4 2 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Amomum laterale, Bull. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. p. 381. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah (Ridley 4411) ; Bukit Mandai (4620); 

 Johor: Batu Pahat (11197); Pahang : Pulau Tawar ; Negri Sembilan : 

 Perhentian Tinggi (9999.) In very damp spots in forests. Endemic. 



14. Elettariopsis, Bak. 



Bhizome long creeping and branched slender. Leaves solitary, or 

 a few in tuft or on an erect stem. Flower spikes scattered on elongate 

 branches of the rhizome, very short with a few fugacious flowers in the 

 axils of dry brown bracts. Calyx tube long 3 lobed, corolla tube long 

 and slender, lobes narrow. Lip longer obovate or oblong white with a 

 central yellow bar and red streaks. Staminodes 0. Filament short. 

 Anther crest large rounded. Fruit a globose capsule. 



Species 7 Malayan. 



Leaf solitary 4 feet tall ••• 1. E. exserta. 



Leaf 1-2 feet ••• 2. E. Curtisii. 



Leaves few in a tuft 3. E. serpentina. 



Leaves several on an erect stem. 



Stem 1 foot. Corolla tube 3 inches long 4. E. latiflora. 



Stem 2 feet. Corolla tube 1 inch long ... 5. E. pubescens. 



Stem about 2 6. E. cyanesccns. 



Stem several feet tall. Corolla tube long 7. E. longituba. 



1. E. EXSERTA, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 251. Leaf usually solitary 

 elliptic acute tapering to the petiole 4 to 6 feet tall, the blade 3 feet 

 long 1 foot across. Scape erect with several scattered sheaths half 

 inch long and a single flower. Calyx tube 3 lobed 1 inch long. Corolla 

 tube 3 inches long lobes lanceolate f inch long. Lip oblong entire 

 yellow with 2 central red lines. Stamen crest short rounded. Style 

 longer. Bidl. I.e. 153. Cyphostigma exsertum Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 

 Ital. VIII. 310, t. 13. 



Perak, Kinta (Scortechini 1947.) Endemic. 



2. E. CURTISII, Bak. I.e. 252. Bhizome far creeping, roots wool- 

 ly. Leaf solitary, blade 12 inches long 3 inches wide lanceolate acumi- 

 nate glabrous, tapering into a petiole 8 inches long with a long ribbed 

 sheath at the base. Flowering stems short 3 inches long. Bracts 

 oblong lanceolate h inch long. Spikes 1-2 flowered. Calyx tube spatha- 

 ceous ampliate unequally trifid 1 inch long. Corolla tube 2 inches long 

 slender dilato upwards lobes oblong blunt white i inch long | inch wide. 

 Lip obovate oblong, : :{ inch long. Filament short and broad. Anther 

 crest oval entire large. Bidley I.e. 154. 



Penang, Bukit Laksamana (Curtis 1705.) Endemic. 

 :*. E. SERPENTINA, Bak. I.e. 252. Rhizome as in E. Curtisii 

 Leaves 3 in a tuft lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous blade G-8 



