ON THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA. 357 
Alpinia nutans L. —— Victoria Bay. East Coast of New Guinea, 
ae 
ia (§ Hexenta) affinis, n. sp.—Herba valida. Foliorum 
ove os costate; ligule maxime 5 unciales membranacesw glabre 
(fasciculo parvo piloram supra petiolum excepto) petiolus vatiiins 
+ uncia longa, lamina 17 uncias longa, 2} uncias lata quo latissima 
-  Panicul 
pauciramosa ramis pubescentibus. Flores subsecundi biunciales. 
yx 14 uncialis tubulosa spathaceo-fissa, lamina obtusa elliptica 
lorata minute pubescens. Corolle lacinie anguste lanceolate 
acuminate quam tubus breviores. Labellum lanceolatum acutum, 
am st a lin 
nectivo angustissimo. Stylus filiformia ‘(eal 
sutum clavatum. Ovarium pubescens. Bacca ekods glabra pisi 
magnitudine breviter pedicellato, pedicello pubescente. 
Sogere, Oct. 1885, Nos. 2, 58. 
(§ Hetienta) decurva, n. : —Caulis Laoag Foliorum 
me 
an 1 
saan connectivo angustissimo. Filamentum semiunciale 
angustum complan atum basi dilatatum. Stylus filiformis tenuis. 
Stigma minimum clavatum. Ovarium pubescens. Capsula glabra 
elliption rufa vel aurantiaca in ekg tribus demum fissa. Semina 
undat 
Sogere, ‘at 2000-2500 ft. elevation Flowers orange or orange- 
red, bases bright red; Oct. 1885, Nos. 253, Ad 58. In fruit, 
Nos. 41, 57, 231 Fruit light ney or ior a gare 
Clinogyne gra enth. o-like shrub. Fruit light 
is» B 
een. River-side, ‘Somes. 1750 ft. 
Phrynium, near P. capitatum.—Herbaceous shrub. Bracts lake- 
scarlet. Sogere, No. 326. Flowers too young. 
DroscoREACcE. 
Dioscorea pentaphylla Lam. —- Meroka Mountains, at 2500 ft., 
No. 888. 
oe —— Migq. is the only other species yet recorded from New 
Guin 
Liniackez. 
_ Dracena angustifolia Roxb. — Flowers pale yellow, No. 754. 
Fruits bright red, Oct, 1885, No. 274. 
