1878.] S. KwYz—JSTew Burmese Plants. 109 



S-fidus, lobis aequalibus acutis ; perianthii phylla exterlora 3 fere semipolli- 

 caria, virescenti-albida, oblongo-linearia, apiculata v. 2 — 3 lobulata, margini- 

 bus magis minusve recurva, superior! latiore ; interiora 2 obovato-oblonga, 

 pallide rubella, apice obsolete 2 — 3 denticulata ; labellum eoncavum lato 

 oblongum, aurantiacum, basin versus pallidius, intus secum carinam sangui- 

 neum carinatum, carina in apiculum 3-angulareni acutum excurrente ; antbe- 

 rso cerino-luteae, filamenta c. 1 lin. longa, incurva ; capsul«3 ovales, puberu- 

 Ise, calyce emarcescente coronatse, c. ^ poll, longae ; semina basi arillo albo 

 sufiulta. — PegUj Martahan, Tenasserim. 



MELAJSFTRAGEJE. 



Stemo:n-a Geiffithiana, nov. sp. Tab. X. 



(Gen. nov., Griff. Journ. of Travels p. 149). 



Herba erecta, perennis, glabra, rbizomate crasso bypogsso ; folia bj^'s- 

 terantbia, ovata, c. 3 — 5 poll, longa, breve acuminata, petiolo 3 — 5 poll, 

 longo suffulta, cbartacea, glabra, parallelinervia, eleganter transverse venosa, 

 sericanter-nitentia ; flores virescenti v. sordide purpurei, pedicellis strictius- 

 culis poll, circiter longis sufFulti, in turionibus erectis apbyllis scapiformibus 

 dein foliatis 3 — 6 poll, longis corymboso-racemosi ; bractese lineari-lanceo- 

 latoe acuminatae, c. 3 — 4 lin. longse ; perigonium 4-pbyllum, pliylla poll, 

 longa, V. paullo longiora, lineari-lanceolata, acuta ; stamina 4, filamenta lata, 

 purpurea ; antheree aureso, cuspidatae ; ovarium L-loculare, ovulis 6, lineari- 

 oblongis ex apice pendulis capsulse compresso-ovatse, semipollicares, bivalves, 

 3 — 4 spermse ; semina sulcato-carinata, lineari-oblonga, subapiculata, basi 

 arillo brevi albo aucta. — Ava, Martaban^ Pegu. 



APOIBUM. 



Hapaline, Scliott. 

 Spatha lanceolata sursum plana, basi tantum complanata et spadicis 

 parti feminese adnata. Spadix interrupte androgynus, genitalibus rudimen- 

 tariis nullis. Stamina lineari-lanceolata, peltata, membranacea, areolato- 

 reticulata, subtus marginem versus antheras 4 — 6 minutas globosas gerentia, 

 spadicem linearem-a parte feminea paullo discretum obtegentia. Ovaria sin- 

 gula serie superposita, unilocularia, ovulo solitario erecto ; stigma subses- 

 sile, subcapitatum. — Herba3 bumiles, radice tviberosa, uni- v. pauci-foliatae, 

 spathas niveis. 



1. H. Benthamiana, Scliott. Tab. IX. 



Herba c. semipedalis, radice tuberosa, basi albo-vaginata ; folia 3 — 4 

 poll, longa, petiolo sequilongo suffulta, oblonga, basi profunde sinuato- 

 cordata, lobis basilaribus complicatis et obtusiuscule prolongatis, glabra, 

 breve acuminata, ncrvis anastomozantibus ; llores 1 — 3-ni e rliizomate pro- 



