JACK’S MALAYAN PLANTS. 361 
naked. Ovary tomentose, three-celled. Style slender. Stigma 
concave. 
Oss. The peculiar manner in which the involucral bracts 
embrace the capitulate flowers and subdivisions of the panicle, 
forms a good distinctive character. The whole inflorescence 
is stiff and rigid, and wants that copiousness and richness 
which mark the greater part of this splendid genus. 
GLOBBA CILIATA. W. J. 
Foliis ovato-lanceolatis nervis supra pilosis, panicula ter- 
minali erecta, antherá bicalcaratà. 
Puar Amus. Malay. 
Stem slender, erect, from one to two feet high, somewhat 
compressed, spotted towards the base with purple. Leaves 
alternate, bifarious, subsessile on theirsheaths, ovate-lanceolate, 
rounded at the base, acuminate, entire, the upper surface 
furnished with erect hairs disposed in lines along the principal 
nerves, lower surface smooth, dotted under the lens with 
minute papilla; about 4 inches long. Sheaths striated, 
smooth, ciliate along the margins, extending very little 
beyond the petioles, and there bifid. Panicle terminal, 
nearly erect, with alternate, divaricate, somewhat rigid 
branches, on which are disposed alternately several subsessile, 
yellow flowers. Bracts lanceolate. Calyx trifid. Corolla 
orange-yellow, two-bordered, the exterior three-parted, of 
which the upper segment is largest and concave ; the inner 
consisting of two smaller segments alternating with the outer 
ones. Lip elevated on the lower part of the filament and 
reflexed, emarginate, with a purple spot in the centre. 
Filament long, tubular. Anther with two subulate recurved 
horns or spurs. Style simple. Nectarial bodies long and 
linear. Ovary containing several ovules. 
Oss. It is a small delicate species, grows in moist hollows 
on the sides of the hills and among the forests in most parts 
of Sumatra. The ciliary lines of hairs on the upper surface 
of the leaves distinguish it from most of its congeners. 
Seconp SERIES. 2% 
