4 Materials for a Flora of the Mala yan Peninsula. 



nerves, pubescent beneatb, sheaths hispid. Panicle long and lax with 

 short scattered branches 4 inch long with 2 or 3 flowers on each. 

 Bracts oblong, obtuse green. Calyx funnel-shaped witli rather long 

 acute lobes i inch long. Corolla tube slender i inch long lobes ovate 

 oblong, upper one boat-shaped \ inch long orange. Staminodes oblong 

 obtuse. Lip very narrowed and short bilobed, lobes linear obtuse 

 orange with a black central spot. Filament slender | inch long. 

 Anther colls narrow elliptic with no margin or spurs. Baker I.e. 203. 

 Ridley I.e. 90. 



Singapore : Bukit Mandai (Ridley) ; Malacca : Alor Gajah (Ridley) ; 

 Perak : Larut Hills (Ridley), Goping (King's Coll. 444) ; Penang : 

 (King in Fl. Brit. Ind.) Damp spots in woods. Distrib. Sumatra. 



5 2. Ceratanteeba. 



3. G. PANICOIDES, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. p. 614. Stems tufted 

 9-24 inches long, slender sheaths at base spotted red, more or less 

 pubescent. Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate to ovate acuminate 

 li-5 inches long f to li broad, ligule hispid. Panicle slender branches 

 usually short sometimes rather long spreading. Flowers usually few 

 Bracts lanceolate green. Calyx short unequally 3 toothed one tooth 

 much longer than the others lanceolate blunt, orange i inch long. 

 Corolla tube J inch long lobes boat-shaped i inch long orange. Stamin- 

 odes rather longer oblong. Li]) short oblong bilobed orange with a dark 

 brown central spot. Filament 1 inch long anther cells parallel, con- 

 nective developed all round and prolonged at the base into a pair of 

 subulate spurs. Capsule smooth globose i inch long. Ridley I.e. 91. 

 til. Kiiujii, Bak. I.e. 204. 01. stenothyrsa, Bak. I.e. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang (Ridley 6236) ; 

 Malacca : Sungei Hudang (Derry 99) ; Negri Sembilan : Perhentian 

 Tinggi (Ridley 9997); Selangor : Batang Berjuntai (7800): Sungei 

 Ujong : Bukit Tumiang (Cantley's coll.) ; Dindings : Bruas (Ridley 

 7231); Province Wellesley : Tasek Gelugur (Ridley) ; Lankawi (Curtis 

 2642). Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Very common in wet woods, native names " Haliya Hutan," 

 "Meroya'n Tingal," " Meroyan B'rchoin," " Pua birah Bunga Lidah 

 Mnntah," " Haliya K'ra." The slightly aromatic roots are used in 

 medicine for fever and rheumatism. 



•1. (i. PEND1 i, A, Roxb. Asiatic Researches XI. 359. Fl. Ind. 1. 

 79. A large plant 3 feet or more tall. Leaves oblong cuspidate 

 glabrous, 9 inches long, 1 inches wide, ligule rounded pubescent, sheaths 

 with pubescent edges. Panicle stout sometimes nearly 2 feet long, 

 branches few-flowered short. Bracts lancoolato cadulous. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped ! inch long with 3 unoqual acute lobes. Corolla tube 

 slender half an inch long, lobes boat-shaped i inch long, orange yellow, 

 staminodes thin oblanceolate obtuse as long. Lip adnate to the stamen 



