50 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



orange red minutely downy, dehiscent in three valves. Seeds numerous, 

 black or dark grev with a sweet aril. Roscoe Scitam. PI. t. 69. Ridley 

 I.e. 165. 



Pulau Aor and Pulau Dayong (Feilding). 



7. A. ASSIMILIS, Ridl. I.e. 166. Stems about 6 feet tall. Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate narrow 1^ foot long li inch broad glabrous dark 

 green, petiole 1 inch long, ligule i inch oblong blunt. Panicle 6 inches 

 to a foot long, rachis pubescent, branches few and short. Bracteoles 

 ovate white 1 inch long. Calyx f inch long enlarged upwards 3 lobed, 

 lobes short. Corolla tube short i inch long, white upper lobe obovate 

 obtuse 1 inch long, i inch wide, lower ones smaller. Lip obovate 

 obscurely 3 lobed 2 inches long li inch wide midlobe rather short 

 crisped orange thickly spotted and veined red, a pair of short conic 

 fleshy pubescent processes at base. Ovary very pubescent. Capsule 

 globose hispid orange. 



A. mutica, Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 6903. (not Roxburgh). 



Singapore: (King's Coll. 1190) probably cultivated ; Johor: Kota 

 Tinggi (Ridley) ; Pahang : Pekan (Ridley 1218). Province Wellesley 

 Ara Kudah (Ridley 7028) abundant near Prai, Sempang Ampat. 



Penang, Batu Feringghi (Curtis 2766). Distrib. Malay Islands. 



By rivers and in wet open swamps. 



8. A. Murdochii, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 44, p. 

 196. Stem over a foot tall. Leaves elliptic lanceolate acuminate base 

 broad 7 inches long 2 inches wide very closely pubescent beneath 

 petiole very short hairy ligule oblong truncate hairy sheath pubescent 

 edges hairy. Raceme 4 inches long rachis and pedicels golden hairy 

 pedicels h inch long. Bracteole broad ovate i inch long hairy outside. 

 Calyx i inch long tubular lobes short ovate pubescent base hairy at the 

 base. Corolla twice as long as the calyx tube shorter than calyx upper 

 sepal oblong hooded with a thick blunt boss on the top, the other two 

 narrower oblong obtuse all apparently yellow or white finely dotted 

 with red. Lip shorter obovate three lobed side lobes broad truncate 

 margins undulate midlobe narrower blunt bifid thickly dotted with red 

 and with 5 elevated red ridges towards the tip. Filament short anther 

 as long thick, emarginate and crestless at top. Staminodes none. 



Selangor, Semangko Pass. February 1904. (A. M. Burn-Mur- 

 doch) and Ridley. 



9. A. Rafflesiana, Wall. Cat. 6575, Baker I.e. 255. Stems 

 slender 3 or 4 feet tall. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate pubescent 12 

 inches long l>y '•■> wide, potiole o hich long, ligule oblong. Panicle short 

 and compact 2-4 inches long. Bracts oblong short. Calyx short -£ 

 inch long dilated upwards mouth oblique red. Corolla tube nearly 

 twice as long lobes broadly lanceolate orange tipped red \-> inch long. 



