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Tapeinocheilos. | CXIX: SCITAMINEÆ. — 267 
7. TAPEINOCHEILOS, Mig. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, shortly 3-lobed. Corolla- 
tube short, the limb 3-lobed, the dorsal lobe rather broader and shorter 
than the lateral ones. abellu 
qeu indehiscent, crowned by the pee ee coriaceous calyx, 
-celled. Seeds angular, with a small arillus.— Herb with the habit of 
Costus. 
The genus is limited to a single species, native of the island of Ceram in the Indian 
Archipelago, the Australian plant, which I have not seen, is believed to be identical 
cies, : 
Bracts rigid, striate, imbricate, the broad ends recurved, of a rich 
crimson. Flowers yellow, scarcely exceeding the bracts. aa about 
ruiting 
with the adnate base.— Costus pungens, Teysm. and Binnend.  : 
Queensland. Rockingham bay, Kennedy, Dallachy (F. Mueller).—Not having 
seen the Australian specimens, I have taken the above character from Miquel's elabo- 
rate description and Rue and from a fruiting specimen received from the Botanic 
Garden, Calcutta. y 
Orper CXX. ORCHIDEÆ. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth superior, irregular or rarely 
regular, of 6 petal-like or green segments ee or variously 
centre of the flower or somewhat under the dorsal 
sepal is the column, consisting of the combined andrecium and pistil ; 
at the apex attached to the dorsal margin is usually one anther, erect 
