382 MR. Н. N. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
ELETTARIOPSIS LONGITUBA, n. sp. Folia plura (ad 5), petiolis ad 9 pollices longis, laminis 
lanceolatis ad basin attenuatis, apicibus acutis, 12-16 pollices longis, 2-4 pollices 
latis, glabris. Panicula decumbens, bipedalis vel longior, vaginis laxis 14-pollicaribus 
mucronulatis tecta, spicee secundee plures breves, pauciflorze, pedunculis 1-pollicaribus 
erectis. Bractez lanceolatze, spathaceze, acutze, 12-роШсагев, flores duos involventes. 
Flos breviter (1 pollicem) pedicellatus. Calycis tubus bipollicaris, gracilis, superne 
dilatatus, lamina ovato-spathacea, apice tridentata, dente medio quam exteriores 
breviore. Corolle tubus + pollicem longior quam calycis, laciniis oblongis obtusis, 
firmis, apicibus cucullatis, roseis, translucentibus, pollicem longis, 2 pollicem latis. 
Labellum convolutum obovatum, margine crenulato, tenue, 11 pollices longum, 
album, lineis 4 roseis medianis, versus apicem flavum. Anthera brevis, 4 pollicem 
longa, oblonga, appendice cristato recurvo, dentibus 4, filamentum gracile ad apicem 
pubescens. Stylus validulus, quam anthera brevior. Stigma clavatum, apice plano, 
fovea laterali ovoidea. Capsula globosa, alba, breviter apiculata, pollicem crassa. 
Semina plura parva triangularia, compressa, nigra. 
In dense, rocky, wet jungle, Tahan River, also at Bukit Timah in Singapore. 
This curious plant emits long slender rhizomes creeping far among the rotten timber 
and wet leaves almost underground. In the Tahan woods it was so mixed up with other 
Scitaminez that the leaves of ап Amomum were collected by mistake for its own, and 
have been thus distributed to various herbaria. 
MARANTACEA. 
CLINOGYNE GRANDIS, Benth. 
In the Tahan woods; not rare. This fine Arrowroot is very common in most parts of 
the Peninsula. | | 
Another form which I met with in the Tahan woods differed in being smaller in all | 
its parts, and has less polished fruits, containing two seeds each instead of one. It may 
prove a distinct species. 
С. ртснотомА, Benth. 3 
A much smaller plant, forming thickets in damp fields and along the river-banks ; very 
common on the Pahang and Tembeling Rivers. 
PHRYNIUM PARVIFLORUM, Roxb. 
Common in thickets and dry woods near Pekan, and at Kwala Tembeling and Tahan 
River. It differs in colour here a little from Roxburgh’s description. 
P. Grirrirai, Baker. (Р. spicatum, Griff., non Roxburgh.) 
Woods of the Tahan River. It is called “ Larath " by the natives. This fine plant 
forms huge tufts in wet places, and is common in Singapore and Malacca also. Its flowers, 
hidden among the leaves at the base, are very sweetly scented. 
Р. TAPIRORUM, п. sp. Herba dense ceespitosa, ad sexpedalis. Folia ovata lanceolata, longe 
petiolata, iis P. Griffithii similes, sed haud glauca subtus, lamina 18 pollices longa, 8 
pollices lata, acuminata, glabra, nervis plurimis tenuibus. Paniculæ glabree e petiolis 
ехогіюе, pedunculo ferme pedali, validulo, quam folium breviores. Spice 2-3 in 
