson." 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



BURMANNIACE.E. 

 (By H. N. Ridley.) 



BURMANNIA DISTICH A, Linn. Sp. PI. 287. 



Camps VI b, 3900 ft. ; VI c, 5500 ft. ; and VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, and Australia. 



BuRMANNiA LONGiroLiA, Becc. Malesia, i. 244. 

 Camps III, 2500 ft. ; Vie, 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



Btjrmannia micropetala, Bidl., sp. nov. 



ILerba saprophytica, gracilis, 11-12 mm. alta, squamis paucis lanceolatis acuuiinatis 

 4 mm. longis dissitis. Flores 8-10 ad apicem pseudo-uuibellati, congesti. 

 BractecB lanceolatee vel liueari-acuminatee, inferiores latiores, lanceolatae, 2 ram', 

 longse. Fedicelli crassi, 5 mm. longi. JPerlanthiiim 5 mm. longum, exalatum, 

 tubo obscure angulato subcylindrico. Sepala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa, carnosa, 

 papillosa. Petala multo minora, oblonga, obtusa, carnosa. Stamina connectivo 

 ovate triangulari-obtuso, antheris parvis ellipticis. Sti/lus cyliudricus, validulus ; 

 stigmata brevia, lata, decurva. 

 Camp Via, 3100 ft. 



Closely resembling J5. s^^hagnoides, 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. 



