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interna. Stamen breve, fauce subinclusuin ; filamentum brevissinium sericeimi, 

 in connectivum paullum latins concavnm crassum apice appendice ovata 

 crassa bidcntata rccnrva instiuctnm, sine articniatiune traiisiens. Tliecae 

 lateribus connectivi anlice adnatae, obloiigac apicc paris rotiindis d'ih'iscenles. 

 Antliera leviter inflexa. Stignia aiitlierani paullnni snperans. Capsnla oblonga 

 trilocularis calyce coroiiata, dehiscens valvis 3 carnosis revolutis. 



Folia 150X90 — 250X80; petiolus 120—150, vagina 130 mm. Gau- 

 lis 30 mm., pedunculus 40 mm. Inllorescentia, vaginae folii peduncularis 

 inclusa 50X15. Bracteola 53X8 mm. Calyx 25 mm., apice spathaceus, 

 6 mm. latus. Corollae tubus 58—68 mm. Petala 20X4. Staminodia 15X5. 

 Labellum 20 — 25 mm. X 15. 



The habit of inflorescence and flower as well as of the vegetative 

 parts of this species is very similar to that of G. pandiiratiim. But it is 

 a much smaller herb and the fleshy rootfibres, which are cylindric-clavate 

 in that species are here cylindric biform partly 25 — 66 mm. long, and 

 ramose with articulate cylindric, members, partly simple elongate (50—80X5) 

 ending in an elipsoid sometimes apiculate tuber. The flower is very different 

 (see our figures) for the anther is shaped like that of G. Ciirtisii, with 

 cells opening by terminal pores and with a short bidentate crest on the 

 fleshy back of the connective. 



It is indeed allied very nearly to G. Ciirtisii: and differs from it only 

 by the following characteristics: 



G. Curtisii: Leaves pubescent on the back; bracts as long as the calyx, 

 staminodes oblong lanceolate; thecae of the anther much projecting, crest 

 almost truncate, labellum redbordered, yellow in the middle. 



G.javanum: Leaves with scattered, appressed hairs on the back, seemingly 

 smooth; bracts much longer than the calyx ; staminodes oô/o/20'-s«ôoôc»/j^o/é' 

 with a rounded or truncate top; thecae shorter than the crestbearing con- 

 nective, crest more pronounced and bidentate, labellum yellow in the middle, 

 red purple spotted below the middle as are the staminodes and filament. 



This species has been found wildgrowing only recently in the teak 

 forests of Bodjonegoro (Kediri), (Mr. v Doorn and Mr. Kalsboven), flowering 

 in March 1916, and afterwards by Mr. Beume in Madiun (Febr. 1917) It 

 was wholly unknown to the natives, who confused \{ \n\{\\ Curcuma auran- 

 tiaca V. Zyp, "purod" mal, to which the sterile herb has some resem- 

 blance. It is of no use and wants a vernacular name. 



The reduction of this practically new species to G. javanum K. Sch. 

 of which 1 saw no specimen, bases partly on the fact that the type spe- 

 cimen was considered by Zollinger as a different genus and tiierefore 

 probably was different from G. panduratum, partly on the term "subobcuneate" 

 used by K. Schumann in describing the staminodes, which in G. panduratum 

 are "obovate." Beyond that there is not a syllable in the description which 



