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pink. Calyx nearly | inch long white. Corolla tube a little longer, 

 lobes oblong obtuse white. Lip base narrow then dilate and bilobed, 

 lobes oblong obtuse pink. Staminodes 2 small green teeth at the base 

 of the stamen. Filament linear flat. Anther oblong fleshy retuse 

 crestless. Capsule as big as a pea black or red. 



Hellenia mclanocarpa, Teysm. and Binn. PI. Hort. Bogor. Cult. p. 

 328. 



Singapore : Kranji, Seletar (Ridley) ; Pahang : Kwala Pahang 

 (Ridley 1594). 



Occurs in sandy places near the sea. It resembles A. conchigera 

 Griff, but has fewer stems and the bifid lip easily distinguishes it. 

 Native name " Munkanang ; " a decoction of the flowers is administered 

 in cases of cholera. Distrib. Sumatra. 



5. A. SCABEA, Benth. Gen. PI. III. 648. Stems 6 or more feet 

 tall. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate 18 inches long, 2 inches wide dark 

 green, (paler and scabrid when dry) petiole winged to the base i inch 

 long, ligule oblong truncate i inch long. Panicle 2 feet long lower 

 branches 6 inches long, upper ones short. Flowers small white on 

 pedicels i inch long. Calyx campanulate i inch long 3 toothed. Corol- 

 la tube longer rather slender curved, lobes lanceolate oblong obtuse i 

 inch long, dorsal hooded, white. Lip shorter narrow deeply bifid, lobes 

 linear oblong. Stamen filament slender linear, anther with a small 

 crest. Capsule i inch through globose black. 



Baker I.e. 256, Ridl. I.e. 164. Hellenia scabra, Bl. Enum. 60. 



Johor : Gunong Pulai (Ridley) ; Selangor : Bukit Hitam (Kelsall 

 1982); Perak : (Scortechini), Larut Hills common (Curtis 2722). 

 Hermitage Hill (Ridley 2958). BujongMalacca (Ridley) ; Kedah : Gun- 

 ong Jerai (Ridley 7796). 



In forests on the hills from about 1000 to 3000 feet altitude. 

 Distrib. Java. 



§ 2. CATIMBIUM. 



6. A. mutica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 67. Stems 3 to 6 feet tall usual- 

 ly slender. Leaves narrow lanceolate very acuminate at both ends 

 glabrous, 18 inches across petiole 1 inch long, ligule ovoid blunt i inch. 

 Panicle 3 to many, flowered, with several short branches, rachis finely 

 pubescent or nearly glabrous, a long caducous green bract encloses the 

 whole inflorescence in bud. Bracteoles very small i inch long oblong 

 white caducous. Flowers in threes, pedicel i inch long. Calyx nar- 

 row at base, dilate above, split about half way, teeth 3i inch long white. 

 Corolla tube shorter lobes oblong 1 inch long white, upper one oblong 

 ovate. Lip indistinctly 3 lobed, apex truncate crisped orange with 

 numerous red dots and veins, a dark red swelling at the base on each 

 .side Filament short. Anther thick f inch long. Capsule globose 



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