40 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



§ 2. Phaeomeria. 



14. H. imperialis, Eidl. I.e. 148. Rhizome short and stout. 

 Stems about 13 feet tall and stout 1 inch through. Leaves oblong acute 

 green glabrous 2 feet long, 6 inches across, ligule ovate blunt nearly 1 

 inch. Peduncle about 3 feet tall. Spikes cone-shaped, elongating to 4 

 inches long. Lower bracts spreading ovate oblong, 4 inches long, 2 

 inches across, fleshy. Floral bracts linear oblong norrow pink edged 

 white. Bracteoles tubular spathaceous 3 lobed short. Calyx •£ inch 

 long, deeply bifid. Corolla tube 1 inch long, lobes lorate thin obtuse 

 pink. Lip longer narrow oblong obtuse, sides convolute crimson edge 

 white. Filament linear flat pubescent white. Anther oblong emargi- 

 nate crimson. Fruits obconic green hairy 1 inch through in a compact 

 head. 



Phaeomeria imperialis, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 446. Al- 

 pinia magnifica, Eoscoe Scit. 75. Bot. Mag. 3192. Nicolaia im- 

 perialis, Horan Mon. Scit. 32 PI. i. 



Johor : Kota Tinggi (Ridley) ; Perak : Thaiping Waterfall (Ridley). 

 Probably Garden escapes. 



Commonly cultivated for its flower shoots, used in curry. Native 

 name " Kantan." 



var. speciosa, Ridl. I.e. Margins of lip yellow. 



Elcttario speciosa, Bl. Enum. I. p. 51. E. anthodioides Teysm. 

 Alpinia clatior, Jack. Hook. Journ. Bot. I. p. 359. Amomum spe- 

 ciosum, Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. III. 644. 



Selangor : Rawang (Ridlev 7811) ; Perak : Tambun, Ipoh (Ridley) ; 

 Larut Hills (King's Coll. 3075). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



15. H. FULGENS, Ridl. I.e. 149. Rhizome stout. Stems 15 feet tall 

 1 inch through. Leaves oblong base unequal broad 2 feet long 6 inches 

 wide glabrous except the edge hairy dark green above purple beneath, 

 petiole 1 inch long, ligule brown woolly. Peduncle 4 feet tall f inch 

 through. Spike conic 3 inches tall 4 across. Bracts (involucral) 

 stiff coriaceous ovate mucronate 3 inches long and wide, dull red out- 

 side polished blood red within, edges greenish white. Floral bracts 

 linear oblong dull red edged white. Calyx spathaceous with 2 points 

 li inch. Corolla lobes linear obtuse pink l| inch long. Lip ovale 

 outuse deep red, edged yellow half an inch long. Anther red deeply 

 notched £ inch long. Fru.t objonic with a long beak li inch long 

 yellow velvety. 



Perak, Larut Hills (Ridley). Endemic. 



10. H. venusta, Ridl. I.e. 149. Stems 10 feet tall bases swollen 

 Leaves oblong green over 2 feet long, 6 inches wide, narrowed at base 

 gliule short edge pubescent. Scape 2 feet tall £ inch through, sheaths 

 (lower) arachnoid upper ones pink, spike broadly cup-shaped base much 



