TABULA 3067. 
ERIOLOPHA FLAGELLARIS, Ridl. 
ZINGIBERACEAE. ‘Tribus ZINGIBEREAE. 
Eriolopha, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, vol. ix. ined. Genus 
novum ex affinitate Alpiniae, antherae crista ampla lata crassa pilosa 
insigne, etiam (an semper ? ) spicarum evolutione distinctissimum. 
Calyz tubulosus, lobis oblongis cucullatis ; labellum _brevius, 
i tamina brevia ; 
culata, terminalis, spicis singulis dissitis vel in capitulis congestrs pauci- 
floris vel multifloris saepe gradatim elongatis, bracteis coriaceis ovatis 
vel oblongis truncatis floribus parvis pedicellatis. 
pecies circiter 16, papuanae. 
E. fiagellaris, Ridley l.c. Caulis subgracilis, Folia ovato-lanceolata, 
basi rotundata, 18 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra; ligula 
rotundata, integra. Inflorescentia 70 cm. longa, rhachi elongata 
gracili angulata pubescente, internodiis 9 cm. longis 1-5 mm. crassis ; 
spicae plures, cylindricae, 10-11 cm. longae ; bracteae basi angustatae, 
lineares, acuminatae, 11 cm. longae, 7 mm. latae, papyraceae ; florales 
Corollae tubus pubescens, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis ; labellum 
oblongum, obtusum, apice rotundato-undulatum, | mm. longum. 
Anthera linearis, dorso pubescens, appendice oblongo truncato integro 
Ovarium obovatum; stylus aequilongus, stigma hirtum, 
obcuneatum. Capsula globosa, 5 mm. diametro, laevis. 
New Gunza: Mt. Carstensz, 1170-1650 m., C. B. Kloss. 
The genus Alpinia as described by Schumann in the ¢ Pflanzenreich * 
contains a heterogeneous collection of about 140 species arranged in 
six sections ; several of these sections appear to be sufficiently distinct 
to be treated as genera. One of these groups is the genus Eriolopha, 
which includes about 16 species. It is peculiar to New Guinea and 
