48 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



A decoction of the roots is usel for rheumatism. Common in 

 open country round villages, etc. Occasionally specimens occur with 

 distinct subulate staminodes. 



2. A. secundifloka, Ridl. l.o. 165. Leaves lanceolate acute 18 

 inches long 2 inches wide glabrous glaucous beneath, petiole winged $ 

 inch long ligule i inch long blunt. Panicle nearly a foot long, peduncle 

 over 6 inches with several lanceolate sheathing bracts, the largest 6 

 inches long, branches 4 inch long pubescent. Flowers numerous 

 secund. Bracts small ovate £ inch long. Calyx 1 inch long, lobes 3 

 subequal ovate pubescent, mucronate. Corolla tube 1^ inch long nar- 

 row funnel-shaped, lobes oblong hooded. Lip shorter oblong obtuse 

 rounded with 3 strong veins. Staminodes flat wing-shaped ending in a 

 linear subulate point 1 inch long. Filament broad. Anther not crested. 



Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Only once collected. 



3. A. GALANGA, Sw. Obs. Bot. S. A tall plant with a thick aro- 

 matic rhizome. Stems numerous stout about 6 or 7 feet tall. Leaves 

 lanceolate acute 18 inches long 3j inches broad, petiole i inch long, 

 ligule as long entire. Bracts lanceolate acute i inch long. Panicle 6 

 inches long, flowers numerous fragrant, pedicels £ inch long pubescent. 

 Calyx unequally trifid i inch long, lobes ovate white. Corolla tube as 

 long, lobes linear recurved, f inch long green. Lip 1 inch long 

 spathulate, claw narrow light green with 2 low ridges, limb bifid white 

 with red streaks. Staminodes 2 short processes pink. Stamen 1 inch 

 long, filament broadly linear white. Anther notched at the top. Fruit 

 1 inch long elliptic red, seeds 1 or 2. 



Roxb. As. Res. XI. 252, Rose. Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII. 315. Bak. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 253, Ridl. I.e. 163. 



A. viridiflora, Griff. Notul. III. 423, Ic. PI. As. t. 353. 



A. alba, Rose. Trans. Linn. Soc. VII. 346, 



A. carnea, Griff. Notul. III. 420, Maranta Galanga L. Sp. PI. 2. 



Hellenia alba, Retz. Obs. VI. 18. 



Languas Vulgare, Koen. Retz. Obs. III. 64. 



Heritiera alba, Retz. Obs. VI. 18. 



Commonly cultivated and occurring in waste ground all over the 

 peninsula. 



" Lankwas " of the Malays. The rhizome used in curries. 



A. zingibcrina, Hook. fil. (Bot. Mag. t. 6944) a native of Siam, 

 seems quite distinct. 



4. A. MELANOCARPA, Ridl. I.e. 163. Stems tufted 2 to 6 feet tall 

 slender from a stout rhizome. Leaves lanceolate acuminate narrowed 

 at the base, 6 inches long, 2 inches wide glabrous. Petiole i inch long, 

 ligule as long entire. Panicle about 6 inches long with short branches 

 I inch long usually 3 flowered. Bracts very small lanceolato cuspidate 



