62 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Stamens 5 very short. Style 1 ending in a 3 armed stigma. Capsule 

 large fusiform acute. Seeds numerous flask-shaped. 



Genus 1. Lowia, with 3 species, one Borneo and 2 Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



LOWIA, Scort. 



Lip 4 inches long, trilobed 1. L. longiflora. 



Lip H inch long entire 2. L.maxillarioides. 



1. L. LONGIFLORA, Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1866, p. 308. 

 PI. 11. A large plant forming great tufts of lanceolate acute leaves 3 

 feet long, 4 inches wide narrowed into the petiole. Flowers solitary 

 axillary. Bracts long sheathing purple. Calyx tube 3 inches long, 

 sepals lanceolate acute 5 inches long 1 inch across purple. Petals 1 

 inch long linear acuminate yellowish. Lip clawed obovate 4 inches 

 long and 2 inches across cream colour or lilac, claw purple apex trilobed 

 side lobes rounded, medium oblong toothed. Stamens as long as the 

 petals, filaments short curved. Style long and slender, stigmatic arms 

 large linear with numerous processes at the end, rising from a cup- 

 shaped body purple. Baker Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 264. 



Selangor: Ulu Langat ; Kwala Lumpur Caves (Ridley^ 8169) ; 

 Malacca ; Perak : Kinta Valley (Scortechini). Native name " Lobak 

 Hutan." Growing in large masses in damp spots in woods. 



2. L. maxillarioides, Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7351. Tufted 

 plant. Leaves distichous lanceolate acuminate 8 inches long 3 inches 

 across petiole 1-2 feet long base sheathing. Panicle about 3 inches 

 long. Calyx tube purple 3 inches long. Sepals lanceolate acute li 

 inch long deep purple. Petals very small oblong mucronate violet. 

 Lip claw short blade oblong obtuse white tinted violet, li inch long \ 

 inch wide. Filaments thick curved, anthers linear little longer. Style 

 short and thick. Stigma obcordate with 3 short toothed arms. Cap- 

 sule 1| inch long fusiform acuminate 3 angled deep purple. Seeds i 

 inch long flask shaped brown hairy. Bidl. l.c.c. 194. Protamomum 

 maxillarioides, Bidl. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. 383. 



Pahang, Pulau Tawar Woods (Ridley 2399). 



§ 5. MtJSACEAE. 



Arborescent herbs of large size. Leaves very large oblong petioled 

 or not base sheathing. Flowers in a spike erect or decurved. Bracts 

 large. Calyx tubular or of free sepals. Stamens 5 free, filaments 

 linear or filiform. Anthers linear 2 celled. Staminode 1 or 0. Style 

 slender, stigma 3 or 5 lobed, small. Fruit baccate or capsular. Seeds 

 numerous or few. 



Species about 60. Tropics. 



