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 726 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS WORKS,

Flor. Nov.-Holl. 1, p. 471) locandum et in duo subgenera dividendum. Horum alterum Incarvillea Juss. Chinense, distin guitur, foliis bipinnatifidis ; calyce, prseter normales, dentibus 5 accessoriis sinuum loco mem bran aceis emargi- natis ; seminibus obovatis margine lato membranaceo indi- viso cinctis.

" Alterum, Amphicome (Cyrtandraceis quodanimodo accedens) ex Indian septentrionalis montibus : foliis pinnatis foliolis incisis ; calyce 5-dentato sinubus simplicibus ; semi- nibus fere subulatis utrinque acutis, basi et apice membrana capillaceo-iacera comosis."

Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains, by J. Forbes Royle, M.D. Pp. 295, 296. London, 1839.

��Hedychium.

Sect. D. Brachychilum, Brown MSS. Labettum nan urn, retusum, sessile. Stigma bilabiatum, labio inferiore triplo longiore.

H. (Bracliychilum) Horsfieldii, Brown MSS.; glabrum, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, spica laxiuscula, bracteis ovatis 2 — 3-floris, tubo gracili, limbi interioris laciniis late- ralibus ovalibus obtusiusculis exteriores lanceolatas acutas latitudine triplo exceclentibus.

F atria, Mens Prahn Javse, Horsfield in Herb Banks.

I am indebted to my illustrious friend, Mr. Brown, for the following details of the inflorescence of this most sin- gular plant, which I have copied from the original manu- script, lent to me on purpose, and which was written in 1815, when Dr. Horsfield sent the specimen from Java to the late Sir Joseph Banks.

" Planta elegans, glabra, rhizomatosa, juxta specimen uni- cum in herbario citato circiter bipedalis. Folia punctis lineolisque longitudinalibus creberrimis notata. Calyx glenduloso-punctatus, tubo tertia parte brevior, ore hinc hsso hide acervulo pubescentise.

" Limbi eooterioris lacinice angusti-lanceolatse, concavius-

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