356 ON THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA. 
Anthere anguste lineares brunnee. Filamenta complanata, ultra 
dimidio libera. Stylus mre filiformis versus apicem attenu- 
atus, antheris brevior. — arvum rohpecatorgeri? Ovarium 
8 species is larger than any oniee which I have seen, and is 
ea for its very narrow leaves, the whole plant looking, 
efore the flowers are open, very much like a Calanthe in bud. 
fe : 
the petals which is visible before the flower opens; but the edges 
of the petals, which are then covered by se: sepals, are glabrous. 
ScrTaMInEx, 
Tapeinochilus pungens Miquel.—_Sogere, Nos. 142, 148, 144. 
Several inflorescences of this fine plant were obtained by Mr. 
Forbes. 
uncialis. B eriores (vacus) ae. superl- 
ores (floriferr) late ovate acuminate apicibus recurvis, brevissime 
pubescentes, 1} u nge, uncia late (quo latissime). Flores 
li in ctea, biunciales ferme omnin pubescentes. Sep 
connata, 1} uncialia dura, tubus compressus, curvus, latus, 
marginibus, hispidis, lacinie recurv lanceolate, acutse, postica 
quam s corolle breviter exsertus, pubescens 
u 
lacinie lanceolate unguiculate sube quales dorso pubescens 
Staminodia fates linearia angustissine labello connata. 
bellum o ongum obtusum, carnosulum, concayum, costis duobus 
elevatis ad apicem. Stamen fertile, o eiicasuti ellipticum 0 obtusum 
labello subsequale, loculi lineares ase mes Stylis filiformis 
gracilis. Stigma ad a curv 
Sogere, 8000 ft., Oct. 20, 1885, Noe: Tite: 143. 
This plant is datingiiahed at first sight from the preceding by 
its pubescence, and b: e much more recurved points of the 
gens 1s entirely glabrous, and the bracts in the dry 
plant have a polished rance. ibescens one of 
ris 
the sepals is oes shorter than the others ; the petals, too, are 
eerie d hairy on the back, and the stigma is horse-shoe- 
The inflorescence of the genus is described by the authors of 
the ‘ Genera Plantarum’ as ter minal, and in Miquel’s figure it is 
represented so; but in all the specimens brought by Mr. pbc bs 
appears to have been seated on the rhizome, on a short 
peduncle, after the mann anner of Zingiber, &c. Possibly it ra an 
both positions, as does Costus us afer Li. 
vurcuma aromatica LiF lowers bright orange, in purple spathes. 
_ Sogere, at 1050 ft., Oct. 1885, No. 244. 
Costus speciosus L, iy ea white, Mt. Korkoko, at 2500 ft., 
