52 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



12. A. .Jayaxica, Bl. Eniim. PL Jaw Ed. II. 59. Stems about 6 

 feet tall, i inch through. Leaves oblong cuspidate 18 inches long by 6 

 inches wide glabrous above pubescent beneath, petiole l£ inch long 

 pubescent ligule bifid to the base, lobes oblong truncate edges hairy. 

 Panicle pendulous. Bracts oblong white, turning brown quickly. 

 Bracteoles cup-shaped white i inch long encircling 2 or 3 flowers. 

 Calyx | inch long dilate upwards glabrous, tubular almost entire. 

 Corolla tube thick, upper lobe oblong prolonged to a blunt point l£ inch 

 long, lateral lobes shorter, white pubescent, apex hooded. Lip ovate 

 broad trumpet shaped edges denticulate, 2 inches long 1^ broad orange 

 with crimson spots and veins at the base edge white. Staminodes 

 irregular with 2 or 3 points crimson. Stamen filament pubescent. 

 Anther very thick i inch long. Capsule globose green. 



A. involucrata, Griff. Notul. iii. 422, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 256, 

 Bidl. I.e. p. 171. 



Costus Malaccensis, Koen. Eetz. Observ. iii. 71. 



Johor : Gunong Panti (Ridley); Malacca: Ayer Panas (Griffith) 

 Ayer Panas (Derry 1185), Bukit Bruang (Derry 439), Sungei 

 Hudang (Ridley 3121); Negri Sembilan : Tampin Hill (Goo'lenough 

 1847) ; Muar :'< Curtis 2391) ; Selangor : Ulu Selangor (Ridley 10630). 

 Bukit Bintang (Goodenough) 10513); Perak : Larut, Ipoh (King's 

 Coll. 2296), Waterloo (Ridley 2954). 



var. with calyx, tips of corolla lobes and centre of lip red. 



Perak : Kinta Valley, Ipoh, Telok Pinang (Ridley 9697). Thickets 

 and edges of woods. Native names " Poko Gingin " and " Kantan 

 hutan." Distrib. Sumatra. 



Baker suggests that this may be a variety of A. nutans, Rose, but 

 it is an utterly dissimilar plant. Schumann I.e. states that it is the 

 plant intended by Blume under his A. Javanica, of which he has seen 

 the type. 



13. A. CAP1TELLATA, Jack. Malayan Miscellanies, Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. i. p. 360. Stems over 6 feet tall 1 inch or more through purplish 

 brown pubescent. Leaves oblong cuspidate edges pubescent 2 feet long 

 4 inches wide, petiole 3 inches or less pubescent, ligule large hairy. 

 Inflorescence capituliform obconic nodding 4 inches across with very 

 large thin ovate cuspidate bracts 3 inches long and wide. Braeieoles 

 short cup-shaped. Flowers almost sessile. Calyx \ inch long much 

 dilated upwards, obscurely 3 lobed, lobes tipped red blunt. Corolla tube 

 a little longer upper lobe 1 inch long i inch wide hooded, white with a 

 conic mucro red, lateral lobes obovate blunt with a red boss near the 

 tip. Lip obovate tip bifid edges crisp li inch long 2 inches wide edge 

 white centre orange thickly dotted with dark rod. Staminodes adnato 

 to the edge of the lip and base of filament subacute deep brown. Stamen 

 1 inch Long, author broad and thick yollow with pink dots on the back. 

 Capsule globose green minutely pubescent. 



