103 



RIF.DELIA LANATA (Scheff.) Val. Nova Guinen, 1. c. 961; Irenes Bogor. iv. 

 tab. 374. Iledycliium lanatum Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. i. 

 (18H7) 57. Riedelia curviftora Oliv. in Ic. Plant, t. 1419 (1883). 

 Nanoclnlus arrovicus Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 4 e serie, i. Ixxxi 

 (1901). 



Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge, growing in masses at the base of the forest, 

 7000'. Fl. Dec. 5G45. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Dore", Teysmann ; Arfak Mts., Gjellerup ; 

 D.S.W., Noord River, Versteeg, von Roemer). Moluccas, Buru. 



RIEDELIA ORCHIOIDES (K. Sch.) Val. Nova Guinea, 1. c. 976. Alpinia 

 orchioides K. Sch. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 278. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, abundant in open marsh by ? lake. Fl. Dec. 

 5526. 



Distril. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mt?., near Hatam, Beccari, 

 July 1871). 



BURMANNIACE^:. 



BURMANNIA LONGIFOLIA Becc. Malesia, i. 244, t. xiii. figs. 1-5 ; Nova Guinea, 

 viii. (1909) 195, (1912) 895; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 ix. (1916) 228. 



Arfak Mts., epiphytic in forest by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Dec. 5675. 

 nistrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Beccari; Goliath Mts., 

 De Kock ; Cyrlops Mts., Gjellerup ; D.S.W., Johannes Keyts Mts., Le 

 Cocq d'Armandville, Resi-Riicken, Versteeg ; Hellwig Mts., von Roemer ; 

 Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; S.E. (Sogeri region, Forbes, Brit. Mus.). Philippines, 

 Borneo, Amboina, Malay Peninsula. 



BL RMANNIA DISTICHA L. Sp. PI. 287 ; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. ix. (1916) 228. 



Ar'ak lilts., Angi lakes, abundant on open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. 

 Dec. 5745. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstens/, Kloss). India, feylon, 

 Lido-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. Banca, Philippines, E. Australia. 



A charming plant, up to 1 m. in height, with mauve-white or mauve 

 flowers ; also abundant in open spaces at 8000' on S.W. ridge running up 

 tn Angi lakes. 



CORSIACE.E. 



COUSIA ORNATA Becc. Malesia, i. 239, tab. ix. ; Nova Guinea, viii. (1909) 

 197, (1912) 893 ; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ix. (1916) 228. 

 Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, saprophytic in humus, in forest patch by ? hike. 

 Fl., Fr. Dec. 5570. 



