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B. Spica duplo vel triplo longior, pluriflora, folia parva pro rata, 

 (<5 — 16 cm longa 4,5 — 5 cm lata], bracteae biflorae in insulis 

 Philippinensibus 2. i?. tenellum, 



1. B. Horsfieldii (R. Br.) G. 0. Peters, in Bot. Tidskr. XVIII. (1895) 239; Bak. 

 in Gard. Chron. (189 4) I. 652 t. 17; K. Schum. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 

 342 t. 5 Fig. F. — Hedychium Horsfieldii Wall, in Journ. Bot. and Kew Mise. Y. 

 (1853) 376; Horan. Monogr. (1862) 26. — H. microchilus Ridl. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. 

 Beng. (1899) 101. — Planta epiphytica modice valida. Caulis gracilis 60 cm altus 

 vel parum ultra. Folia 5 ad 2 cm longe petiolata lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata 

 acuminata et subcaudata basi cuneata statu vivo obscure viridia utrinque glabra 1 8 — ' 

 30 cm longa et 4 — 6 cm lata; ligula ad 1,5 cm longa obtusa glabra chartacea. Spica 

 bi- vel tri- raro quadriflora laxa; bracteae ovatae 3 — 4 cm longae margine hyalina; 

 ovarium glabrum; caljx 3,8 — 4,5 cm longus, anguste tubulosus fissus albescens superne 

 viridis; corollae albae tubus superne luteus 7,5 cm longus lobi 2 cm longi anguste 

 lanceolati acuti penduli torti dorsali serectus dein omnes reflexi; labellum vix 2 mm 

 longum latius quam longius bipartitum; staminodia lateralia oblongo-obovata vel elliptica 

 obtusa 2 cm longa alba; filamentum sursum curvatum 6 — 7 mm longum lineare 

 aurantiacum; anthera late linearis 7 mm longa; stigma viride. Capsula carnosa vulgo 

 solitaria valvae crassae auraiitiacae 4 cm longae medio intus carinatae; semina 4 mm 

 longa ellipsoidea arillo pulchre coccineo lacerato involuta (Fig. 6Ä — C). 



Sunda-Inseln: Java auf dem Berge Prahu (Horsfield, Ridley). 



Nota, Haec species sub nomine Renealmiae calcaratae \el Älpiniae calcaratae in hortis 

 botanicis e. g, berolinensi et hauniensi culta ab illis quam maxime distat. Secundum haec exem- 

 plaria cl. Petersen plantam diligentia maxima scrutavit et descripsit. üt jam cl. Bentham 

 suspicavit haec a speciebus Hedychii bene discrepat et quoque mea sententia typum generis 

 novi representat, cui speciem secimdam infra descriptam adjicere potui. 



2. B. tenellum K. Schum. n. sp. — Caulis elegans gracilis glaber. Folia bre- 

 \issime petiolata oblongo-lanceolata apice attenuata acuta basi acuta utrinque glabra 

 15 — 16 cm longa ad medium 4,5 — 5 cm lata; ligula brevis coriacea apice emarginata 

 2 — 3 mm longa. Spica erecta 22 cm longa breviter pedunculata; bracteae divaricantes 

 internodia aequantes vel iis breviores, rhachis itaque haud occulta glabra, oblongae 

 acutae subcoriaceae glabrae triflorae; bracteolae similes haud clausae; ovarium glabrum; 

 calyx tubulosus truncatus haud unilateraliter fissus pilosus 2,0 — 2,2 cm longus; corollae 

 tubus duplo longior gracillimus glaber, lobi hneares convoluti 1,8 cm longi; labellum 

 1,5 mm longum oblongum acuminatum, fere ad basin bilobum; staminodia subspathulata 

 1,7 cm longa; filamentum gracillimum 2,6 cm longum, anthera 3,5 mm longa basi 

 sagittata. 



Mol 

 Pflanzen an Veitch geschickt (Hb. Kew). 



Nota. Species maxime commemorabilis propter inflorescentiam laxissimam; bracteae 

 dissitae etiam cauh appressae internodia rhachidis non obtegunt; folia pro rata parva. Praecipue 

 propter inflorescentiam laxam bracteis rhachidem haud occultantibus hanc speciem in hoc genus 

 coUocavi. 



4. Conamomum Ridi.*) 



Gonamomum Ridl. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. (1899) 12 1. 



Calyx tubulosus apice trilobus, lobi aequales; corollae tubus brevis et crassus, lobi 

 inaequales posticus maximus oblongus, aestivatione imbricati, maximus exterus. Labellum 

 trilobum vel integerrimum ; staminodia lateralia llnearia corollae lobis angustiora. Stamen 

 breve, filamentum latum; anthera ditheca, thecis apice excurvatis (more Amomi) 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, connectivi appendicula brevis biloba, lobis horizontalibus 

 et curvatis. Capsula subglobosa vel ellipsoidea. — Herbae plus minus validae erectae 



•/.üvog (conus) et Amomum, 



