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Zebrinus of gardens, which however has no relationship with the 

 genus Costus at all. 



Tapeinocheilus Koordersiana n. sp. A tall plant, 25 feet tall. 

 Leaves broadly oblong nearly four feet long 8 inches wide, 

 subcoriaceous pubescent or glabrous narrowed at the base. 

 Spike subcylindric 8 inches long, 4 inches wide. Bracts stiff 

 coriaceous not woody oblong or ovate cuspidate ribbed pubes- 

 cent the larger ones 2^ inches long and one inch wide, the inner 

 ones lanceate cuspidate pubescent longer. Bracteoles linear 

 narrowed acute shorter than the flowers. Calyx tube one inch 

 long narrow little enlarged above, lobes lanceolate acute quite 

 covered with silky hairs. Corolla tube hairy but little longer, 

 lobes narrow acute. Lip oblong' rounded hairy. Anther oblong 

 hairy. Capsule an inch long obovate warted covered with 

 brown wool. 



Celebes. 



Another species of this grand Eastern island genus, allied 

 to Miquel's T. pungeris but with larger flowers and pubescent 

 bracts. I have great pleasure in associating it with the name of 

 Dr. Koorders, who made such tine collections of plants in Celebes 

 recentlv. 



The Birds of the Larut Hills. 



Two birds mentioned, but not named, in my paper on the Birds 

 of the Larut Hills have been identified for me by Dr. Hartert. 



They are : 



Aethopyga temmiuchii Temminck's Honeysucker. The second 

 species of scarlet honeysucker mentioned on p. 21. 



Xotodela frucura. The White-tailed Blue Bobin, a female. 

 The " small robin-like brown bird " alluded to at the foot of 



1 A. L. Butler. 



Botanical Notes. 



Malayan Gingers. Dr. K. Schumann has published this year 

 in Englers Jahrbuch Vol. 27, a monograph of the Scitaminem 

 collected in the various islands of the archipelago, by Beccari, 

 in Sarawak. Sumatra and New Guinea, bv the brothers Sarasin in 



