NI COL Al A HORAN. 



Description of new and interesting species 



by 



Th. Valeton. 

 (With ö plates). 



Species male cognita. 



Nicolaia anthodioides (T. et B.) VAL.- Elettaria T. et B. (1853) p. 

 393.— -Comp. N. sanguinca VAL. Ic. 



„Folia petiolata oblonga acuminata basi rotundata interdum subcordata 

 supra lucida utrinque glabra margin ibus cilioiatis. Ligula glabra. (TeySMANN 

 sub E. Diep.). Spicae breviter pedimculatae („brevibus elevatis" sic), sub- 

 obovatae dense imbricatae, bracteae exteriores late ovatae rotundatae mucro- 

 nulatae albido-roseae, labello rubro luteo-margin-atae." 



„Caulis + 2.5 M. Folia 600 mm >< 4() mm, Petiotus 20 mm, Scapus 

 200 mm. altus." T. el B. 1. c. 



Distribution. 



Java (an potius Sumatra?); in pago Tapos. (TEYSMANN; nom. malay.: 



Honje boeoct) (boeoet= squirrel). 



This species is still mysterious. It is not mentioned by K. SCHUMANN. 

 So there evidently does not exist a specimen authenticum neither in Kew 

 nor in Leyde. The auth. specimen in the Buitenzorg herb, (seen by K. 

 SCHUMANN) consist of a few much damaged spikes (cupuliform heads) 

 and seven leaves belonging to Nicolaia Diepenlwrstii. 



According to the authors (T. et B. I.e. 1862, 326) the leaves are not 

 undulate, the ligula and petiole are glabrous, the leaves are green, the shape 

 of the flowerhead is somewhat different from that of N. iHepenhorstii. 



The name has only a historical value. Ridley thinks it to be a synonym 

 of Nicolaia speciosa. 



Nicoiaia atropurpurea (T. et B. !) VAL. — Elettaria T. et B. ! (1862) 327.- 

 Phaeomeria Lindl. K. Sch. (1904) 266.— Phrynium obscurum (non T. et B.) 

 BlNN. msc. in Herb. bog. (Tab. 1). 



„Elettaria foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, undulatis, cilioiatis, basi rotun- 

 datis, subcordatisve, in petiolum decurrentibus, petiolus glaber supra ca- 

 naliculatus, subtus rotundatus, bracteis exterioribus atropurpureis viride 

 marginatis, capsulis trigonis acutis aureo-pilosis." 



„Caulis trimetralis. Folia 600 mm. longa, 90 lata. Scapus 400 mm. longus 

 „squamis 60 mm. latis." (T. et B. 1. c.) 



