136 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
lanceolate cuspidate gradually narrowed to the base over 2 feet 
long and 4 inches wide glabrous; ligule very short. Spikes 
several cylindric or fusiform 3 to 4 inches long on peduncles 6 
cota he Corolla tube ез арке, lobes linear оеш 
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oblong truncate, buff. Stamen filament broad 
anther, anther short thick and quadrate upper angles pana ed 
oblong obtuse, crest entire oblong blunt recurved. Style thick- 
ened upwards above the anther. Stigma very Ted abi 
inconspicuous white flowers. 16 flowers in December. 
A. c ylindraceum n. 8 
Stems six feet tall, Leaves oblong lanceolate acute narrow- 
ed at base, grey-green, 18 inches long by 2 wide glabrous юе 
veined, with a stout keel, petiole none, ligule very large + inch 
long bifid lobes acute. Spikes cylindrical stout 6 inches long, 
on strong peduncles of equal length, covered with rufoustomen- 
tum and with large oblong sheaths an inch long. Bracts ovate 
obloug stiff brown. Bracteole 4 inch long truncate bifid, 
tubular. Calyx tubular à inch long truncate pubescent. 
Corolla tube an inch long slender pubescent, lobes oblong ob- 
tuse the upper one hooded, orange. Lip three-lobed, lobes 
rounded darker orange. Staminodes lanceolate acuminate. 
Anther crest oblong with two points at the side. Fruit glo- 
bose rough, with numerous low ER ш l inch long brown. 
Din One то at Telok 5 
wers in January, fruit in March. Bs is ан to A. 
testaceum in its cylindrical spike and small 7 
A, uliginosum Koen, Retz. Obs. ій. 56. Baker 
hizome with very long cylindrical к: about 4 inch 
