134 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Bracts ovate mucronate brown. Bracteole path kaa 
pubescent bilobed, 2 inch long, lobes mucronate. Calyx pubes- 
cent 14 inch long, tubular split down the back > pe 
mucronate. Corolla as long, lobes ochreous upper one 
obovate hooded 14 inch long, laterals narrower oblong Hera 
Lip large, one inch across convolute obovate, margins recurved 
_ribbed, yellow spotted with red in the centre. Stamen filament 
Crest reniform apices rounded with a short central projection, i 
inch wide veined orange. Style shorter than the crest. Stigm 
cup- = ед. 
enang, Waterfall Gardens (Curtis 2275), Penara Bukit 
(7226). Sumatra, Lampongs, (Н. О. Forbes). 
Allied to A. Xanthophiebium Bak. but with smaller orange 
flowers brown ovate bracts and a very different crest 
A. lappaceum n. sp. 
Rhizome stout. Stems tall е stout about 6 feet or even 
long by four wide. Spikes numerous gradvally elongating to 
16 inches in length, cylindrical, pais stout covered with brown 
tomentum. Flowers numerous ач pedicelled (2 inch). Braets | 
oblong bifid at apex, points rounded, red, 14 inch long, 1 inch 
wide. Bracteole kaba ar T inci “Tong trifid, apices pink. Calyx 
tubular one inch long trifid apices acute equal, red. Corolla 
tube as long as the T айу, lobes linear upper one broader, 
oblong about half an inch long. ochre yellow. Lip obovate 
en 
short, anther 4 an inch lon ж. crest none. ‘Ovary pubescent. 
Fruit oblong # inch long олег with conic subulate spines, 
pedicels 4 an inch long са 
ense woods, Selangor, Ginting Peras с РегаК 
(Scortechini 222) Wray ; ; Maxwell's Hill, Ridle 
The most peculiar thing about this plant is the way in 
which the ive spikes a lengthen as the flowers open 
till they attain a length of 18 a and the pedicels which in 
the flower are about 1} inch long todo twice that length. 
The fruit is eaten by Sakais. 
