36 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



lobes rounded, embracing the stamen. Apex fleshy tongue-shaped 

 dark red pubescent. Filament short. Anther cells linear grey lower 

 part pubescent, crest ovate rounded. Ovary glabrous. Capsule oblong 

 subtriangular £ inch long thinly cartilaginous. Seeds black truncate 

 anglod xV inch long. Eidley I.e. 140. 



Amomum scyphifenon, Koen. Eetz. Observ. III. 68, Bak. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 140. Stenochasma urceolare, Griff. Notul. III. 431. 



Singapore: common Bukit Timah (Ridley 4616), Jurong (446 > ; 

 Johor : Tanjong Bunga (Ridley) ; Selangor : Kwala Lumpur (Ridley 

 10,175) ; Malacca : Ching (Griffith). Distrib. Borneo and Sumatra. 



Common in woods in the low country, flowering all the year round. 



2. H. ophiuchus, Ridl, I.e. 141. Stems about 12 feet tall club- 

 bed at the base. Leaves oblong lanceolate glabrous 15 inches long 3 

 inches wide, petiole £ inch long, ligule ovate oblong obtuse pubescent. 

 Spike fusiform 5 inches long. Bracts ovate or ovate lancoolate 

 acute mucronate ribbed silky pubescent red 2 inches long 1 inch wide. 

 Flowers 5 inches long red. Calyx tubular 3 inches long acute 

 silky below glabrous above. Corolla tube graceful lobes lorate cuculiate 

 shining red. Lip as long lorate apex hooded fleshy red with white edges 

 pubescent inside. Anther emarginate, no crest red. Ovary silky. 



Amomum Ophiuchus, Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. p. 381. 



Pahang Tahan Woods, (Ridley). Endemic. 



3. H. steiolata, n.sp. Stems tall and stout, leaves narrow 

 linear lanceolate acuminate glabrous 18 inches long 2 inches across 

 petiole 3 inches long slender, ligule oblong \ inch long, spike 5 inches 

 long an inch through in the widest part peduncle short covered with 

 imbricating bracts. Bracts ovate quite obtuse with a very short 

 mucro an inch long and nearly as wide closely ribbed, lower part gla- 

 brous above finely pubescent with longer hairs on the edge and tip. 

 flowers red. Bracteole thin papery lanceolate with three fine ribs, an 

 inch long. Calyx longer H inch long thin unoqually bilobed with two 

 lobes connate to near the top glabrous strongly keeled. Corolla tube 

 two inches long, lobes linear oblong blunt an inch long y<s inch wide. 

 Lip as long firm in texturo linear oblong edges upcurved white, hairy 

 insides, lobes thinner curved up over the anther. Anther a little shorter 

 than the lip, crest large rounded entiro. 



Selangor, Hulu Semangkok (Ridley 12,105). 



4. H. GEANDIS, Ridl. l.c.c. Rhizome stout elevated above the 

 ground on long roots. Stems 12-15 feet tall bases clubbed. Leaves 

 oblong cuspidate nearly 3 feet long, 6 inches across glabrous, petiole ^ 

 inch long pubescent, ligule longer pubescent. Spikes elongate obconic 

 cylindric 8 inches tall. Bracts ovate rounded edges hispid and covered 

 with transverse irregular elevations, the longitudinal ribs obscure. 

 Bracteoles narrow lanceolate. Calyx cylindric tubular 3 lobed 2 inches 



