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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



[ Vol 8, No. 1 



Renealmia aff. geostachys K. Schum.? 



Santiago -Zamora ("Oriente"): plants in colonies, 2.5—3 m. high, inflorescence 

 from rhizome, to 0.3 m., perianth white, pink tinged; ridge ascending into central 

 Cutucu, Cordillera Cutucu, ca. 2° 40' S., 78° W., 2,600 ft., E-1124. 



Renealmia thyrsoidea (R. & P.) Poepp. & Endl. 



Santiago-Zamora ("Oriente"): plants in large colonies from rhizomatous bases, 

 rhizomes spicy-aromatic, leafy branches to 3 m., inflorescences basal, 1—3 from 

 single base, lower bracts of peduncle red, upper striped red-green, inflorescence 

 bracts clear canary-yellow, perianth parts pale yellow; ridge, western side of 

 Cutucu, Cordillera Cutucu, ca. 2° 40' S , 78° W., 2,900-3,000 ft., E-1088. 



Hedychium coronarium Koenig. 



Guayas: plants in clumps, to 1.5 m, high, rhizomatous, bracts red, leaves pale 

 green, perianth white, large lobes with greenish tinge in center; coastal plain, in 

 the vicinity of Naranjito, ca 120 m., E-3611. 



Costus amazonicus (Loes.) Macbr. 



Santiago-Zamora ("Oriente"): plants from rhizomatous base, to 1.5 m., leaves 

 dark green above, pale below, bracts green, outer perianth segments pale yellow, 

 inner salmony-red with yellow veins; from Mendez to crossing of Rio Paute, east- 

 ern slope of the cordillera, valley of the Rfos Negro and Chupianza on the trail 

 from Sevilla de Oro to Mendez, 1,900-2,100 ft., E-1504. 



Costus argenteus R. & P. 



Guayas: clumps to 6 m. high, leaves deep green above, very pale below, bracts 

 basally crimson, apically green, ovary white, sepals bright red with white tips, 

 petals pale yellow, petaloid stamen pale, with lateral salmon-red stripes, center 

 deep yellow, lateral parts with white pubescence internally; coastal plain, in the 

 vicinity of Naranjito, ca. 120 ft., E-3607. Junction of the Provinces of Guayas, 

 Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: plants in clumps from short rhizomes, to 4 m. high, 

 soft hirsute, hairs brownish, leaves dark green, dull above, paler, nitid below, 

 basal portion of bract crimson, upper half and recurved lobe green, ovary white, 

 subtending bract crimson, seeds black with recurved and crumpled subsucculent 

 ribbonlike appendages; foothills of the western cordillera near the village of 

 Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., E-3722. 



Costus cylindricus Jacq, 



Junction of Guayas, Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar; plants 1.5—2.5 m. from 

 heavy short -branched rhizomes, lower half of stem with sheaths, upper half with 

 leaves, leaves deep green above, silvery below, bracts deep crimson on both 

 sides Sxcept for exposed part externally which is crimson with greenish tinge and 

 with distinct yellow line in center, inner bract crimson, ovary white, sepals crim- 

 son, corolla salmon, sterile stamen salmon-yellow; foothills of the western cor- 

 dillera near the village of Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., E-3702. 



Costus laevis R & P. 



Guayas: plants 1 m., leaves pale green, outer bracts crimson externally, in- 

 ternally nigrescent-crimson, inner bract, ovary and sepals deep crimson, petals 

 pale salmon, sterile stamen deep salmon with bright yellow margin and center; 

 coastal plain, in the vicinity of Naranjito, ca. 120 ft., E-3632.- 



MUSACEAE 



Heliconia hirsuta L. f. 



Guayas: plants 1.5—2 m., from short clumped rhizomes, leaves along stem, 

 bracts deep brownish-red, crimson at basal "joint" and at tip, perianth segments 



