Zingiberaceae) is described and illustrated. Several characters make this species one of the most unusual in the genus; however, molecular phylogenetic data place it unequivocally in Hedychium. The similarities and relationships of this species to the anomalous taxa Nanochilus, Rhynchanthus, Stadiochilus, and Hedychium (Brachychilum) horsfieldii are discussed.

Two new species of gingers (Zingiberaceae), Globba sherwoodiana W.J. Kress & V. Gowda sp. nov., and Curcuma arracanensis W.J. Kress & V. Gowda sp. nov., from Myanmar are described. The new species of Globba is currently only known in cultivation and is commonly grown and sold in markets in Myanmar. In contrast Curcuma arracanensis has been collected from a single restricted region in the cloud forests of the Rakhine Yoma above the Bay of Bengal in western Myanmar. Three-locus DNA barcodes were generated as aids for the identification of the two new species.

Smithatris myanmarensis, the second species of a previously monospecific genus, is de¬ scribed from Myanmar. This new species differs from its congener in Thailand by the overall smaller stature, elliptic leaf lamina with long petioles, di¬ morphic inflorescence bracts, corolla lobes of sim¬ ilar size and shape, the pouch formed bv the labellum and lateral staminodes below the anther, and the shallowly lobed labellum.