Filain. 7 mm. anthera 10 mm. Thecae apice subdivaricatae connectivo 

 emarginato. Stigma generis; ovarium sericeum; stylus glaber, stigma dis- 

 ciforme antice ostiolo Iransverso dorso gibbo in structum. 



Nectarium bipartitum, cylindricum apice crenulatum 4 mm. longum. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



D i s t r i b u t i o n. 



Java: Batavia, Sentiong, in colli sepulcrali. Semd visa. Patria iguota. 

 (Leg. HEYNE. „Inflorescence and flowers red, labellum yellowedged")- 

 Wliole herb strongly smelling (sineli of N. spicata and other species the genus.) 



This species though by the flowers most certainly belonging to the 

 genus is very curious by the fusiform inflorescences remembering (hose 

 of Hornstedtia species. By the somewhat prolongated top of the lip it 

 reminds some species of Achasma. 



Plate 3. 



Pip. 1. Jnflorescentia speciminis minoris, n.s. — Fig. 2. Flower with bracteole and 

 calyx, n.s. — Fig. 3. Bracteole laid open, n,s. — Fig. 4. Calyx from inside, n.s. — Fig. 5. 

 Lip seen from top (auricles of the basal part too small), n.s. — Fig, 6. Flower laid open 

 showing the rhombiform outline of the lip's main part, n.s.— Fig. 7. Nectarium, etil.— 

 Fig. 8. Stigma from face, enl.— Fig. 9. and 10. Stamen, enl. 



Nicolaia intermedia VAL.— Comp. N. hemisphaerica Bl.? I.e. 57. (Tab. 4.) 



Folia lanceolato-oblonga et linearia, 370 V 60 -- 560 >< 85, inferiora 

 250 X °0> acute acuminata b.asi acuminata et in petiolum decurrentia, 

 tenuiter chartacea glabra, margine inconspicue appresso ciliolata in sicco 

 grisée vel ojivaceo. Petiolus 5—10 mm. longus gracilis. Ligula petiolum 

 aequans oblonga apice rotundata, tenuis, glabra apice ciliolata. Vagina 

 glabra nervoso-striulata. Inflorescentia late cupuliformis vel patelliformis, 

 centro conico 130 mm. diam., 60—70 alta. Torus conicus 40 X 30 per an- 

 thesin vix accrescens. Scapus elongatus 200—800 mm. X 10, glaber. Squamae 

 'ongae et longissimae apice imbricatae, scapum baud dénudantes (90—160 

 mm. longae), duae uitimae capitulo applicatae. Bracteae involucrantes 

 externae in cyclum singulum dispositae erecto patulae hic inde patentes 

 apice recurvae et patentes, ellipticae obtusae apiculatae, + 8 steriles; 

 bracteae florales exteriores ascendentes, ceteras cum floribus involucrantes 

 + 8, sterilibus externis multo breviores apice rotundatae, versus centrum 

 spicae bracteae sensim decrescentes floribus aequilongae. .Flores iis N. 

 speciosae sat similes sed breviores ± 48 mm. incurvi. Bracteola 22 X 15 

 (explanata) biloba obis brevissimis stibtruncatis. Calyx 30 — 15 acute 3- 

 dentatus dentibtis bin is subconnatis. Corolla 35 mm., lobo dorsali erecto 

 acuto antheram et calycem longe superante. Labellum rhomboideum cum 

 tubo 42 mm. 16 m. latum, apertura labelli post dorsum antherae baud 

 clausum, of Annulus in medio tubo haud incrassatus, e pilis parcis laxis 

 consistens, filamentum intus pilosum, anthera brevior. Stylus pilosus stylodia 

 4—5 mm. longa. Bacca obConica + 6-angulata apice rotundata, calyce mar 

 oescente coronato, sericeo-tomentosa (35 X25). Syncarpium 100 X 80 - 



