878 МЕ, H. N. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
Tahan woods, not rare. This plant occurs also іп many woods of Singapore, Malacca, 
Penang, and Kedah. It is a very difficult plant to see in the dense jungles, as its 
black wiry stems аге very inconspicuous. The flowers are very perishable, of a pale flesh- 
colour, like those of Didymoplexis pallens, Griff. They are self-fertilized, the rostellum 
and floor of the clinandrium being suppressed ; the pollen-masses, even before the flower 
opens, fall forward over the stigmatic surface at the base of the large fovea, and even- 
tually become agglutinated to it. The capsule splits for its whole length, except that the 
ribs remain connate at the base and apex. 
There are two other species of this remarkable genus described by Blume. The Malay 
Peninsula one, curiously, seems more nearly allied to L. japonica, Blume, than to 
L. javanica, Blume. 
APOSTASIACEJ. 
APOSTASIA NUDA, R. Br. 
Woods at Kota Glanggi and on the Tahan River. 
ЗСІТАМІМЕ Ж. 
ZINGIBERACEA. 
GLOBBA VARIABILIS, n. sp. Csespitosa. Caules paullo ultra-pedales, graciles, nutantes. 
Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata acuminata, 4 pollices longa, 12 lata, lamina omnino 
glabra, supra atro-viridis, striolata, subtus purpurea, carina viridi; vaginze pubescentes, 
uno latere profunde fisse, virides, purpurascentes. Pedunculi terminales, nutantes, 
4—5-pollicares, panieulze compacts, ramis brevibus. Bractex &-pollicares, oblongee 
lanceolate, aurantiace aut соссіпеге, persistentes. Bracteole minores. Calyx sepalis 
oblongis acutis, aurantiacis. Corolle tubus gracilis, superne dilatatus, minute 
pubescens, lobis oblongis lanceolatis deflexis, postico cymbiformi erecto. Labellum 
oblongum cuneatum, lobis obtusis, truncatis, i-pollicaribus, aurantiacum, macula 
mediana castanea. Staminodia oblonga, lanceolata, petalis breviora. Staminis fila- 
mentum #-pollicare, semiteres. | Anthera 4-calcarata, calcaribus acutis, supremis 
longioribus. Stylus gracillimus. Capsula parva, subglobosa, rugulosa. 
Very abundant in the woods around Kota Glanggi and at Pulau Tawar, and also in 
the Tahan region. Тһе bracts vary from orange-yellow to red, giving the different forms 
quite dissimilar appearances. 
The species is allied to G. Schomburgkii, Hook., but has a much more compact panicle. 
. Like all other Globbas, it will, in wet places, produce bulbils in the axils of the bracts. 
CURCUMA SYLVESTRIS, n. sp. Rhizoma vix aromaticum, gracile, vaginis siccis tectum, 
pro majore parte subterraneum. Folia singula floribus coætanea, vagina 2-4-роШ- 
cari, petiolum et scapum basi involvente.  Petiolus gracilis, 1-13-pedalis ; lamina 8 
pollices longa, 43 pollices lata, tenui, ovata acuta, supra viridi, subtus purpurascente. 
Scapus 4-6-pollicaris, gracilis, spica obconica li-pollieari. Bracteæ late ovate, 
striate, apicibus recurvis, rosez. Flores breviter exserti, parvi Corolle tubus 
