726 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS WORKS, 



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

 divideudum. Horum alterum Incarvillea /z^ss. Chinense, 

 distinguitur, foliis bipinnatifidis ; calyce, prseter normales, 

 dentibus 5 accessoriis sinuum loco membranaceis emargi- 

 natis ; seminibus obovatis margine lato membranaceo indi- 

 viso cinctis. 



"Alteram, Amphicome (Cyrtandraceis quodammodo 

 accedens) ex Indiae septentrionalis montibus : foliis pinnatis 

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

 nibus fere subulatis utrinque acutis, basi et apice membrana 

 capillaceo-lacera comosis." 



Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains, 

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



Hedtchium. 



Sect. D. Brachychilum,^TQy^jvlASi$>. Labellmnnanvim, 

 retusum, sessile. Stigma bilabiatum, labio inferiore triplo 

 longiore. 



11. {Brachychilum) 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 excedentibus. 



Patria, Mons Prahn Javae, 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 

 fisso inde acervulo pubescentise. 



" Limbi exterioris lacinice angusti-lanceolatse, concavius- 



