210 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



elongatum, petalo dorsali sequale, filamento lineari, antliera angusta linearis, loculis 

 approximatis, connectivi appendice niillo. Stylus elongatus, gracilis. Stigma 

 parvuDi, conicum. Capsula elongata, ad basin in valvas 3 fissa. Semina 3-4, 

 uniseriata, oblonga, subquadrata, canaliculata, atra, arillo carnoso lobato flavo. — 

 Herba. Fulia lanceolata, acuminata, epetiolata, ligula elongata. Racemus termin- 

 alis, elongatus, laxus, multiflorus ; bracteae parvse, lineares. Flores magni. 



Thylacophoua pogonocheila, Ridl., sp. nov. 



CauUs ultra 30 cm. longa. Folia lanceolata, longiuscule acuminata, subberbacea, 

 glabra, ad basin angustata, 30 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, sessilia, ligula 2*5-3 cm. 

 longa lanceolata acuta, vagina herbacea striata. Bacemus nutans, pedunculo gi'acili 

 30 cm. longo insidens, parte florifera 15-30 cm. longa, rbaclii pubescente, floribus 

 singulis vel binis dissitis majusculis albis et pallide flavis, pedicellis 5 mm. longis, 

 ovariis infundibuliformibus glabris 5 mm. longis. Calyx sj^atliaceus, brunneus, her- 

 baceus, in alabastris capsiciformibus] corollani tegens, lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi 

 latus, apice acutus, minute tridentatus, 3'5 cm. longus, basi 7 mm. latus. Corolla 

 tubo 2 mm. longo, lobo postico tenui lanceolate obtuso apice cucullato margin e 

 ciliato, 4 cm. longo, 7 mm. lato, lateralibus tenuioribus linearibus acuminatis 3 cm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis. Jjabellum basi saccatuui, 5 cm. longum, lobis 2 linearibus 1"2 cm. 

 longis angustis dense birsutis, prsesertim in linea mediana. Stamen 4 cm. longum, 

 filamento longo piano, antbera 1 cm. longa, lineari-cylindrica, loculis angustis ad 

 apicem et basin breviter disjunctis. Stylus sequilongus, filiformis, stigmate 

 terminal! parro. Stylodia magna, obovata, bilobata, carnosa. Cajjsula 3 cm. 

 longa, basi angustata, versus apicem dilatata, in valvas 3 ad basin fissa, valvis 

 4 mm. latis, placenta in medio capsulse fissse persistente. Semina uniseriata 4, 

 atra, oblonga, canaliculis 7-8, apice depressa, 5 mm. lata, 2 mm. longa, arillis 

 cupuliformibus ocbreis cereis lobatis lobis truncatis. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 A very remarkable plant, tbe affinity of which appears to me very doubtful. The 



spathaceous corolla and saccate bifid liji are unlike anything I know in the order. 



The stamen most resembles that of Redychiiim. 



Amomum bicounutum, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Folia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, cuspidata, basi cuneata vel rotundata, glabra, 

 apice et ad costam pubescentia, 45 cm. longa, 6"8 cm. lata, petiolo brevi 2 cm. longo 

 canaliculato. Ca/pitulum obconicum, 4 cm. longum, 3^ cm. latum, sessile. Bractece 

 oblongo-ovatae, tenues, imse aureo-sericese, mucronulatae, 2 cm. longse, 1*2 cm. latte, 

 superiores longiores, glabreseentes. Bractece fiorales tenues, anguste lanceolatfe, 

 costa mediana 2 cm. longa glabra. Calyx spathaceus, fissus, fere ad basin oblan- 

 ceolatus, acutus, dentibus tribus minimis, 3"5 cm. longus, 1 cm. latus ubi latissimus. 

 Corolla tubo 3 cm. longo superne paullo dilatato, lobis purj^ureis lanceolatis sub- 

 acutis 3 cm. longis 5 mm. latis. Labelliim obovatum, obtusum, integrum, I'o cm. 

 longum, 1 cm. latum. Stamen filamento lineari-oblongo, anthera thecis angustis. 



