Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 53 



Eidl. I.e. 172. Province Wellesley : Ara Kudah (Ridley 7014) ; 

 Dindings : Gunong Tungul (Ridley 7227). Endemic. 



14. A. petiolata, Baker Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 255. Stems about 3 

 feet tall. Leaves few elliptic oblong narrowed at the base, acuminate 

 glabrous about 15 inches long and 1 inches wide petiole 3 inches long, 

 ligule i inch. Raceme pendulous slender 6 inches long, about 20 

 flowered pedicels very short. Bracts narrowly linear i inch long. Calyx 

 2 inch long 3 lobed lobes acute white shining, glabrous tipped with 

 hairs. Corolla lobes oblong linear 1 inch yellowish white pubescent. 

 Lip flat obovate edges crisped li inch base yellowish apex orange with 

 red veins central bar red. Staminodes 0. Stamen filament oblong. 

 Anther broader, crest reniform undulate dentate einarginate. Fruit 

 fusiform 2 inches long, hairy. 



Ridley I.e. 175. Selangor : Bukit Kutu (Ridley) ; Perak : Larut 

 Hills (Curtis). Gunong Horan (Scortechini 697) (Kunstler). Endemic. 



15. A. MACROSTEPHANUS, Eidl. I.e. 175. Stem very slender 1 to 

 8 feet tall. Leaves narrowly oblong base rounded cordate, lobes very 

 unequal, apex acuminate glabrous 2 feet long 3 inches wide petiole slen- 

 der 5 inches long. Spike 3 to 4 inches long, peduncle long erect en- 

 veloped in the sheath of the topmost leaf. Bracts caducous, ovary 

 villous. Calyx ? inch long dilated bilobed, lobes rounded pubescent. 

 Corolla tube shorter slender, lobes linear minutely pubescent f inch 

 long. Lip oblong obtuse rather narrow a little longer edges crisped. 

 Staminodes short linear obtuse. Filament rather slender. Anther 

 hairy, crest very large 3 lobed, lobes truncate plicate. 



Amomum macrostepJuuium, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 243. 



Perak, Larut Hills 500 to 1000 feet alt. (King's Coll. 1905). 

 Endemic. 



16. A. VITELLINA, Ridl. I.e. 173. Rhizome stout short branched. 

 Stems numerous 3 to 3£ feet tall, i inch through flattened. Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate 10 inches long, 3 inches across, petiole less than 

 half an inch long, ligule i inch long usually split edged with red fur. 

 Panicle erect with few branches much shorter than the leaves, 4 



nches long rachis pubescent. Bracts narrow linear caducous 3 inches 

 long green. Flowers sessile. Calyx 1 inch long pubescent green trifid. 

 Corolla tube as long yellow, lobes linear bluift 1 inch long. Lip longer 

 flat oblong cuneate bifid at tip edges crisped, orange veined darker, 

 sprinkled with red dots. Stamen shorter than lip orange, anther oblong 

 upper corners prolonged crest very large three lobed, toothed. Stami- 

 nodes two short horn-like processes red. 



Cenolophon vitcUinnm, Horan, Prodr. 36. 



