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Bluine). The Javanese name of the plant is Sinipol, and the 

 flower is white, according to Dr. Horsfield. 



17. H. intermedium; fohis Hneari-lanceolatis ad costam subtus 

 pubescentibus, spica elongata laxa fasciculis soHtariis-ternis 

 subtrifloi'is, hmbilaciniis tubo dimidio brevioribus,exterioribus 

 anguste linearibus, interioribus lineari-lanceolatis labello 

 longitudine aequalibus ; labelli bipartiti segmentis falcato- 

 lanceolatis obtusiusculis. — Blume. 



H. intermedium, Blume, I. c. p. 57. 

 Wild on the mountains of Western Java. 



18. H. simile; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis glabris, spica brevi 

 erecta laxe irabricata, spathis acutis margine inflexis sericeis, 

 fascicuhs solitariis I — ^-floris, tubo corollse limbo triple 

 longiore, laciniis interioribus externis multo latioribus lanceo- 

 latis, labelli 2-partiti segmentis falcato-lanceolatis acumina- 

 tissimis. — Blume. 



H. simile, Blume, I. c. -p. 67. 



Wild in Java, on trees on Mount Salak. 



10. H. Roxburgh i ; foliis lanceolatis acumiuatis subtus villosis, 

 spica elongata patente laxe bifariam imbricata, spathis acutis 

 villosis, fasciculis remotis subbifloris, limbo tubo dimidio 

 breviore, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, interioribus longioribus 

 basi angustatis, labelli bifidi laciniis obtusis. 

 H. Roxburghi, Blume, I. c. p. 57. Hasskarl, Cat. alt. Hort. 

 Boyor. p. 51. 



/3. spicis densioribus fasciculis approximatis, inferioribus 

 4-floris. — Blume, I. c. Hassk. I. c. 

 Wild in woods on Mount Gede, in Java. 



I presume that had there been anything extaordinarj about the 

 authera (as is the case in my H. villosum,) so accurate and minute 

 an observer as Blume would undoubtedly have noticed it, whereas 

 he is entirely silent on the subject. 



20. H. llngulatum ; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel lanceolatis subtus 

 glaucescentibus pubescentibus, ligulis longissimis : spica vix 

 exserta, bracteis obtusiusculis 3 — i-floris; cal3'ce tubi dimi- 

 diura vix sequante ; laciniis externis linearibus, interioribus 

 spathulato-oblongis : labello subrotundo unguiculato filamen- 

 tum sequante. (Character ad descr. cit. Hassk. concinnat.) 



