Two new species of Thismia. 
BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, M.A., F.L.S. 
Director of the Botanic Garden , Singapore. 
With Plate XII. 
HE following two species of Thismia were collected in 
I the Malay peninsula, and are very distinct from any 
previously described. 
Th. ehrysops, n. sp. 
Herba saprophytica ramosa, 3 pollices alta erecta vel suberecta. 
Folia lanceolata acuta parva pauca remota. Bracteae similes singulae. 
Flores singuli vel plures, pedicellis brevibus crassiusculis, atro- 
brunneis. Perianthii tubus flexus oblongus dilatatus % pollicis longus 
atrobrunneus, lobis sex aequalibus tenuibus, basibus paullo dilatatis 
in apicibus filiformibus attenuatis rufobrunneis, ciliatis ; corona oris 
integra elevata flava. Stamina 6, oblonga, apicibus latis connatis, 
processubus 2 clavatis ad apices, pluribus rectis brevioribus subtus. 
Antherae loculi parvi paralleli longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus 
breviusculus, stigmata 3 incurva lineari-oblonga apicibus bifidis. 
Ovarium turbinatum, longitudinaliter rugosum roseum. Capsula similis 
major. Semina plura fusiformia, testa ad apices producta, rugosa. 
On rotten logs, woods on the slopes of Mount Ophir, Malacca, 
alt. 2,000 feet. 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. IX, No. XXXIV. June, 1895.] 
