32 Material* for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



anther i inch long crestless. Ovary pubescent. Fruit oblong f inch 

 long covered with conic subulate spines, pedicels A inch long. 



Selangor: Ginting Peras (Eidley 7802) ; Perak : (Scortechini 222). 

 (Wray), Larut Hills ( Ridley j. Inhabits dense woods at an altitude of 

 about 3000 feet. Fruit eaten by Sakais. Endemic. 



4. A. OCHREUM, Ridl. I.e. 125. Stems tall and stout. Leaves 

 oblong cuspidate glabrous, 3 feet long 7 inches wide, petiole i inch long 

 thick, ligule oblong obtuse. Spike short globose elongating in fruit 

 peduncle l-i inch long. Bracts lanceolate 1-j inch long thin. Bract- 

 eole tubular -£ inch long edge hairy. Flowers large yellow. Calyx as 

 long as corolla tube 1 inch lobes lanceolate subobtuse, tipped with hair. 

 Corolla tube thick, lobes oblong obtuse 1 inch long. Lip very large 

 over an inch long convolute edge denticulate. Anther oblong ^ inch 

 long. Fruit large globose green succulent, covered with short processes. 



Selangor: Ginting Bidai (Ridley). Endemic. 



5. A. ULIGINOSUM, Koen. Retz. Observ III. 56. Rhizome long 

 much branched, covered with buown sheaths, ] inch through. Stems 5 

 feet tall or less. Leaves narrowly lanceolate narrowed to the base long 

 cuspidate 12 inches long 1 inch wide petiole short or 0, ligule h inch 

 long rounded. Spikes distant from leaves obconic, on a peduncle 1-4 

 inches long. Bracts ovate elliptic pink or brown. Calyx tubular pink 

 \ inch long, lobes narrow acute. Corolla tube little longer, lobes nar- 

 row linear acute rosy. Lip boat-shaped narrowed at the base genicu- 

 late with thickened deep crimson knees, blade white with yellow 

 central bar edged crimson, i inch long. Staminodes 0. Stamen fila- 

 ment broad, anther oblong, crest 3 lobed, lobes short quadrate, central 

 one retuse. Frnit globose \ inch through covered with soft red process- 

 es. Baker Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 241, Ridl. I.e. 130. 



Malacca : Bukit Sedanen (Derry 238) ; Sungei Ujong : Bukit Tam- 

 pin; Pahang : Kwala Tembeling (Ridley 2404 '»; Perak : Larut (King's 

 Coll. 1839); Dindings: Larut (Ridley 7223); Penang: Balik Pulau 

 (Ridley 9414). Kedah, Yan (Ridley). Distrib. Siam. 



Abundant in woods and on banks in forest to about 3000 feet alt 

 creeping for some distance. Sometimes planted by the Jakuns for its 

 eatable fruit. Malay names " Pua Ilijau," " Pua Gajah," " Tepua 

 Merah." 



G. A. cylixdhaceum, Ridl. I.e. 136. Stems 6 feet tall. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate acute grey-green, base narrowed glabrous L 8 inches 

 long, 2 inches wide, petiole none, ligule large h inch long bifid, lobes 

 acute. Spike cylindrical stout 6 inches long, peduncles as Long stout cover- 

 ed with rufous tomentum, sheaths oblong 1 inch long. Bracts ovate bifid 

 rown. Bracteole i inch long truncate bifid. Calyx f inch truncated 

 pubescent. Corolla tube an inch long slender pubescent, lobes oblong 



