142 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA 
Н. conica п. Sp. 
S stout about five feet tall. Leaves oblong lanceo- 
late ie, anah feet long 3-4 inches wide glabrous above 
scen 
pube г glabrous beneath, drying red, petiole + to 1 inch 
rous or hispid, ligule large 4 an inch long, ribbed 
longitudinally and with small transverse bars. Spike four inches 
2 a racts ovate acute upper ones nar- 
rowe onger, pink covered witha fine silvery tomentum, 
longitudinally ribbed. Bracteoles thin narrow glabrous. Flowers 
purplish pink shortly protruded. Calyx tubular ending in a long 
point 2 inches іп length, silky at the base. Corolla tube x very slen- 
der twice as long, dilated a little above, lobes eee eren. 
inch long, purple pink. Lip longer, tongue-shaped Ыш 
Singapore, Bukit Panjang. ‘Johor, Gunong Pauti. Se- 
merus Bukit Hitam; Langat. 
e flower spike in this species dilates from a narrow base 
and ve tapers to a point from which the flowers protrude but a 
short way, little more than an inch. The very long slender 
corolla tube and short entire lip are also peculiar points, it is 
allied to H. ophiuchus. 
H, Leonurus. Retz. Observ. vi. 18. Amomum Leonurus Koen. 
Retz. observ. iii. 69. Stenochama convolutum Griff. Not. iii 
433. Amomum Ridleyi Bak. Kew Bulletin 1892. 127 
Stems about 12 feet tall bearing about 20 leaves, Leaves 
oblong acuminate base truncate glabrous, polished dark green 
above a foot and a half long, and 44 inches across petiole one inch 
long, iis entire rounded. blunt 2 2 inch long. Spike cylindric 
3 inches long almost buried. Bracts lanceolate acute ragan 
sn pubescent 24 inch long and inch wide. Flow 
in pairs. Calyx tubular Spathaceous split almost the hola 
own on one side, apex entire 3 inches long. Corolla 
ward inch 
tre depressed, deep red 14 inch long anther oblong blunt 4 
inch long, pubescent. Style very slender filiform red, stigma 
ae Se сузл чт nS eee ae на 
