TA BUL A CLXXXVIII et CXCIX. 



Achasma megalocheilos G^^^iff- 



Griff Not. III (1851) 429 t. 355. — Val in Buil. 1 c. 93 — Amomum 

 megalocheilos Baker in Hook. F1 Br. I. VI, 236. Val. in Buil. 1. c. 

 p. 43 et 45. — Hornsledtia megalocheilos Ridl. in Journal Straits 

 branch (1899) p. 146. — K. Schumann 1 c. p. 199. 



Zingiberaceae. 



Fig. 1. Inflorescentia j. — Fig. 2. Flos cum bractea et bracteola i. — Fig. 3. Apex 

 bracteae r- — Fig. 4. Labellum cum stamine. — Fig. 5. Basis labelli explicatum 

 cum stamine |. — Fig. 6 Standen r. — Fig. 7. Ovarium cum styli basi — 

 Fig. 8. Stigma 1. — Tab. CXCIX. Fructus. 



Caules validi 8 — 5-raetrales. Folia magua petiolata elliptico- 

 oblonga anguste aciimiiiata, basi valde inaequali subrotundata 

 glaberrima, juniora imprimis ad apicera ciliata. Ligula inagna 

 ovata, glabra, ad basiii petioli callosa. Vagina dorso reticulato- 

 venosa, apice ciliolata glabrescens. Scapi breves subterranei 

 squamis 4 alternis vestiti. Inflorescentia semisubterranea elon- 

 gata bracteis circ. 5 biseriatis involucrata. Bracteae membra- 

 naceae, glabrae, striulatae, sub apice spinuloso-mucronatae, 

 roseae. Plores in cyclos concentricos dispositi sessiles, 1—5, 

 vulgo 4 eodem tempore aperti. Bracteae florales anguste spath- 

 aceae. Bracteola bractea patillum brevior, appressa, tubulosa, 

 apice bifida segmentis acutis altero simplici, altero minute 

 bidentato. Calyx elongatus corollae tubo longior spathaceo- 

 tub ulosus parte libera lineari tricos tata, tridentata dentibus 

 angustis barbatis, carmineo-roseo. Corollae tubus elongatus, 

 segmenta carminea erecta subaequalia oblonga, apice rotundata, 

 calycem vix superantia, inferiora lateralia. Labelli pars inferior 

 auriculata complicata petalis aequilonga, pars limboidea longe 



