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long. Corolla tube nearly 5 inches long, dilate upwards. Upper lobe 

 lanceolate 1 inch long, lower ones oblong lanceolate. Lip side lobes 

 small apex rounded pubescent. Filament free i inch long hairy crest 

 ovate acute. 



Perak, Larut Hills, to 3000 feet elevation abundant (Ridley). 

 Endemic. 



5. H. CONICA, Ridl. I.e. 142. Rhizome subterranean. Stems 

 about 5 feet tall. Leaves oblong lanceolate cuspidate 2 inch long, 3-4 

 inches wide glabrous above sometimes pubescent beneath, petiole £-1 

 inch long fusiform acuminate. Bracts ovate acute, upper ones narrow- 

 er and longer pink covered with silvery tomentum, longitudinally ribb- 

 ed. Bracteoles narrow. Flowers purplish pink shortly protruded. 

 Calyx tubular with a long cusp 2 inches long. Corolla tube 4 inches 

 lobes oblong obtuse { inch long. Lip longer tongue-shaped blunt entire. 



Singapore: Bukit Panjang (Ridley); Johor: Batu Pahat (Ridley 

 11,195), Gunong Panti; Selangor: Langkat, Bukit Hitam (Ridley 

 7803). Endemic. 



6. H. LEONURUS, Retz. Observ. VI 18. Rhizome subterranean 

 rather slender. Stems about 12 feet. Leaves oblong acuminate base 

 truncate, glabrous, polished dark green 16 inches long 4£ inches across 

 ligule rounded 4 inch long. Spikes cylindric buried in the ground. 

 Bracts lanceolate acute thin silvery pubescent 2o inch long 4 inch wide. 

 Calyx tubular spathaceous 3 inches long. Corolla tube as long, lobes 

 linear hooded, upper one i inch across 1 inch long, lower ones narrower 

 red with whitish tips. Lip hastate blunt sides upcurved, red. Stamen 

 filament broad deep red Ih, inch long. Anther oblong £ inch blunt, no 

 crest. 



Ridley I.e. 142. Amomum Lcoyiurus, Koen. Retz. Observ. iii. 69. 

 Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 236. A. Bidleyi, Bak. Kew Bulletin 1892, 127, 

 Stenochasma convolution, Griff. Not. iii. 433. 



Singapore: Bukit Panjang (Ridley 96), Pulau Ubin (Ridley 9494) ; 

 Johor : Gunong Panti (Ridley) ; Malacca : (Koenig) Rim (Griffith) ; 

 Pahang: Pulau Tawar (Ridley); Dindings : Bukit Segari (Ridley). 

 Common in woods. Native name " Pua Hitam." Endemic. 



7. H. PUSILLA, Ridl. I.e. 143. Rhizome ? slender woody sinuous. 

 Stems 8 inches tall very slender. Leaves few 3 or 4, elliptic lanceolate 

 long cuspidate 6 inches long I2 inch wide, base broad, ligule very small, 

 sheaths hispid. Spike small few flowered, peduncle £ inch long. 

 Bracts ovate mucronate glabrous red. Bracteole cylindric ribbed pubes- 

 cent. Calyx short. Corolla tube about half an inch long, lobes linear 

 red. Lip narrow linear entire fleshy. Anther f inch long hardly retuse 

 at tip, no crest. 



Pahang, Kwala Tembeling (Ridley). Endemic. 



