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sericeis 3 mm. longis. Corolla tubo quam calyx multo breviore, lobo postico 

 caruoso lineari recurvo 1"2 cm. longo, aliis linearibus oblongis planis 6 mm. longis. 

 Labellum oblongum, undique hirtum, stamini aequilongum, calyce brevius. Anthera 

 loculis angustis, brevibus, appendice magno oblongo apice rotundato utrinque 

 hirto. Stigma magnum, late triangulatum, rotundatum, hirtum. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Allied to A. {^ Jlelhoujia) pulchra, but with two flowers only in the spike, short- 

 petioled leaves, a shorter broader lip, and a large hairy crest to the stamen. A 

 remarkably stiff plant. 



PsYCHANTHUs, Ridl., gen. nov. — Alpini^ sectio, K. Schumann, in Engl. Pflanzenreich, 



H. 20, p. 319. 

 Herba foliis lanceolatis, inflorescentia terminali multiflora, labello obovato vel oblongo 

 integro, fllamento cymbiformi, denticulis duobus (ut videtur staminodiis) ad apicem 

 prope antheram sitis, connectivo appendiculo nullo. 

 The following Papuan species are referable to this genus : — Alpinia compta, K. Sebum. 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 277 ; A. j^api^ionacea, K. Schum. El. Kaiser Wilhelm's 

 Land, 29; A. plati/nema, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 20, 438; A. sci/phonema, 

 K. Schum. 11. cc. et probabiliter A. Schlechteri, K. Schum. 1. c. 438; A. floribimda, 

 K. Schum. 1. c. 439 ; and A. GJellernpi, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 5. 938. 



PsYCHANTHUS IN^QUALIS, Ptidl., Sp, nov. 



Folia angusta, lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata, intiequilateralia, teuuiter 

 coriacea, glabra, longe petiolata, 35 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata ; petiolus gracilis, 4 cm. 

 longus, 2 mm. crassus ; ligula 1 cm. longa, lineari-oblonga, retusa, marginibus 

 brunneo-lanuginosis ; vagina tenuiter costata nee cancellata, marginibus hirtis. 

 Infloresceiitia terminalis, sessilis, spicis tribus erectis cylindricis, 6 cm. longis, 

 bracteis truncatis coriaceis circiter 9 imbricatis glabris ad margines parce pilosis 

 tectis. Flares singuli in pedicellis 7-8 mm. longis sericeis. Calyx cylindricus, 

 2 cm. longus, tenuiter coriaceus, glaber, apicibus loborum triangulorum breviuui 

 vix 1 mm. longorum exceptis. Ovarium parvum, 2 mm. longum, glabrum. 

 Corolla tubo calyci aequilongo lobo postico 3'5 cm. longo basi 5 mm. superne 

 2 mm. lato angustus carnoso, lobis lateralibus linearibus oblongis 2 cm. longis 

 2 mm. latis. Labellum integrum, lineare, planum, medio incrassatum, 2 cm. 

 longum, 3 mm. latum. Staminis filamentum oblongum, cymbiforme, processubus 

 apice 2 bilobis (uno lobo minimo). Antherce apice bilobae, dorsitixse ; loculi 

 lineares, divulsi, eonnectivi appendice nullo. Stylus validus, stigmate obconico 

 sericeo-hirto. Capsula globosa, Isevis, 1 cm. longa et lata, pericarpio coriaceo. 

 Seminis plura, obovoidea, arillis tenuibus albis cupuliformibus, marginibus albo- 

 lanuginosis. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Very distinct from the others in the long petioled leaves and cylindrical spikes covered 



