164 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
hirsuta 6 mm. longa, vagina pubescente. acemus 2 dm. longus, rhachi et 
pedicellis (5 mm. longis) dense sericeo-hirsutis. Bractew 2 magne, oblong:e, 
basibus sericeis, apicibus bidentatis 3 em. longis. Ovarium subglobosum, 
5 mm. longum, sericeo-hirtum. Calyx spathaceus, ovatus, oblongus, sericeus, 
2 em. longus. Petala alba, oblonga, obtusa, 2 em. longa, extus sericea, tubo 
5 mm. longo. Labellum glabrum, 3 cm. longum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus. 
oblongis marginibus latis undulatis, lobo medio anguste elongato, dimidium 
labelli :equante omnino aurantiacum rubro striatum. Staminodia ad labellum 
juncta, linearia, oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm. longa, dense sericea. Anthera glabra, 
] em. longa. 
Hab. Korikut, sec. forest, 2500'. Feb. 3025. 
This species is allied to A. illustris, Ridl., of the Philippines, but differs 
from that and all species known to me in its long, very silky staminodes. 
Doxax cannirormis, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. (1893) 440. 
Tenom and Kaningau, 700-1000’, chief undergrowth in old clearings and 
sec. forest. Fl. Fr. Jan. 2644. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Banggi, Fraser; Sarawak ; D. Borneo). 
Java, Celebes, Philippines, Aru and Admiralty Islands, New Guinea; Solomon 
Islands. 
* The striped bark is valuable for tying; on one of Haviland's specimens. 
at Kew, there is a note that it is used by the Malays for making mats." 
SrACHYPHRYNIUM GRIFFITHU, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr., Marant. 45 
(1902). 
Tenom, 700’, undergrowth in sec. forest. Fl. Fr. Jan. 2909. 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula. 
“Forming large stools, the leaves including petioles being 3 m. long. 
Flowers white, with the outer perianth-whorl brownish and chartaceous.” 
HA MODORACEA. (H. N. RIpey.) 
ALETRIS RIGIDA, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. iv. (1894) 241. 
Kinabalu, Maraiparai spur, 4000-5500’, on serpentine, damp ground in 
the open and under serub. Fl. Fr. Feb. 4041. On the south-western 
spur, from 9000-11,000’. Fl. 4234. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N, B. Kinabalu, 8000-11,000', Low; in open damp 
places, 11,500, Haviland). 
PELIOSANTHES sp. 
'l'enom, 700’, undergrowth in sec. forest. Fr. (blue) Jan. 2864. 
