THE GENUS PTYSSIGLOTTIS 857 



Leaves obtuse or shortly aciimiiuite, ob- 

 tuse at base. 

 Bracts ovate, as long as the calyx or 



almost so P. virgata, comb. uov. 



Bracts linear, about half length of [sp. nov. 



calyx P. han fa awn sis, 



Bracts linear, much shorter than the [comb. nov. 



calj^x P. Icjrtosiacliya, 



Descriptions of the species regarded as new are appended. 



Ptyssiglottis Zollingerii, sp. nov. Rerhacea ; cmde tetragono 

 ad nodos tumido glabro ; foliis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis apice 

 obtusis margine leviter undulatis membranaceis glabris utrobique 

 crebro mieroscopice cystolithigeris ; iianiculis folia longe excedenti- 

 bus pluriramosis multifloris bracteis filiformibus onustis ; fedicellis 

 gracilibus calyce brevioribus vel eum subsequantibus ; cahjcis seg- 

 mentis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis acutis ; corollcB verisimiliter 

 albaj tubo C3dindrico limbo circiter ?equilongo ; antlieris subinclusis 

 loculis connectivo filiformi conjunctis altero altero altius affixo ; 

 ovario oblongo glabro 4-ovulato. 



Java ; Zollinger, 2210 in herb. Mus. Brit. 



Folia plerumque 5-7x3-3-5 cm. (summum 8x4 cm.), subtus 

 pallidiora ; petioli ±7 mm. long. Panicula usque 3 dm. long, etsi 

 ssepe brevior {e.g. 15 cm.). Pedicelli 1-3 mm. long., bractea3 

 ±3 mm. Calycis tubus 1 mm. segmenta 3 mm. long. Corolla? 

 tubus 4 mm. long. ; labii antici lobi laterales 2*5 x 1 mm., lobus in- 

 termedins 3x2 mm. Filamenta 2 mm. long*., connectivus fere 1 mm. 

 Capsula 4-sperma, 11 mm. long., hujus pars sterilis 5 mm. long. 

 Semina baud visa. 



P. tonkinensis, sp. nov. Snffrvfex glaber; r«w/ssaltem in sicco 

 compressis ad nodos tumidis ; foliis sat longe petiolatis ovatis vel 

 late ovato-oblongis breviter acuminatis apice obtusis basi late rotun- 

 datis costis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 pag. uti-aque eminentibus reticulo 

 laxo parum visibili; inji orescent ia pauciramosa ramis pluritloris ; 

 jiorihus sessilibus ; bracteis parvulis lineari-subulatis calyce brevi- 

 oribus ; calycis segmentis linearibus glabris ; corollw tubo quam 

 calyx paullo longiore sursum ampliato ; filamentis hirsutis antheris 

 fere sequialtis ; ovario apice piloso ; cai^sula 4-spernia. 



Tonkin ; Balansa, 3488, 4267 in herb. Kew. 



Folia usque 10-11 X ^-^ cm. tenuiter membranacea, pag. sup. 

 pallide nitida. Inflorescentia circa 15 cm. long. Bractea 1*5 mm. 

 long. Calyx 2-5 mm. long. Coi'olla alba, %-^ mm. long. Capsula 

 15 mm. long. ; semina rugulosa 1*5 mm. diam. 



P. bantamensis, sp. nov. Herhacea ; cattle ascendente ultra- 

 spithameo sparsim ramoso cito glabro; foliis petiolatis ellipticis 

 acuminatis apice obtusis basi saepe paullo obliquis obtusis membran- 

 aceis in sicco laete viridibus cito glabris ; florihus in spicas rariramosas 

 subremotifloras paniculam terminalem angustam foliis longiorem 

 efficientes digestis ; bracteis linearibus calyce bi-evioribus ; calycis 

 segmentis linearibus acutis; corollce tubo calyce paullo longiore; 

 antlierarum loculis sub;equalibus altero paulhilimi altius affixo basi 



