scarlet, tube 35 mm. long 2.5 mm. wide, dilated above (5 mm.). Lobes 

 about 15 mm long, lanceolate acuminate, dorsal lobe 7 mm. wide. Label- 

 mm outside scarlet inside orange coloured with scarlet stripes. Flower 

 bilabiate, lower lip small acute, upperlip bilobed lobes connate to the fi- 

 lament. Stamen longer than the labellum". 



Plate 7. 



Fig. J. Flower recently opened, n. s.— Fig. 2. Mature flower, n. s.— Fig, 3. Mature 

 flower, enl.— Fig. 4. Upper part of young flower, en!.— Fig. 5. Anther with staminodes 

 and stigma, connective covered by the stigma, enl.— Fig. 6. Inflorescence, 2 / 3 n. s. 



GEANTHUS Reinw. 



Reinwardt in Blume Cat. gew. (1823). Syllogium Ratisboiiense 2 

 (1828); BLUME Enum. (1827 51 (Qeanthus, sectie Elettariaei K SCHU- 

 MANN Pflanz. (1904) (Oeanthus sect Amomij.-Geanthus Val. in Zingi- 

 beraceae Deutsch Neü-Guinea in ENGL. Jahrb. 52, (1914) 42. 



Geanthus echinatus VAL. n. sp. (Tab. 8). 



Frutex 4—5 M. altus, giaber. Rhizomata digitum crassa repentia dense 

 imbricata squamis brevibus alternantibus, radicibus aereis (hand valde 

 elongatis) sustenta, squamae vaginantes acutae, striatae. 



Caulis foliaceus erectus digitum crassus. Folia breviter hand crasse 

 petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata basi rotundata apice acuta sensim caudato- 

 acuminata, in sicco subpergamacea grisea, avenia, costa straminea pro- 

 minente. Ligula brevissima. 



Spica breviter vel brevissime pedunculata. Pedunculus squamis vagi- 

 nantibus brevibus acutis coriaceis in sicco castaneis nitidis dense imbricatus. 

 Spica capituliformis globosa bracteis late ovatis fere orbicularibus spinoso- 

 aculeatis, concavis carnoso-coriaceis dense imbricata, omnibus florigeris. 

 Torus parvus, ovatus. 



Flores sessiles numerosissimi, incurvi, compressi, singuli bractea fauti, 

 bracteola parva spathaceo-cymbiformi acuta calyci breviore involuti. Calyx 

 iubulosus apice ad 1 4 spathaceo-f issus, lobo spinuloso tridentato, altero 

 dente minuto, extus sericeo-puberulus. 



Corollae tubus calyce inclusus 25 mm. longus, limbus 2— 3 X brevior 

 (± 10 mm.), petalis oblongis sabaequilongis erectis. P. dorsale leviter 

 concavum (8 X 5). Petala puberula. Labellum late oblongum marginibus 

 incrassatis haud auriculatis, apice rotundatum petalis sublongius, apice 

 bifido lobis rotundatis in vivo recurvo (v. f 7.) Anthera subsessilis, apice 

 nudus leviter divaricans labello opposito et illi brevior, connectivo thecas 

 nulla parte excedente. Thecae tomentosae. 



Staminodia subulata basi hirta marginibus labelli adnata antherae ± 

 duplo breviora, uitrinque thecae basi appressa pars libera glabra, 2 mm. 

 longa intus glabra linea centrali dense hirsuta. Tubus intus omni parte 

 dense velutinus, cavo angusta. 



