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a 3 Involucral bracts appressed, rounded at the top with a very 

 small appressed mucro. Labellum not produced beyond the 



petals . H. minor, 



b 3 Involucral bracts with rather prominent, recurved mucro. 

 Labellum not quite covered by the very broad and short 



dorsal petal: ...... M. lycostoma- 



b 2 Indûment smooth, silky whitish in the centre, top and borders 

 red glabrous, Flowers pink, labelum linguiform produced 

 beyond the petals. Leaves brownish in drying. 

 a 3 Leaves linear (P 6 to 10), petiole slender (25— 30 mm. long), 

 all parts glabrous or subglabrous. Bracts broad acute appress- 

 ed finely mucronate. Flowers slender, (in sicco 80 mm. 

 long), exserted parts red-violet (rosea);' labellum of the 

 same color, claw narrowed, auricles small H. alliacea, 

 b 3 Leaves linear oblong (P not surpassing 5); petiole short 

 and thick gutter form (6---10 mm. long). Ligula as long as 

 petiole. All parts softly pubescent Bracts with a strong 

 patent mucro. Flowers (in sicco 100 mm). Petals red-violet. 

 Labellum with a broad claw white with red semilunar 



patch . , . . . ... , .//. deliana- i 



b 1 Spikes cyathiform, involucral bracts very long diverging at the top j 

 not reticulate, silky tomentose, red, silvery white near the base. 

 Labellum short with large erect and involute auricles, red with a 



broad yellow border H . cyathifera. 



II. Inflorescence clavate. Flowerbracts projecting beyond the. involucral 

 bracts recurved and forming .a rosette. Flowers small. Labellum short. 



Hornstedtia scyphifera STEUD.; K. S CH. 1904, 195. — Amomiim scyphi- 

 f er um KOEN., RETZ Obs. (1788) 68.- Hornstedtia Scyphus Retz (1786) 18; 

 RlDL. (1899) 140; (1907) 35 - Stenochasma urceolare GRIFF. (1851) 431, 

 t. 358.- Donacodes aperta TEYSM. Cat. 1866. (Tab. 10, fig. 1-3). 



Distribution. 



Sumatra: Afd. Agam, Brani, 950 M. common in forest. (BüNNEM. No. 3377- 

 „Flow, red, involucral bracts darkgreen red at upperend, stem 3—4 M. The 

 spike being cut smells of Calamus"). S. A. Rembutan, Afd. L. Kota, 850 M. 

 (BüNNEM. No. 3222 „Bracts darkgreen, fl. red spike urnshaped"). Siak ; 

 MOSZKOWSKI in Herb. Bog. (spica in spiritu vini). 



Banca: Bakem, Sungeiliat, Beluka 690 M. (BiiNNEMEljER No. 1726, „fl. 

 red nom. vern. Pias ,, J. 



Malacca: Singapore, etc. (RIDLEY !) 



Borneo: Sarawak. (HAVILAND, teste RIDLEY, i\on vidi., BECCARI?). 



This species has been fully described several times, recently by RIDLEY 

 and K. SCHUMANN, and it is not necessary to add a new description. 



