1920] Ridley : New Sz Rare Malayan Plants. 153 



ORCHiDEAE. 



73. Ascochilus capricornis, sp. nov. 



Stems tufted, branched 4 in. tall. Leaves rigid terete 

 grooved above recurred, blunt, 1 in. long, sheaths '2 in. long 

 strongly ribbed and cancellate with transverse bars. 

 Racemes 2-2-5 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate sheathing 

 persistent. Pedicels -25 in. long. Flowers -25 in. wide. 

 Sepals oblong, rounded, upper one magenta, laterals falcate, 

 broad brownish green mottled red. Petals oblong, blunt as 

 long as upper sepal. Lip shortly clawed side lobes erect 

 triangular, midlobe porrect much longer triangular lanceo- 

 late acuminate, spur scrotiform, an oblong blunt fleshy 

 callus from the back over the mouth of the spur. Column 

 tall, winged above. 



Pahang r'Gunong Senyum (Evans). 



This remarkable species has stiff curved terete leaves 

 like the horn of an Ibex, and for the genus rather large 

 flowers. 



74. Taeniophyllum culiciferum, sp. nov. 



Stem '5 in. long, roots numerous very slender, 9 in. 

 or less. Peduncle filiform 1 in. long, raceme • 12-* 15 in. 

 long, bracts distichous, very small about 15. Pedicel 

 filiform '15 in. long. Flowers '12 in. long, pale yellow- 

 Sepals and petals sub-similar, lanceolate linear acuminate 

 acute, lip lanceolate acuminate nearly as long and broader, 

 spur flask-shaped, narrowed at base, then ellipsoid, blunt 

 nearly as long as the pedicel. Fruit cylindric • 5 in. long. 



Pahang : Rumpin river mouth (Evans) . Kelantan : 

 Chaning Woods (Ridley) . 



Resembing T. mac/orrhizum, Ridl. in habit, but with 

 very much smaller flowers with narrow petals, sepals and 

 lip. 



ZINGIBERACEAE. 



75. Amomum xanthoglossum, sp. nov. 



Stem tall, rather Blender, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 

 lanceolate, cuspidate, narrowed to base, glabrous 15 in. 

 long, 3 in. wide, petiole slender -5 in. long : ligule shorter 

 round at tip entire. Spike obconic shortly peduncled, 3 in. 

 long, glabrous. Bracts smooth, chartaceous oblong, tip 

 round, upper ones with a short mucro, lower ones 1 in. 

 long -6 in. wide. Calyx tubular, truncate, glabrous -5 in. 

 long. Corolla tube cylindric silky hairy 1 in. long, lobes 

 oblong white. Lip broad obovate, clawed, 1 in. wide, edge 

 rnlire yellow inside, veined red at base. Stamens 1 in. long, 

 no crest, but arms elongate, curved, -2 in. long, linear. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods. 



76. Amomum aurantiacum, sp. nov. 



Stem stout, tall, glabrous. Leaves oblong acuminate 

 shortly narrowed at base, subcoriaceous 13 in. long, 3 in. 



