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• 6 in, wide ; tip round, mouth of tube hairy. Stamen 

 filament '25 in. long, anther oblong, crest very large, reni- 

 form '5 in. across, top of anthers divaricate. 



Tasan: White; lip scarlet at base then yellow in middle; 

 6952 ; white, lip in part crimson at base, yellow towards 

 tip ; 7004. 



Allied to A. dealhatum^ Roxb. {A. sericeum, Roxb.) 

 but much smaller with narrower leaves. 



814. Amomum molle, sp. nov. 



Whole plant 3 ft. tall. Rhizome '25 in. through. 

 Leaves lanceolate caudate, 12 in. long, 2 in. wide, base 

 shortly narrowed, glabrous above, softly hairy beneath, 

 petiole • 25 in. long, soft hairy, sheath narrow, hairy. Spike 

 sub-cylindric, 2 to 2-5 in. through, on a peduncle, 3 to 4 in. 

 long covered with pubescent bracts, the uppermost 2 in. 

 long, lanceolate. Bracts of head lanceolate sub-acute, coria- 

 ceous striate pubescent, edge white, hairy, 1-5 in. long. 

 Floral bracts tubular with 3 points pubescent, tip hairy. 

 Calyx pubescent cylindric with 3 ovate lobes hairy at hp, • 6 

 in. long. Corolla tube 1 in. long, pubescent ; lobes linear 

 oblong, pubescent blunt. Lip about as long, base oblong 

 fleshy, middle depressed sub-saccate ; sides thin, strongly 

 veined, centre and tip linear-oblong, fleshy. Anther oblong 

 cells distinct fusiform narrowed to the ends ; crest linear 

 oblong truncate, rather large with 2 short ears at the angles 

 of the anther. Stigma broad. 



Tasan : Yellow ; lip spotted crimson along the middle 

 hne ; 6955 : deep yellow spotted orange ; 69v*8. 



315. Hornstedtia albomarginata, Ridl. 



Koh Gab : Ground flower ; carmine edged white ; 6597. 



Only a single head without leaves. I take it to be H. 

 albomarginata of the Malay Peninsula. 



316. Hornstedtia rubrolutea, sp. nov. 



Stem '5 in. through. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, cuspidate, 3 ft. long, 4 in. wide, petiole, 5 in. 

 long, ligule oblong rounded, broad. Heads sub-cylindric, 

 3 in. long on a peduncle 1 in. long with rather distant bracts. 

 Bracts ovate, thin, 1 in. long, -75 in. wide, edge white, hairy; 

 upper ones narrower. Calyx narrow tubular, thin. Corolla 

 tube 1*5 in. long, slender, lobes linear oblong very narrow, 

 the side ones almost ovate oblong. Lip narrow, entire, 

 dilate and rounded at tip, • 75 in. long, • 20 in. wide at tip. 

 Anther short oblong. No crest. 



Tasan : Petals scarlet and yellow or scarlet and white ; 

 6972 : Crimson blotched yellow ; 6929. 



The flowers are small for this section of Hornstedtia 

 and the bracts edged with white hair are peculiar. 



MARANTACEAE. 



317. Phrynium capitatum, Roxb. 



Tasan : Pinkish white ; 6 f t. ; 6828. Distrib. India. 



