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Luit, Tahan (Ridley 2407) ; Perak : Larat (King's Coll. 3205) ; Bind- 

 ings : Lumut (Ridley) ; Penang : Pulau Betong (Curtis 1978, 2161). 

 Bistrib. Sumatra. 



A very fine and showy plant, occurs in damp forest. 



2. Z. KUNSTLERI, King. Mss. Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 

 Vol. 32, p. 127. Rhizome very thick and fleshy 6 inches long 2 

 through. Stems 4 to 6 feet tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate more 

 than a foot long and 3 inches wide, narrowed at the base, ligule very 

 short. Scape over a foot tall, stout covered with sheathing leaves up- 

 per ones larger and uppermost With an ovate blade 2 inches long and 

 one across. Spike short and broad 3 inches long and as thick. Bracts 

 lanceolate, tips deflexed dull red, Flowers shortly protruding, Corolla 

 tube slender, lobes narrow lanceolate acute. Lip shorter lanceolate 

 acute side lobes hardly distinct. Anther longer cells narrowly oblong, 

 beak about as long, narrow. " Flower stem a rich light brown and 

 pink. Flower pale white reddish and brown inside." 



Perak, open old jungle, rich rocky soil 2000 to 3000 feet Aug. 1884 

 (Kunstler 2219), Larut Hills (Ridley). Endemic. 



3. Z. WEAYii, Prain. Mss. Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 

 XLI, p. 32. Stem slender over a foot tall. Leaves elliptic lanceolate 

 glabrous 9 inches long 3 inches wide, narrowed at the base but not 

 petioled. Peduncle 4 inches tall covered with large loose sheathing 

 leaves. Spike 3 inches long ovoid obconic. Bracts thin elliptic li 

 inch long, i inch wide or less. Flowers solitary yellow. Bracteole 

 sapthaceous. Lip spotted and marked with purple. Anther narrow 

 linear, beak i inch long. 



Upper Perak 300 feet (Wray 3735). 



The specimen is in poor condition, but the plant seems distinct in 

 its rounded head of thin bracts. Endemic. 



4. Z. ZEEUMBET, Sm. Exot. Bot. II. 104, t. 112. Rhizome thick 

 yellow inside, becoming white. Stems stout 12-18 inches tall. Leaves 

 broadly lanceolate glabrous 4-6 inches long, 2-^-3 inches wide, midrib hairy 

 ligule i inch long papery brown. Spike globose to oblong 3 inches long, 

 blunt, peduncle 3-4 inches long. Bracts broad rounded green turning 

 red, edges paler hairy. Calyx spathaceous i inch long white. Corolla 

 tube twice as long, lobes lanceolate acute white. Lip broad and short, 

 side lobes rounded midlobe orbicular to ovate retuse pale yellow with 

 an orange bar, or faintly mottled pink. Capsule oblong. Roscoe, Trans. 

 Linn, Soc. VIII. 348, Scit. PI. t. 84, Roxb. As. Res. XL 346, Fl. Ind. 

 i. 48, Horan. Prodr. 27, Bot. Mag. t. 2,000, Wight Ic. t. 2,003, Bak. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 247, Ridley I.e. 127. 



5. spurium, Koen. Retz. Obs. hi. 60, Zingiber, sp. Griff. Notul iii 

 412, Ic. t. 351. 



