20 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Spike la inch long. Bracts ovate to lanceolate i an inch long red, 

 lower ones blunt, upper ones acute. Flowers 2 to a bract. Calyx \ 

 inch long, lobes 2 very short. Corolla tube 1 inch long, lobes lanceolate 

 acute 4 inch long. Staminodes oblong lanceolate obtuse broader pub- 

 escent 2 inch long white. Lip obovate bilohed 2 inch long and as wide 

 white centre yellow and 2 deep crimson patches at the base. Fila- 

 ment short and broad. Anther pubescent crest very short rounded. 



Selangor : Pahang Track at 1500 feet alt. (Eidley 8484) ; Johore : 

 Gunong Janeng (Kelsall) ; Pahang : Selinsing (Machado). Endemic. 



18. G. CONCINNA, Eidl. I.e. 116. Rhizome slender, Leaf solita- 

 ry lanceolate acuminate with a broad cordate base 6 inches long one 

 and a half glabrous, petiole very long and slender 9 inches tall. 

 Peduncle an inch long enclosed with the base of the petiole in two 

 sheaths. Bracts lanceolate acute rather thin red an inch long. Calyx 

 very short. Corolla tube longer than the bracts gradually dilated 

 upwards white with dark red stripes. Lip oblong margin incurved. 

 Anther crest small entire. 



Kaempferia eoncinna, Baker, Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 221. 



Perak : Ulu Buhong (King's Coll. 10135). Endemic. 



Doubtful Species. 



G. sp. Rhizome rather stout. Leaves 3 or 4 unequal lanceolate 

 to ovate lanceolate 8-12 inches long 4 to 6 inches across cuspidate 

 closely nerved with fine cross bars, glabrous, petiole 6-8 inches long. 

 Spike eylindrie 6 inches long from among the leaves almost sessile. 

 Bracts oblong I2 inch long. Flowers not seen. 



Johore, base of Gunong Pantiin woods (Ridley). 



This is a very distinct plant in the great size of its leaves, and long 

 spike. I was quite unable to find flowers though the plant was abun- 

 dant in one spot. It is allied to G. Prainiana, Ridl., and to G. plicata, 

 Ridl. 



7. Curcuma, l. 



Rhizome thick aromatic with tuberous roots or slender with fibrous 

 roots, stems short or none. Leaves oblong or obovate usually tufted 

 rarely solitary. Spikes peduncled, bracts ovate forming a cone, usually 

 brightly coloured, uppermost ones often empty longer and of a different 

 colour. Flowers fugitive several in each bract with several bracteoles. 

 Calyx short eylindrie toothed. Corolla tube broad funnel-shaped lobes 

 ovate or oblong. Staminodes oblong petaloid. Lip orbicular or obovate. 

 Filament short broad. Anther cells parallel, sometimes spurred at the 

 base, crested or not. Ovary 3 celled ovules many. Style filiform. 

 Capsule globose membranous 3 valved. Seeds usually arillate ovoid or 

 oblong. 



Species about 35. India, Siam, Malay Islands, Australia. 



