1 2 Mule rials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



white 1 inch across. Calyx 1 inch long, lobes very short. Corolla tube 

 i inch long lobes oblong truncate nmcronate. Lip oblong ^orbicular 

 bilobed orenulate with a central orange spot, and some pink marks. 

 Staminodes sub-spathulate crenulatc A inch long. Anther crescent- 

 shaped. Capsule i inch long. 



Kaempferia parvula, Bak. I.e. 233. 



Selangor; Bukit Kutu (Ridley); Pahang : Tahan River (Ridley 

 2406); Perak: Larut Hills (Curtis 2075), Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9573), 

 (loping (King's Coll. 823), Toinoh (Machado) ; Penang : Govei'nment 

 Hill; Tringanu : Bundi (Rostados). Endemic, on rocks and banks 

 from 2000 to 4000 feet alt. common. 



2. C. LATIFOLIA, Ridl. I.e. 105. Stem usually solitary succulent 

 swollen at base. Leaves 1 to 4 cordate acuminate 5 inches long 

 2 inches across dark green, petiole 1 inch long purple. Spathe ovate 

 green H inch long. Flowers several 1 inch across white or violet. 

 Calyx tubular red spotted. Corolla tube 1* inch long white, lobes 

 lanceolate obtuse. Lip orbicular bilobed H inch across white or violet, 

 with yellow basal ridges. Staminodes oblong obovate rounded. Anther 

 long narrow curved. Capsule h inch long. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca (Curtis 3315, Ridley 9523), Kinta (King's 

 Coll. 7121)). Hill woods. Endemic. 



3. C. OVATA, n.sp. Stems solitary 3 to 6 inches tall, the base 

 covered with oblong lanceolate sheathes 1 or 2 inches long, cuspidate. 

 Leaves 2-3 ovate peltate acuminate inaequilateral, base rounded, li to 

 3^ inches long, -J to 2 inches wide, petiole slender 1 to 1\ inches long 

 sheath less than half as long. Peduncle i to 1 inch long sub-terminal 

 erect. Bract i to 1 inch long, urn-shaped with a recurved tip, orbicular 

 when spread out, and an inch across. Flowers 2 or 3, nearly sessile. 

 Calyx tubular dilated upwards shortly three lobed, lobes blunt § inch 

 long. Corolla tube slightly longer than the bract lobes pale blue or 

 white \ inch long blunt. Capsule oblong f inch long, grey, thin walled 

 punctate and blotched with brown. Seeds several fusiform obtuse dark 

 grey with a thin white fimbriate aril. 



Selangor: lltilu Semangkok at about 4000 feet elevation. (Burn- 

 Munloch, Ridley). Flowering in February and August. Allied to C. 

 latifolia but, much smaller. 



5. K UEMPFEEIA, L. 

 Serbs, rhizome tuberous aromatic, stem short or produced. 

 Leaves thin. Inflorescence spicule very shortly pedunculate, with a 

 few thin lanceolate bracts. Flowers fugacious thin showy, white or 

 violet. Calyx short cylindric. Corolla tube slender lobes narrow linear. 

 Staminodes verj large rounded clawed spreading. Lip similar bilobed. 

 Stamen thin Hal, short not- exserted. Anther linear thin not or hardly 

 erted. ( 'apsule oblong thin walled. 



