THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 103 
longer. Capsule globose 4 an inch long crowned with the 
calyx. 
Dindings in woods at Lumut, abundant flowering in July. 
This is perhaps the least showy species in the genus, but is not 
wanting in interest. The peculiar dorsal petal, terminated by a 
conical cap, the narrow linear lip deeply channelled and ending іп 
a broad three-lobed toothed limb, and the = arched oe 
and scabrid. The capsule resembles more that of an Alpinia 
than that of а Hedychium. 
Н. collinum n. sp. 
Terrestrial, a low tufted plant about 2 feet tall, with 
fairly stout stems. Leaves broad lanceolate acuminate cus- 
pidate glabrous, six inches long by three broad, ligule oblong 
rounded at the tip one inch long and 2, an inch br oad, spike 
rather lax nodding six inches long. acts oblong truncate 
ng. Lip cuneate bilobed, lobes divaricate tapering shorter 
ы Ше stant inodes, all white. Stamen very slender red, 
twice as long e Bs lip. Anther very small reniform with 
the basal points incurved. 
Kedah Peak ita an altitude x 4,000 feet 
This plant has somewhat e habit of H. spicatum Ham. 
but rs stamen is very much Sd than the lip. 
onarium Koenig, mentioned as occurring in Malacca 
in ы Ріо of British 258: is only so far as I have seen culti- 
vated in the Malay peninsula. 
гате п. gen. 
Herbaceous glabrous plants with a very small стаен, 
Stems erect опе or Ln = few ovate petiolate, Flow 
several enclosed i nal green spathe, show кык, 
white ог violet a кезгин Г Calyx tubular three-lobed, 
lobes equal. Corolla tube slender Veg lobes lanceolate or ob- 
long, Lip obovate bilobed. Staminodes large obovate petaloid. 
