726 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS WORKS, 



Flor. Nov.-Holl. 1, p. 471) locandum et in duo subgenera 

 dividendum. Horum alterum Incarvillea Juss. Chinense, 

 distin guitur, foliis bipinnatifidis ; calyce, prseter normales, 

 dentibus 5 accessoriis sinuum loco mem bran aceis emargi- 

 natis ; seminibus obovatis margine lato membranaceo indi- 

 viso cinctis. 



" Alterum, Amphicome (Cyrtandraceis quodanimodo 

 accedens) ex Indian septentrionalis montibus : foliis pinnatis 

 foliolis incisis ; calyce 5-dentato sinubus simplicibus ; semi- 

 nibus fere subulatis utrinque acutis, basi et apice membrana 

 capillaceo-iacera comosis." 



Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains, 

 by J. Forbes Royle, M.D. Pp. 295, 296. London, 1839. 



Hedychium. 



Sect. D. Brachychilum, Brown MSS. Labettum nan urn, 

 retusum, sessile. Stigma bilabiatum, labio inferiore triplo 

 longiore. 



H. (Bracliychilum) Horsfieldii, Brown MSS.; glabrum, 

 foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, spica laxiuscula, bracteis 

 ovatis 2 — 3-floris, tubo gracili, limbi interioris laciniis late- 

 ralibus ovalibus obtusiusculis exteriores lanceolatas acutas 

 latitudine triplo exceclentibus. 



F atria, Mens Prahn Javse, Horsfield in Herb Banks. 



I am indebted to my illustrious friend, Mr. Brown, for 

 the following details of the inflorescence of this most sin- 

 gular plant, which I have copied from the original manu- 

 script, lent to me on purpose, and which was written in 

 1815, when Dr. Horsfield sent the specimen from Java to 

 the late Sir Joseph Banks. 



" Planta elegans, glabra, rhizomatosa, juxta specimen uni- 

 cum in herbario citato circiter bipedalis. Folia punctis 

 lineolisque longitudinalibus creberrimis notata. Calyx 

 glenduloso-punctatus, tubo tertia parte brevior, ore hinc 

 hsso hide acervulo pubescentise. 



" Limbi eooterioris lacinice angusti-lanceolatse, concavius- 



