ACHASMA. . 497 
Stylus filiformis apice dilatatus quasi carnosis, yiewed ver- 
tically it is convexly trigonal, stigma, a ciliate chink on the 
anterior curved border. 
Ovarium 3-loculare pubescens, ovulis oo minutis angulo 
centrali affixis. 
Staminodia, oblonga mediocra discreta. 
Aistivatio labelli marginibus lobi centralis (et omni parte 
centro carnoso excepto) arcte induplicata incumbente. 
Axes foliiferi 12-16 pedales. 
Has. Ad margines sylvarum in campulis graminosis pedis 
montis Ophirensis florens Februario. Color. flor. viridia 
coccineus marginibus, aurantiacea. 
As the specimens are withered in the spirits, I am not 
certain whether the labellum is ever as explanate as repre- 
sented, trusting to memory it is not. 
А. megalocheilos Gr. 
Scapis oblongo-ovatis, bracteis laxis ciliatis (e coloratis.) 
Labello maximo,lobis lateralibus in antheram cucullatam sub- 
erectis, explanato, 3-lobo, lobo centrali obovato. Anthera 
magna, emarginata, imberbis. Calyce tubum corollz zequanti, 
Oss. This with Achasma elatior, (Alpinia Jack) A. macro- 
cheilos, forms a genus, known by the elongated labellum, and 
generally the emarginate divaricate lobed anther. 
The anthers of Alpinia even are liable to vary, here it is 
evident no great confidence can be placed on them. The 
number of flowers to each óractea requires examining. 
2. Achasma metriocheilos Gr. Pl. CCCLVI. 
Axis florifera radicalis, 4-5 uncialis bracteis undique tecte, 
apice florifer. 
Вгасіее inflorescenti late ovate, apiculam laxe imbricate 
Striate. 
Bracteole 2, connate, carinate spathacea fissa, cuique 
ora. 
Calyx bracteolis duplo longior spathacei-fissus, labio an- 
tico dentibus 3-pilosis. 
