124 THE SCITAMINEZE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
ract 4 an inch long sag оча keeled. Calyx short 
cartilaginous red, lobes very shor е two upper ones mucro- 
nate keeled, the low wer one lor nger peii not keeled, nor 
mucronate. Corolla tube very short ardly + inch long lol es 
equal, mucronate 2 inches long and one across, white sometimes 
tinted with rose. Lip very large obovate convolute 4 inches 
long and as wide, white with a central yellow bar, and an 
orange spot at the entrance to the tube, the centra hispid. 
Stamen 2 inches long, the filament broad о oblong thin 3 an 
inch wide, hairy on the back, connective prolonged into an 
oblong acuminate upcurved crest, orange beneath. Anther 
narrow linear 5 an inch long. Style rather stout 2 inches long 
glabrous. Stigma transversely ol. long quadrate, slit narrow 
subterminal. Ova ary glabrous three- angled red three-celled, 
са apsule coriaceous oblong red crowned with the persistent calyx 
4 an inch long each cell ‘splitting е усе, Seed angled 
black about 4 inch long 4 or 5 in each cell. 
Var. bes Wall. Cat. 6555. Baker l.c. 250. 
A more slender woodland form with more branched pubes- 
cent tu ges pubescent at the back, bracts and calyx less 
brightly colored, often plain green, flower г spikes much smaller 
have alio seen a form of ather wise typical С. С 
with no yellow on the lip, and forms occur in which the flow 
is more or less tinted with pink. 
common form pees in damp open places, the var. 
argyrophyllus in denser woods. 
Singapore abundant, Johore, Tanjong Kupang; Tengarah 
(Feilding), Malacca, common, var. pale ede yllus at Lubok Ked- 
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