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DiUEis FiiYA-.iA, B'ull. (sp. nov.), 3508 ; " flowers yellow "; nerir 2, — Herba 

 terrestris; tuberibus duobus ovatis; caule crccto gracili J-1-pcdali; foliis 

 anguste liiieiiiibus acumiuatia longls ; floribus paucis 1-2 pedicellatis ; 

 pedioello lougiusculo; biaotea laiiceolata longe ncuiuiiinta ; seiralo postioo 

 ovato-obtuso, basi paiil'o angustato ; lateralibus llnearibus obtusls 

 porrectis parullelis ; petulis ovatis obtusis basi angustatis : labello eloiigato 

 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus obtusis crenulatis venosia creotie, medio longo 

 obscure 3-lobo costis tribus, duabus lateralibus ad basin, una media 

 ad apicoiu; raarginibiis labelli deflexis ; columiia brevi, alls majusculis, 

 basi dilatata, non doiiticulata. This record extends the range of the genus 

 Diuris, hitherto only known from Aubtralin, to the Malayan region. 



[I have taken the liberty of nsking Mr. Eidley to name this interesting 

 species in honour of the Et. Hon. LnrJ Justice Fry, who during my travels 

 in the East, expressed great inter.-st in my observations, aii<l who has 

 given much attention to the Orchidea> and to the question of their 

 fertilisation. H. O. F.] 



Habexakia (Peristylus) TmoRENSis, Uidl. (sp. nov.). — Terrestris, tubere 

 oblongo, foliis basalibus duobus ovatis oblongis ; vaginis4-lanceolatis longe 

 acurainatis ; sc.ipo subcracili vix pedale ; racemo laxiusculo ; floribus circiter 

 11 parvis ; braoteis lauceolatis acuminatis ; sepalo posiico cucullato ovato 

 acuminate, lateralibus lanocolatis aoutis ; petalibus suhsimilibus angus- 

 tioribus : labello obcuneato, breviter 3-lobo. basi[petalis sepalisque adnatis, 

 callo camoso semicircular!, lobis lateralibus latis, medio brevi obtuso, 

 calcare scrotiformi, apiculato columna brevissima; authera lata, loculis 

 parallelis, poUiniis grosse granulosis, cauiliculis brevibus ; stigmnte breviter 

 bilobo. Its affinity is with if. s^JM-aZis, Wight. 3520,6, Flowers j'ellow- 

 ish-green. 



Eabenaria Susanna:, Bentli. 3137, 1 ; very sweet nectar at tip of the nectary ; 

 nectaries SJ-in. in average length. Fertilised by a species of 

 OpModes and Hemigia virhia moths, 

 grandis, Benth. 3142, 1, Nectaries with swec-t nectar ; the 

 anthers burst of themselves and pollen falls out as minute 

 particles, 

 sp. aff. angustata. Bl. 



Herminium angustifolium, Benth. In rocky spols, by side of a stream. 

 3561, 6 ; 3521, 6 ; 3515, 6 ; 3823, 10 b. 



Scitamineie. 



Globba strobilifera, ZoU. Mor. (E. Brown, Coupang.) 



Hedychium coronarium. Koen. 3712 a, and. 4113, 7. 



Curcuma (prob. sp. nov.). 3146, 1. 



Costus speoiosus, L. 373 J, 8. 



Canna iudica, L. 3750 and 4000, 8. (K. Brown. Coupang.) 



Musa paradisiaca, L. 



Hypoxidess. 



Hypoiis aurea. Lour. (H. Fran(iuevillei, Mj.). 



hygrometrica, var. pratensis, Jl. Br. 3564, 6. Hitherto only known 

 from Australia. 



Amnryllidese. 



Crinum asiaticum, Eoxh. 

 Dioscoreacess. 



Dioicorea globosa, Mnxh. 3819, 10 a. „ „ 



pentaphylla. Lam. 6, 3689, 7 ; 3900, 10 a, ', 4080, C- (E- Brown, 

 Coupang.) 

 Trichodesma zeylauica, B. Br. var. 



Taceaceie. 



Tacca palmata, Bl. 3765, 9, 



pinnatifida, Font. 4017, 9 ; 3735, 8 ; nom iud. " Telo. 



