162 MISS. L, 8. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
SCITAMINEJE. (H. N. Ripiey.) 
GLoBBA PROPINQUA, Ridl. in Journ. R. As. Soc. Straits Br., No. 46 (1906) 
230. 
Tenom, Rayoh hills, 2500’, undergrowth in high forest, abundant. FI. 
Jan. 2885. 
Distrib. Borneo (Sarawak). 
“Stem red, leaves with upper surface green and lower red. Flowers 
yellow.” 
GLoBBA GrBBSLE, Kidi., sp. nov. 
Caulis 54 em. longus. Folia ovato-lanceolata, abrupte caudata, utrinque 
hispidula, 20 em. longa (cauda 2 em. longa), 7 em. lata, petiolo 5 mm. hirto ; 
ligula brevis, rotundata, hirta, vagina dorso hirta. Panicula (incompleta) 
8 em. longa, ramis 3 em. longis, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis 3 mm. longis. 
Calyx brevis, latus, infundibuliformis, lobis linearibus tubum fere 
eequantibus. Corolle tubus 1 em. longus, lobis late ovatis rotundatis. 
Staminodia angusta, oblonga, obtusa. Labellum perbreve, profunde bilobum, 
lobis oblongis, apicibus rotundatis, 2 mm. longis. Filamentum 1 em. longum. 
lnthera non-marginata, processubus 2 e basi dorsi anther ortis angustis 
linearibus acuminatis anthers sequalibus. Capsula oblonga, ovoidea, 1 cm. 
longa. Pericarpium glanduloso-punctatum. 
Hab. Tenom, Rayoh hills, 2000’, undergrowth in high forest, abundant. 
Flowers white. Jan. 2872. 
A curious plant in the very broad rounded petals and very short lip 
divided very nearly to the central channel and the anther-horns rising 
directly from the base and back of the anther. In some respecte nearest 
to Globba violacea, Ridl., of the Malay Peninsula. 
GrLoppA Francisct, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis bipedalis (0°70 m.). Folia oblonga, abrupte acuminata, basi 
angustata, 15 em. longa, 6 em. lata, glabra, subtus pallida, ligula brevissima 
rotundata parce pubescente. Panicula 21 em. longa, gracilis, ramis elongatis 
ad 5 em. longis gracilibus e basi ad dimidium nudis. Bractew lanceolate, 
acuminate, 2 mm. longre, caducee. Calyx infundibuliformis, angustus, lobis 
acuminatis brevibus 5 min. longis. Corolle tubus 10 mm. longus, lobis 
cymbiformibus acuminatis brevioribus. Staminodia lanceolata, acuminata, 
acuta. — Labellum breve, oblongum, retusum, obtusum, omnia aurantiaca. 
Filamentum 2 em, longum, antherze processubus versus basin ortis, basi latis 
lanceolatis subabrupte acuminatis elongatis 3 mm. longis. 
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Hab. Tenom, 700-1000', general in sec. forest undergrowth. Jan. 2932. 
Flowers orange. 
Distrib. Dutch Borneo, Batu Bini, near Kendangau (Grabowsky) ; 
flowers cinnabar-red. In Herb. Brit. Mus. 
