130 THE “CITAMINEA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
shorter than corolla lateral lobes large oblong rounded, median 
lanceolate obtuse, yellow, Stamen long beak acute, anther cells 
grey, pollen flesh colour. 
Selangor, Ginting Peras, Ginting Bidai, and Dusun Tua 
(719 Т}, Perak, Ulu Bubong. (King 10268). 
Z. qraci'e Jack. Malay Miscell. i. No. 1. Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. l.c. 246. 
Stems slender 2 feet or more tall. Leaves ovate to ovate 
lanceolate acute six inches long 24 broad light green paler and 
pubescent beneath, ligule short. "Spike es cylindric acute at the 
apex and tapering into the peduncle 4 to 6 inches long, pedun- 
cle 6 to 12 inches long. Bracts pink, ovate broad blunt or 
acute about an inch long. Floweis thin yellowish white. Calyx 
narrow. Stamen filament short, anther elliptic beak long cur- 
ved. Capsule 4 inch long elliptic. Seeds 2 or three, ovoid black 
flat in front rounded Lehind 4 inch long. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Ma lacca, Sungei Hudang, Mt. 
Ophir. Pahang, Tembeling ; Tahan, Selangor, Kwala Lum- 
pur; Bukit Hitam. Penang. 
Var. elatior. 
A very much taller slenderer plant with stems about five 
feet tall, leaves narrow linear wa aka acuminate 10 inches by 
L peduncle 18 inches and spike 
Hills at 2000 feet or р Penang Hill. Perak, Мах- 
well’s Hill. 
King No. 7954. Possibly a distinct species. 
Z. puberula. n. sp. 
Stems 6 to 8 feet tall with numerous leaves, about } an inch 
thick. Leaves oblong elliptic acuminate, a foot long 3} inch 
across, above deep green, glabrous, beneath valet covered espe 
cially on the stout midrib with чат fur, petiole thickened dl 
inch long, broad, thickly covered with brown wool, ligule ovate 
bilobed, ‘lobes blunt 2 3 inch long and like the sheath ыныр with 
brown wool. Spikes numerous fusiform acute pink 3 to 6 inches 
