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inches long, petiole 4 inches. Flowering stems 2 inches long covered 

 with short oblong brown sheaths. Calyx tube 1 inch lobes linear i inch. 

 Corolla tube as long, lobes oblong \ inch long white. Lip oblong 

 obovate cuneate tip rounded f inch long. Stamen filament broad and 

 short. Anther crest very large oblong rounded. Ridl. I.e. 154. 



Penang, 1000 to 1500 feet alt. (King's Coll. 1706). " Flowers 

 white, red brown and yellow in the centre." Flowers in May. 

 Endemic. 



4. E. LATIFLOEA, Ridl. I.e. 154. Rhizome far creeping i inch 

 through. Leafy stems 6-12 inches. Leaves about 5, lanceolate to 

 ovate lanceolate cuspidate glabrous above, pubescent beneath 10-13 

 inches long 2-4 inches wide, petiole 2-4 inches long. Flower stems 3- 

 6 inches long or more, spikes rather distant 2-flowered. Bracts closely 

 wrapping the flower pinkish i inch long. Calyx li inch long, apex 

 entire lanceolate. Corolla tube 3 inches slender, lobes oblong obtuse 

 f inch long yellowish white. Lip large obovate 1 incb long and as wide 

 white, central bar yellow with crimson line on each side apex yellow 7 , 

 or altogether yellow. Staminodes sometimes present short linear or 

 bodies free or adnate to the stamen i inch long or less. Stamen short 

 and broad, crest ovate toothed. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah (Ridley 5027) ; Perak : Larut (King's Coll. 

 2886) ; Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9789) ; Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Ridley). 

 In dense woods. Endemic. 



5. E. pubescens, Ridl. I.e. 155. Stems stout 2 inch through 2 

 feet tall. Leaves about 5 or 6 oblong lanceolate cuspidate, glabrous 

 above softly thickly pubescent beneath 6 to 8 inches long 1^-2 inches 

 wide, petiole i inch long. Floral stems as much as 2 feet long, slender. 

 Spikes distant 1 inch or less long, bases covered with scale leaves. 

 Bracts ovate lanceolate \ inch long pubescent ribbed edges ciliate. 

 Flowers in pairs. Calyx 1 inch lobes linear acute, silkily hairy. Corolla 

 tube thick as long or little longer silky lobes narrow linear oblong obtuse 

 £ inch long white. Lip 1 inch long obcuneate obtuse pubescent. 

 Stamen anther crest large 3 lobed. 



Amomitm elattarioides, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 240. 



A. biflorum, Jack. Mai. Misc. I. 2. A. sp. Griffith Notulae As. III. 

 417. Elcttaria, sp. Griff. I.e. Tab. CCCLII. 2. 



Penang : Waterfall (Curtis 2276 j, (Ridley 9332), Penara Bukit 

 (Ridley 7236) ; Dindings : Luinut (Ridley 10,348) ; Negri Sembilan : 

 Tampin (Goodenough 1933) ; Malacca : (Griffith). 



Thickets and waste ground occurring in masses especially near 

 villages. Native name " Pua Kampong." Endemic. 



6. E. cyanescens, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S.Br. Vol. 41, p. 32. 



Rhizome 4 inch through, violet inside covered with dry sheaths stems 



