Fig. 7. Upper part of calyx, n.s.— Fig. 8, Upper part of bracteole, n.s.— Fig. 0. Labcl- 

 1 l ; lit and stamen in their natural position, n.s. — Fig. 10. Stamen and tube, sectioned, 

 cnl.— Fig, 11. Labellum and tube with hairy ring, n.s. 



2. var. singalangensis. Folia modice (20— 25 mm ) petiolata, glaberrima, 

 ptidula, ligula petiolo brevius, ( 15—20 mm) apice bifido, dorso dense 

 vilioso-tomentosa in sieeo flava vagina ei petiolus reticulata. Spica semi- 

 globosa demum oblonga, brycteae externae lanceolato-ovatae acuminatae, 

 flores etc. i is var. talangensis simillima sed bracteae florales demum scarioso- 

 obliterantes, earum»rostro haud valde conspicna. 



This var. is very near te the former one, the spikes are in the same 

 way being elongated (130XÖ0) as there, but the shorter ligula, the gla- 

 brous leaves and the oblitérant flower bracts, and there the labellum is 

 said to be red ! 



Distribution. 



Sumatra: Padangsche Bovenlanden, mt. Siuggalaug 2400 M (BüNNE- 

 MEIJER no. 2913, 2Ö98, „flowers yellow"). Ibid., mt. Merapi, 1850-1900 M. 

 in forest at riverside. (BiiNN. no. 4596 = 5027 „fiowers yellow, bracts red, 

 peduncular bracts green"). 



Nicolaia solaris HORAN. I. C 32., VaL, ill Icônes t. 160 (1005). 

 Elettaria 13L. I.e.— Pkaeomeria K. SCH. (1904)264. 



Distribution. 



Java: West Java, Mt. Tjerimai, 1300 M., virginal forest. (.BACKER No. 

 4790. „Stigma black. Flowers quite red. Labeiium with a very narrow 

 yellow edge"). Mt. Pengalengan, Taloen, 1650 M., virginal forest. (BACKER 

 no. 26149. „Flowers red. Labellum red with orange-coloured tip. Scape 

 170 mm. tali."; Nirmala, 1500 M. virginal forest. (BACKER no. 10703. 

 „Stein 3 M. long. Peduncles red 2 -3 dm. Labellum red, with a yellow 

 edge"). Mt. Salak, Pasir bogor 1000 M. (BACKER no. 9311. „Flowers red, 

 labellum yellowedged. Bracts complicate very acute"). Mt. Gede 1500 M. 

 (several collectors, BLbME !), Bandoeng, Tjibeureum, 1600 M, (Smith no. 456 

 „flowers phoeniceous"). Central Java, Djogdjakarfa, Mt. Merapi, 1000 M. 

 (BEUMEE). 



This species fully described in Icones bog. t. 160 and 161, was al 

 that moment known only from the Mt. Gede. Since it lias been colected 

 on several West-Java mountains and also as far east as Mt. Merapi, and 

 the specimens of various stations have proved to vary considerably in the 

 dimensions of the flowers the shape and colour of the lip the length of 

 calyx and bracteoie. The most conspicuous variety is here described as 

 N. solaris var. aurantiaca and pictured in our plate, below. 



Nicolaia solaris HORAN. var. aurantiaca Val, n. var, {Nicolaia pallida 

 BL.?) (Tab, 6), 



