COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 211 



appendice brevi, ad apices lociilorum cornubus duobus ovatis rotundatis parvis 

 instructa. Stylus vix longior, stigmate triangulari recurvo hirto. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



The whole flower appears to have been purple except the corolla-tube and calyx. 

 The stamen is deeply excavate in the apex between the cells, behind each of which rises 

 a small, rounded, fleshy ovate process. 



/ Amomum pellitum, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Folia oblongo-linearia, longe acuminata, basi breviter angustata, obtusa, glabra, 

 60 cm. longa, 7"5 cm. lata, sessilia, ligula vix distincta, vagina reticulata hirta. 

 Racenms obovatus, 7 cm. longus, 9 cm. latus, pedunculo 9 cm. longo brunneo 

 velutino, bracteis caulinis lanceolatis dissitis 3"5 cm. longis. Bractece racemi 

 lanceolato-ovatse, obtusse, mucronulo setiformi minuto instructae, tenuiter coriaceae, 

 glabrae, Iseves, 3-4 cm. longse, 2 cm. latse, copiosse. Bractece florales anguste 

 lanceolatae, tridentatte, apice et basi pubesceutes, 2 cm. longse, tenues. Calijx 

 spathaceus, ajquilongus, lanceolatus, dentibus 3 brevibus iniequalibus (medio 

 breviore) apice ciliatis. CoroUce tubus gracilis, aequilongus, basi pubescens; lobi 

 lineares, oblongi, apice pubescentes, 7 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. Lahellmn 1 cm. 

 longum, 8 mm. latum, obovatum, apice oblongo bilobo abrupte angustato. Stamen 

 quam corolla brevius. Anthera oblonga, apice retusa, appendice nullo, connectivo 

 autem in dorso antherse loculorum brevissime libero loculis vix longiore. Stylus 

 gracilis, stigmate late obovoideo. Ovarium oblongum, sericeura. Capsula elliptica, 

 12 mm. longa, appresse sericeo-hirta. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



This small-flowered species belongs to the section in which the connective of the 

 stamen is not prolonged into a distinct crest. It is, however, very shortly freed in 

 the form of two short rounded lobes just behind the tips of the anther-cells. The bracts 

 of the large raceme are of a smooth, thin, leathery texture and quite glabrous, except the 

 basal one, which is slightly pubescent at the base. The leaf-sheath is very curiously 

 reticulate with oblong or elliptic pits with raised hairy edges. These pits are 2-3 mm. 

 long. Aj)parently nearest to Geanthus bromeliopsis, Val. in Nova Guin. viii. 935, 

 tab. 166 B, but the bracts are not " subcucullata? duriusculEe " nor is the ligule 

 conspicuous, and all parts are smaller. 



/ Alpikia (§ Hellenia) cordylinoides, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Folia lanceolata, acuminata vel oblanceolata, basi angustata, 34 cm. longa, 4'5-8 cm. 

 lata, nervis primariis 12, e costa ascendentibus, ligula nulla, vagina costata omnino 

 glabra. Panicula apice in racemum abiens, 15-25 cm. longa, basi per 2 mm. 

 nuda, ramis 5-6 lateralibus patentihus 7 cm. longis. Flares copiosi, dense approxi- 

 mati, rosei. Bractece lanceolatae, cuspidatse, papyracese, caducoe, 9 cm. longae, 

 1 cm. latse. Pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Ocarium turbinatum, 1 mm. longum. Calyx 

 urceolatus, 4 mm. longus, hand fissus, dentibus 2 subulatis tubi dimidio sequalibus. 

 Corolla 1 cm. longa, tubo gracili longo, lobis oblongis obtusis rotundatis, postico 



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