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Lip longer broadly ovate orange with darker veins. Staminodes 2 short 

 toothed processes deep purple. Filament linear fleshy, anther retuse. 

 Capsule globose green f inch long pubescent. 



Hook. Ic. PL 1963, Ridley I.e. 170. 



Singapore : Changi, Tuas (Ridley 445) (Cuming 2400) ; Johor : 

 (Ridley 4612). Batu Pahat (11196); Malacca: Sungei Hudang ; 

 Selangor: Bukit Hitam (Kelsall, Ridley 10,791) ; Perak : Larut Hills 

 (Curtis 2074), Waterloo (Curtis 2985), Goping (King's Coll); Penang : 

 (Porter, Wall. Cat. 6575). 



Not rare and often abundant in woods from sea level to 4000 feet 

 elevation. Native names " Pua Munkang, " " Tepus Kijoi." Endemic, 



10. A. NOBILIS, Ridl. I.e. 169. Stems 6 to 12 feet tall 1 inch 

 through pubescent. Leaves oblong cuspidate, base oblique 2 feet long 

 6 inches wide, glabrous above velvety pubescent beneath, petiole stout 

 1 inch long brown velvety, ligule an inch long bilobed. Raceme about 

 a foot long enclosed in 2 very large sheaths. Bract 3 lobed 2 inches 

 long and 3 across, white tipped carmine. Calyx 1 inch long 2 or 3 

 lobed white pubescent. Corolla tube shorter lobes oblong obtuse li 

 inch long 1 inch wide, silky hairy white. Lip 2? inch long, 2 inches 

 wide, cordate bilobed, lobes large oblong strongly crisped sides of lip 

 and disc blood red with lines of yellowish white spots, apex lemon 

 yellow nerves crimson a strong hairy keel runs at the base, with pus- 

 tular elevations at the base of the stamen on each side. Filament a 

 inch broad pubescent. Capsule round flattened at both ends orange 

 stiffly hairy. 



Pahang : Kwala Tembeling (Ridley) ; Selangor : Ginting Bida 

 (Ridley 7795). Endemic. 



11. A. latilabris, Ridl. I.e. 168. Stems stout about 12 feet tall 

 Leaves glabrous except the midrib petiole and ligule 2£ feet long 3 

 inches wide, narrowly lanceolate tapering at the base, petiole 1 inch. 

 Panicle many flowered, rachis stout pubescent outer bracts oblong 

 lanceolate 2 inches long 1 inch wide white tinted rose. Inner bract 

 ampliate apex trifid li inch long. Pedicels i inch long white pubes- 

 cent. Calyx dilate upwards white tipped with rose. Corolla tube as 

 long, upper lobe oblong obtuse l£ inch long, f inch wide, laterals nar- 

 rower and adnate to lip. Lip if inch long and nearly 2 inches 

 across, cordate, lobes not distinct, apex narrowed shortly bifid, lobes 

 spreading acute, orange densely spotted with red, central bar and 

 veins at apex deep red edge yellow. Processes at base (staminodes) 

 horn shaped i inch long curved crimson, base darker. Filament 

 broadly linear. Anther f inch long. Fruit globose orange nearly 

 glabrous. 



Pahang, Pulau Datu, Pahang River (Ridley) on river banks, 

 Endemic, 



