38 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



8. H. TEIORGYalk, Ridl. I.e. 14-4. Stems 18 feet tall pubescent, 

 stout. Leaves oblong acute 2o feet long, 7 incbes across glabrous above 

 softly pubescent beneath petiole £ inch long, ligule large. Spike ovate 

 4 inches long 2 inches through. Outer bracts broad ovate 2 inches 

 long and as wide longitudinally ribbed pubescent, deep rose colour. 

 Inner bracts lanceolate 2£ inches long, rosy at tip. Bracteoles bifid 

 tubular. Calyx bifid mucronate 3 inches long, cherry red. Corolla 

 tube as long, lobes linear oblong blunt, upper one largest blunt an inch 

 longer than the corolla cherry red. Anther emarginate no crest. 



Amomion triorgyalc, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 237. 



Selangor : Ginting Peras (Ridlev 7806) ; Perak : Larut Hills (King's 

 Coll. 2105). Endemic. 



9. H. ALBOMARGINATA, Ridl. I.e. 145. Rhizome long far creep- 

 ing. Stems 4 to 10 feet tall slender red glabrous. Leaves when young 

 light green barred with red, when full grown dark polished green, gla- 

 brouo or finely pubescent, sessile, ligule short and broad. Spikes 2 

 inches long subcylindric few flowered. Bracts lanceolate mucronate 

 red 2 inches long i inch wide ribbed pubescent. Bracteoles thinner 

 red edged with yellow hairs. Calyx tubular trifid li inch long, lobes 

 tipped with yellow hail's. Corolla tube twice as long, lobes linear deep 

 red, tipped with white hairs, lower ones curved up over the lip. Lip 

 2 inches long sides embracing stamen edged white, apex narrow linear 

 entire or obscurely three lobed at the tip deep red. Filament red. 

 Anther oblong entire $ inch long. 



Amomum sphoeroccpJtahon, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, 234. 



Penang Hill, common ; Dindings : Lumut (Ridley 7233); Selan- 

 gor : Petaling (Ridley) ; Negri Sembilan : Kwala Pedas (Ridley) ; 

 Perak : Larut Hills to 3000 feet abundant, Gunong Kelodang (Ridlev 

 9575). Endemic. 



10. H. PAUCIFLOEA, Ridl. I.e. 144. Stems rather slender distant 

 12 feet tall. Leaves oblong cuspidate glabrous l£ feet long 4 inches 

 wide, petiole i inch long ligule lanceolate 1 inch. Spikes deeply sunk 

 in the ground 2 to 4 flowered. Bracts narrow lanceolate to fleshy 

 white. Calyx tube dilate upwards trifid lobes acute 3 inches long red. 

 Corolla tube as long upper lobe lanceolate subacute cherry red, lower 

 ones shorter oblong obtuse deep red. Lip narrowly lanceolate obtuse, 

 side lobes rounded rlame colour central bar yellow. Filament short. 

 Anther emarginate deep red. 



Selangor, Kwala Lumpur Caves (Ridley 8174). Endemic. 



11. II. MEGALOCIIILUS, Ridl. I.e. 146. Stem tall and stout 12 to 

 15 feet tall, and li inch through the clubbed base. Leaves broadly ob- 

 long cuspidate base oblique rounded glabrous 2-3 feet long 2£ to 4£ 

 inches wide, petioque 4-1 inch long. Spikes 2 to 3 inches long, deeply 

 sunk in the ground on peduncles 1-1^ inch long. Bracts ovate acute 



