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obtuse orange. Lip 3 lobed, lobes rounded darker orange. Staminodes 

 lanceolate acuminate. Anther crest oblong with 2 points at the side. 

 Fruit globose rough brown with numerous low ribs, £ inch long. 



Dindings, Telok Sera (Ridley). Woods, flowering January, fruit 

 March. Endemic. 



7. A. hastilabium, Ridl. I.e. 137. Rhizome rather slender aro- 

 matic woody, short. Stems 3-4 feet tall stout glabrous. Leaves ob- 

 long" lanceolate acuminate at both ends 9-18 inches long 2-4 across, 

 petiole i inch long, ligule ovate rounded i inch long. Spike short 

 obconic 1-2 inches tall, peduncle stout 1 inch. Bracts ovate lanceolate 

 ribbed stiffly papery light brown 1 inch long i inch long cylindric trun- 

 cate. Corolla tube 1 inch long slender terete, lobes oblong blunt white 

 £ inch long. Lip broadly hastate base narrow linear side lobes round- 

 ed white midlobe narrow oblong obtuse orange, central bar darker, 

 with purple marks at the sides 1 inch long and wide. Staminodes lan- 

 ceolate acuminate tip setaceous. Filament broad linear, anther oblong 

 cells red, crest broad oblong truncate pale orange. Fruit globose £ inch 

 long fawn colour strongly ribbed hairy. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah (Ridley 9204) ; Johor : Gunong Panti 

 (Ridley) ; Selangor : Dusun Tua ; Perak (Wray 3476). Woods, flowers 

 in May. Endemic. 



8. A. macrodons, Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1886, p. 309, PL 

 XII. Rhizome rather stout. Stem 2 feet tall slender. Leaves 4 or 5 

 elliptic caudate 6 to 8 inches long 2-3 wide. Spike obconic 2 inches 

 across from the rhizome. Bracts ovate lanceolate densely streaked 

 red. Bracteoles shorter. Calyx tubular spathaceous. Corolla tube 

 f inch long lobes ovate i inch. Lip as long oblong bifid, lobes round- 

 ed, pubescent tip yellow base purple. Staminodes lanceolate red as 

 long as the calyx lobes puberulous. Filament linear narrower than 

 the anther, crest rounded emarginate ciliate, anther cells linear. 



Perak, Kinta (Scortechini 2027). Not seen. 



9. A. Perakense, Ridl. I.e. 135. Rhizome stout woody elevated 

 above the ground on stout woody roots. Stems slender about £ inch 

 through. Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate with a long point nar- 

 rowed at the base, petiole hardly distinct, 8 inches long 1 broad. 

 Peduncles 2 inches long flexuous. Spike about as long rather narrow 

 sub-cylindric. Bracts narrow oblong caducous f inch long. Bracteole 

 oblong obtuse flat. Calyx tube 6 inch long dilated upwards lobes lan- 

 ceolate acute. Corolla tube slender, barely longer than the calyx, lobes 

 f inch long or less. Lip obovate longer. Staminodes present, longer 

 than the filament linear setaceous. Anther linear i inch long, crest 

 rounded distinct. 



Perak, Larut Hills (Ridley) (Wray 3541). Endemic. 



♦10. A. TESTACEUM, Ridl. I.e. 135. Stems 12 feet tall stout 

 clubbed at the base. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate gradually narrowed 



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