20 PROCEEDINGS f)P THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP QUEENSLAND. 



longo-lanuginosa. Panicula lateralis valida ; ramis 3 multi 

 floris 13 cm. longis. Bractene ad bases ramonim lineari-lanceo- 

 latse papyracese 15 cm. longae 1*5 cm. latse. Flores subsessiles 

 glabri. Braeteola calyciformis tubulosa costata ad basin 

 angustata breviter tridentata ; 10 mm. longa. Calyx 17 mm. 

 longa cylindrica costata, in uno latere fissa, dentibus 2, 

 acuminatis. Petala angusta linearia. tnbo calyce sequUongo. 

 Labellum profunde bifidum in lobls linearibus 2. Stylus fili- 

 formis ad apice gradatim incrassatis, stigmate obconico. 



Near Fofofofo (No. 615). 



This species is very distinct in its hairy leaves and very 

 large woolly ligule, and is apparently a very robust plant. 

 LInfortimately the few buds which are left on the specimen 

 are in a very rotten condition. 



Tapeinocheilos pubescens Ridl.. Jouni. Bot., xxiv, 356. 

 Sogeri (No. 313). 



Costus speciosus Sm. var. argyrophyllus Wall. Sogeri (No. 

 414). Flowers white ; apparently identical with C. Lamingtonii 

 Bail. 



Eriolopha ovaliSolia Ridl. (n. sp.). 



Caulis 62 cm. longse. Folia ovata acuminata rigida, basi 

 totundata 9 cm. longa 3 cm. lata, petiolo 4 mm. longo, vagina 

 3 cm. longa cancellata ligula brevi 3 mm. longa cum marginibus 

 vaginae pubescenti. Racemus terminalis simplex 13 cm.longus 

 velutino-pubescens. Bractea ad basin linearis lanceolata 

 acuminata 8 cm. longa 5 mm. lata glabra. Pedicelli 3 mm. 

 longi velutini ad 14. Calyx tubulosa 14 mm. longae cylindrica 

 lamina ovata pubescens. Corolla tubo calyce sequante. Peta- 

 lum superius oblongum-ovatum obtusum cucullatum 5 mm 

 longum pubescens, lateralia angustiora pubescentia obtusa. 

 Labellum raultibrevius bifidus ad medium, lobis ala tenui 

 rotunclata exteriore, nitus processu lineari-obtuso incrassato. 

 Anthera glabra oblonga truncata retusa, crista nulla stylus 

 gracilis glaber. Stilidia minuta. 



Deva Deva (White, 656). 



This species is peculiar in its ovate rigid leaves and 

 apparently complete absence of anther-crest, in spite of which 

 it appears to be in other respects an Eriolopha. The stamen 

 is notched at the top, the anther-cells projecting as two short 



