tnembranaceae apice rigïdiore, acutae recurvae dense conspicue striatae ? 

 glabrae. Torus elongatus spiciformis, -bracteis subdistantibus. Flores parvi 

 ( + 65 mm.). Bracteolae parvae (15— 20 mm.) ellipticae acutae cymbiformi- 

 complicatae. Calyx tubulari-spathaceus, compressus, "3-dentatus, dentibus 

 subspinulosis facile fissis (unde species), lateralibus cucullo brevi spinuloso 

 dorso infra apicem instructis. Corollae tubus apice leviter dilatatus sine 

 fauce 35 mm. longus. Petalum dorsale 15 X 5 oblongum apice rotundatum, 

 cuculiatum; petala lateralia demissius inserta patentia, labello appressa haud 

 adnata, oblonga (15 mm. long.). 



Labellum suborbiculari-ovatum lobis lateralibus cum parte mediano linearj 

 nervosa unitis (generi Curcuma haud absimile), marginibus incurvis apice 

 inflexis canaliculatum, lobis lateralibus antheram includentibus. Filamentum 

 brevissime fauci adnatum, starninodia obsoleta. Anthera subsessiiis oblonga 

 connectivo crasso apice rotundato thecas breviter (2 mm.) apice nec non 

 marginibus excedente, thecae lineares utrinque acutae basi haud appendiculatae, 

 per totam longitudinem déhiscentes, in latere mediano hirsutae pilis deflexis. 

 Staminodium rudimenta pubertate visibiles prope basin thecarum. Stylodia 

 3 mm. longa, subulato-oblonga. Stylus glaber, stigma parvum obconicum 

 hirsutum. 



Distribution. 



Java: West-java, Tjipatudja, Den.u, in sylvis primaevis at 450 M. (BAC- 

 KER 8850, 20 Aug. 1913, „ Flowering bracts dark red, gutterpouches filled 

 with water at times when all in the forest is dry. Calyx, corolla dark red, 

 coroll tube and labellum lightred. Aerial roots very long as is H. Pininga'"). 

 Mt. Kendeng (BEUMÉE, Sept. 1918). 



Bauten, (Harriang?) (v. HASSELT!, spec. auth. in Herb. L. B!). 



Sumatra: Nature-reserve Sibolangit, 350 M. rare. (LöRZING 5864, 13. 7. 18. 

 „Hard herb elevated on I M. long aerial roots, 2 — 3 M. high. Leaves green, 

 backside brighter. Spikes 100 — 130 mm. long, turbinate rounded above, dark 

 purple or rose, with pale bordered bract saccate, resembling Zingiber spec, 

 tabile. Bracts obovate-oblong (40— 60 mm. X 20—30 mm.) with a 10 mm. 

 broad base. Bracteole 1 2 ^ — 15 mm. long. Flowers one at a time opened 

 rose-coloured, 65—75 mm. long. Calyx tubular, dilated (unto 8 mm.) to the 

 top, bilobed with a cucullafe tooth near the top of each lobe. Coroll-lobes 

 dark purple (15X15 mm.). Labellum 15-20X 14-17 mm.) connate with 

 the filament, endlobe small (bifid?), sidelobes broad"). FORBES sine numéro, 

 K. Schumann 1. c.) 



Borneo. (BECCARI, K. SCHUMANN 1. C.). 



Explication of Plates. 

 Plate 9. 



Hornstedtia elongata K. Schum., teratological ovary. 

 Fig. 9. Intraovarial pistillum, detached from the ovary, with membranaceous 

 rudiment of stigma, enl.— Fig. 10. Part of intraov. pistil from another ovary with a 



