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wide, petiole short and thick, ligiile oblong truncate, longer. 

 Spike ovoid, 1-5 in. long, peduncle stout 2 in. long covered 

 with ovate blunt rounded pubescent bracts finely ribbed, 

 ciliate on edge, uppermost '75 in. long '5 in. wide. Flowers 

 large, orange, lip centre red. Calyx spathaceous glabrous 

 except pubescent tips of lobes bilobed lobes ovate, 1 in. long. 

 Corolla tube as long, lobes linear oblong, rounded 1 • 25 in. 

 long. Lip obovate broad, rounded 1 in. long and nearly as 

 broad. Stamen shorter, with a short rounded crest and two 

 broad, oblong curved truncate arms, 8-nerved. Style hairy. 



Kelantan : Glam Wood at Kota Bahru. 



77. Amomum cephalotes, sp. nov. 



Stems slender, glabrous. Leaves narrow', linear long 

 acuminate narrowed to base, glabrous, 12 in. long -8 in. 

 wide ; petiole hardly any, ligule '25 in. oblong entire. 

 Capitula subglobose 1*5 long, on a peduncle 5 in. long, 

 covered with lanceolate bracts, glabrous • 1 in. or less, finally 

 breaking up into fibres. Outer bracts lanceolate pubescent, 

 ])ale ribbed 1 in. long. Flowers pedicelled with a rather 

 stout, velvety pedicel • 25 in. long. Calyx spathaceous with 

 3 acute hairy points. Corolla tube -1 in. long lobes linear 

 oblong, blunt -5 in. long glabrous lip obovate as long and 

 about -3 in. wide, with 2 central keels. Stamen filament 

 very short, anther broad oblong, top retuse, no crests 

 pubescent. 



Pahang : Gunong Senyum (Evans). 



Flowers cream with yellow midrib and tips slightly 

 streaked with brown. 



78. Alpinia pahangensis, sp. nov. 



Stem moderately stout. Leaves linear oblong with a 

 setaceous point -6 in. long, base acuminate, softly hairy on 

 both sides 2 ft. long, 3-5 in. wide, petiole -5 in. long ; ligule 

 ovate blunt hairy -3 in. long, sheath finely ribbed, hairy. 

 Racemes stout 8 in. long, velvcity hairy. Bracts at base 2, 

 lanceolate acuminate with a long setaceous point, pale 

 papery pubescent, edge at tip hairy, the lowest 4-25 

 in. long, 1 in. wide. Flowers numerous, distant, pedicels 

 densely velvety hairy -2 in. long. Bracts (floral) sheathing 

 flowers -5 in. long, pale, hairy at base and on edge at tip. 

 Calyx spathaceous tubular glabrous -4 in. long, truncate or 

 obscurely 3-lobed, cleft on one side. Corolla tube as long, 

 lobes linear lanceolate, hairy acute -6 in. long. Lip 1 in. 

 long, 3 lobed apparently red, side lobes broad truncate, 

 midlobe longer, oblong entire, 2 short ears at base, all 

 glabrous. Stamen • 75 in. long, no crest, ovary silky. 



Pahang : Pekan (Evans). 



Allied to A. hracteata, Roxb., but the flowers are 

 smaller, and the calyx is not campanulate and deeply cleft 

 on one side but cylindric. 



