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ee | ss laterales parvi, erecti; lobus medius dheniculatus, ungue 
enulato, lamina parva ovato-rotu nda ta. Columna brevis, antice sub 
sligiito in diii dette xd producta; stigma carnosa, sub rostello. 
elongato bifido prominens; clinandrium membranaceum, cum rostello in 
cyathum connatum.  Anthera acuminata, loculis contiguis sed vere 
discretis ; pollinia sectilia, anthera debiscente stipiti brevi a glandula 
parva afixo. 
P. Cominsii Rolfe, terrestris, foliata, rhizomata repente, habitu 
Ancctochili. "Folia late elliptico-ovata, breviter acuminata, insigniter 
venoso-picta, 2-41 poll. lon nga, 1-3 poll. lata, petiolus 1—4 poll. longus. 
. Scapus — pubescens, cirea pedem longus, racemo elongato multi- 
n ala late ovato-oblonga, subobtusa, fere 3 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata. 
Petala linearia, quam sepala nies breviora. Labellum fere 3 lin. 
longum, basi subgloboso-ventricosum 
Ha Seah Cristoval, Solomo ie Thi: Rev. R. B. Comins, 116. 
* Low plant, very suceule nt, sdindidiie, leaves red and green. Native 
name ‘Kanora’” Colour of flowers not recorded. 
new genus with the habit ae general appearance of Macodes, 
Blume, but differing therefrom in its large fleshy stigma, and in the 
possession of a large and thin pte tke appendage in front of the 
column, instead of a pair of parallel ones, in which latter respect it 
differs from every one of the allied genera, so far as I can ascertain. 
Moreover in Macodes these SPOSI descend into r? sac of the lip, 
somewhat as in Dossinia 
. Amomum (Achasma) Ridleyi, Baker pening; caule foliifero 
T ea longissimo foliis sessilibus oblon basi rotundatis, florum 
càpitulis subsessilibus oblongis, bracteis orionas corolla tubo eylindrico 
bracteis equilongo, segmentis parvis lingulatis elt stamina corolle 
segmentis vix breviori anthera NEA ineari hirsuta 
Hab.— Singapore, Ridley 96 ! 
Caulis foliiferus 10-pedalis et ultra. -Folia 15-18 poll. longa, 3-4 poll. 
lata. JBractec 2 poll. longe. Corolle segmenta 8-9 lin. longa. 
Ab Griffithii speciebus tribus cognitis differt corolle lobis multo mi- 
noribus. 
20. ZEchmea aN Nichollsii, Baker n bens 
loratis subcoriaceis apice undatis mucronatis facie glabris dorso 
culat 
s geminis, exteriori oblongo-naviculari, interiori baa orl ad axin 
idtisto; sepalis coriaceis minute cuspidatis, petalorum laminis i perci 
Hab. —Island of Tobago, on trees in thé woods, Dr. H. A. Alford 
Nicholls. 
olia bipedalia, medio 2 poll. lata, basi dilatata oblonga 8 poll. 
Jongas 4 p lata. Spice 3-4 poll. longs, 1 poll. late. Calya 1 dns 
us ZE. lingulate, Baker (Bromelia lingulata, Linn), sed spicis 
distichis I longioribus distincte peduncula 

