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THE SCITAMINEX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 143 
clubbed. Stylodes linear narrow 
Woods. B rng common. Johor, Gunong Panti. Ma- 
lacca, Rim. (Griffith.) Pahang, Pulau Tawa 
iffith’s account of this curious plant is very — 
The leaves áre waved, and dark polished green. The tow 
spike imbedded in the ground silky pubescence on the bracts ie 
tecting the buds = injury by wet. The flowers are very 
inconspicuous in t ark damp jungle, but the pale colored 
tips of the corolla lo! bes is conspicuous enough to attract atten- 
Hon to them. The pollen when shed is protected by the pubes- 
бепсе оп the anther from the effects of the surrounding wet 
in a very curious manner. The pes is known as Pua Hitam by 
the Malays. 
H. affinis n. sp. 
Leaves, lanceolate acuminate 8 iuches long by 2 wide, mi- 
nutely үүө and fringed with rufous hair, petiole 4 1 inch long 
ligule longer covered with rufous hair. Spike cylindric 3 inches 
long, bracts along ribbed. Flowers four inches long. Calyx 
tubular bifid as long as the corolla tube 2 inches lobes short 
acute, base hispid. Corolla-tube dilated at the top, lobes linear 
are thinner and smaller. Lip shorter little more than half an 
inch long, hastate, the two side lobes large and rounded apex nar- 
row blunt. Stamen nearly as long м the dorsal corolla lobe, fila- 
ment broad and thin, anther as long as the filament, apex 
notched, no steer crest, cells TT Style slender, stigma 
small, ovary his 
B rn 
— venis woody sinuous. Stems 8 inches tall very 
Rhi 
Minden рее few 3 or 4 elliptic lanceolate with a long nM 
