Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 15 



§ 3. EXANTHI. Spike rising directly from the 

 rhizome. Leaves solitary distant. 

 Leaf ovate oblong base rounded petiole 

 short. 

 Bracts narrow h inch long ••• ... 16. G. biloba. 



Bracts broad 1 inch long ... ... 17. G. oculata. 



Leaf lanceolate cordate, petiole long ... 18. G. concinna. 



§ 1. ACRANTHI. 



1. G. albo-SANGUINEA, Kidl. I.e. 111. Whole plant 12 to 18 

 inches tall, stem leafy. Leaves about 6, oblong lanceolate acuminate 

 base broad rounded, 8 inches long, 2^ across, petiole slender 2 inches 

 long, sheaths about 6 inches. Spike central shorter than the leaves 

 about 5 inches long. Bracts lanceolate acute closely appressed. Calyx 

 spathaceous truncate \ inch long. Corolla tube 1 inch long, lobes 

 linear incurved white. Staminodes porrect oblong obtuse white tinted 

 pink. Lip saccate white margin red everted f inch long. Filament 

 moderately broad flattened. Anther linear \ inch long, no crest. 



Perak : Larut Hills (Woolridge) fl. in H. B. ; Penang : September, 

 Lankawi (Curtis). Endemic. 



2. G. PULCHEERIMA, Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 22. Stems 6 to 12 inches 

 tall. Leaves oblong caudate sessile or shortly petiole 4 to 6 inches 

 long, 2-24 inches wide. Spike axillary, 2-3 inches long. Bracts 

 im-ricate oblong lanceolate green 1^ inch long. Calyx spatha- 

 ceous half the length of the corolla tube. Corolla tube curved rather 

 thick, lobes linear oblong ^ inch white. Staminodes as long white 

 broader. Lip obovate cuneate saccate 1 inch long white tipped crim- 

 son. Stamen filament short thick. Anther longer broad crestless. 

 Paxt. Mag. Bot. VII. 75, Bot. Mag. t. 3930, Horan. Prodr. 22, Bak. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 217. 



Penang (Maingay). Distrib. Burmah, Borneo. 



§ 2. Mesanthi. 



3. G. PLICATA, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br- XXXIV, 196. A 

 large tufted plant distichous leaves, sheaths 3 inches long split with a 

 broad thin margin, petiole stout 4-5 inches long, blade ovate acute 12 

 inches long, 6 inches wide light green above plicate, spike shorter than 

 the petiole covered with subdistichous sheaths with small ovate green 

 laminas at the top. Flowers opening singly. Corolla tube 1 inch long 

 white, lobes narrow linear acute i inch long. Staminodes subspathu- 

 late obtuse rounded 1 inch long -g- inch wide light yellow. Lip 1 inch 

 long oblong obtuse with upcurved sides ; tip rounded entire, yellow 

 with a cherry red band at the base and a similarly colored blotch at the 



