ICONES PLANTAKUM. 15 



Plate 1419- 



RIEDELIA CURVIFLORA, Oliv. 



SciTAMiNE^, Tribe Zingiberejs. 



Riedelia, Oliver, gen. nov, i^Zore^ falcato-recurri, racemosi. Calyx tnh- 

 nlosns, spathaceo-fissus, apice attenuatus, minute tridentatus, deciduus. 

 Corolla tubobrevissimo5lobislineari.lanceolatis calycem sub8eq[uaiitibug 

 postico pauUo latiore. Staminodia llnearia, lafceralia inaequalia uno 

 interdum minimo v. obsoleto altero basi plus minus labello adnato : 

 labellum angustum, bifidum, corolla bre\dus. Anthera linearis inap- 

 pendiculata, loculis distinctis contiguis. Ovarium oblongo-clavatam, 

 triloculare, loculis oo -ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, stigraate parum obliquo 

 dilatato ciliato ; stylodia carnosa, crassa, obtusa, basin styli amplectentia, 

 Oanlis erecfus^foliatus, ghber. EJores in racemo simplici terminali 

 recurvo numerosi; Iractece minutce. Perianthium cum staminodiis post 

 antJiesin caducissimtcvi, 



R. curviflora, Oliver. (Species iinica.) 



Hab. Burn, Indian ArcHpelago, Mr. Biedel (communicated through 



Meyer) 



oblonga 



glabra, longitudinaliter venosa, vaginis elongatis striatis glabris. 

 liacemus terminalis, simplex, pedunculatus, recurvas, 6-7^poll. longus ; 

 pedunculus 4-5 poll, longus. PedicelU vigidi, 3-4 lin. longi, persistentes. 

 Ovarhim clavatum, {-^ poll, longum. PeriantUum l\-i\ poll, longam. 



Fructus ... 



Allied to Alpinia. But a single specimen was received, in the 

 description of which Mr. Benthara allowed me the use of his notes 

 prepared for the Addenda to the current volume of ' Genera Plan- 

 tarum/ — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1, Perianth laid open. 2. Anther. 3. Stylodia and base of style. 4. Stigma, 

 5. Ovary, after fall of perianth. 6, Transverse section of same. AUenlarycd. 



Plate 1420. 



PETR^OVITEX RIEDELII, Oliv. 



Vekbenacej;, Tribe Viticej;. 



PetrsBOvitex, Oliver, gen. nov. Calyx brevissimus, carapanulatus, 

 5-dentatus, post anthesin auctus, tubo multinervoso, lobis elongatis 

 oblanceolatis obtusis rigidnlis costatis reticulatis. Corolla obhqna, 

 po/itice fispa, Umbo cxplanato 5-lobo, lobis obtnsis apice incurvis,. 



