Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 7 



10. G. VIOLACEA, Eidl. I.e. 97. Stems 1 to 2 feet tall rather 

 stout. Leaves large or moderate oblong lanceolate acuminate with a 

 long point covered with strigose scattered hairs on both sides, or sca- 

 brid, 7 to 10 inches long, 2 inches wide ligule short very hairy, sheaths 

 stiffly hairy. Panicle of numerous short branches half an inch long 

 stiff and horizontal. Bracts small ovate lanceolate white. Calyx 

 cylindric with 3 short points, one shorter than the others, as long as 

 the corolla tube white. Corolla tube i inch long, lobes ovate boat- 

 shaped violet or white. Staminodes longer and narrower violet. Lip 

 very narrow linear grooved and bilobed, violet or white with a darker 

 spot. Filament rather stout. Anther oblong with two linear spurs. 

 Casule globose white, seeds ovoid beaked. 



Johore: Gunong Pulai ; Selangor : Bukit Hitam (Kelsall) ; Perak: 

 Bujong Malacca; Gunong Keledang (Ridley 9818), Ipoh (Curtis 3316,), 

 Gunong Tuas (Wray 4164) ; Dindings (Ridley). Endemic. 



§ 3. Maeantella. 



11. G. AURANTIACA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. p. 613. Stems 

 about 18 inches, tall, bases covered with hairy sheaths. Leaves oblong 

 to ovate cuspidate 7 inches long and 3 inches wide or smaller hairy 

 beneath. Panicle short or as much as 8 inches long compact, on a 

 hairy peduncle 18 inches long or less, branches short i inch long 

 numerous horizontal. Flowers few orange. Bracts oblong obtuse 

 hairy i inch long orange. Pedicels i inch long. Calyx funnel-shaped 

 £ inch long, teeth 3 short blunt. Corolla tube I inch long lobes large 

 oblong. Lip short broad oblong bilobed orange with a brown central 

 blotch. Staminodes short oblong. Filament i inch long. Anther 

 oblong with 4 triangular teeth. Fruit globose smooth. Ridley I.e. 97. 



Malacca : Brisu (Derry 81) ; Selangor : Sungei Buloh (Ridley 

 10517), Bukit Hitam ; Negri ,S'embilan : Perhentian Tinggi (Ridley), 

 Gunong Berumlum (Cantley's Coll.); Perak, Larut Hills; Penang : 

 Moniot's Road ; Penara Bukit (Ridley 7230). Hill woods to an eleva- 

 tion of 5000 feet common. Native name " Pua Gumbur." Distrib. 

 Sumatra. 



12. G. PERAKENSIS, Ridley I.e. 98. Stem stout about a foot 

 or 18 inches tall. Leaves obovate cuspidate, narrowed at the base 

 glabrous, 8 inches long by 4 wide petiole i inch long hispid, ligule short 

 oblong peduncle 8 inches long with large ovate orange bracts, upper 

 ones smaller oblong obtuse, softly pubescent and ciliate on the edges. 

 Panicle short dense 1 inch long, branches about half an inch long 

 pubescent. Bracts short broad ovate orange. Calyx short tubular £ 

 inch long pubescent, orange. Corolla tube twice as long lobes ovate. 

 Lip short broad oblong bilobed orange with a brown spot. Staminodes 

 linear oblong obtuse. Anther with four triangular broad spurs. Cap- 

 sule globose pustulate orange. 



