148 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Corolla tube longer 2 inches і in length lobes vu broad blunt. 
Lip 12 inch long, narrow linear apex deeply , lobes narrow 
i inch long. Anther + inch long deeply emar in nate. 
Ialacca at Ayer Panas (Griffith): Perak, Thaiping Hills 
qe (Bing 1897). 
parently rare as I have not met with it. It is easily dis- _ 
he flo- 
аео by its narrow lip deeply forked at the end, The 
wers are entirely red according to Gri 
Bakers Amomum gomphochei'us (Flor. Brit. Ind. vol. p. 226) 
is based upon the plant numbered 1897 of King’s collection but 
he says the tip of the lip is cuneate, while the plant | have receiv- 
ed from Calcutta under this number is as described. above and 
is clearly Стів. Achasma. macrocheilus. 
§ 2. PHuEOMERIA Lindl. 
H. imperiatis Ridl. Pheomeria imperialis Lindl. Introd. Nat 
ed. 2,446.  A/pinia magnifica Roscoe. Scitam. 75. 
Stems about 13 feet tall one inch through. Leaves oblong 
partly covered with green litatis. head cone-shaped elonga- 
ting as the flowers open to 4 in nches. Bra ts lower ones oblong 
ovate 4 inches long and 2 inches across, ee or recurved 
fleshy empty, upper ones linear oblong, all waxy pink with 
white edges. Bracteoles tubular sraliaceons 3-lobed, short. 
Calyx $ inch long deeply bitid lobes acute red. Corolla tube 
Stamen filament linear flat white pubescent, anther oblong emar- 
ginate crimson splitting at the top. Style rather stout, stigma 
clubbed with a slit on the lower face, Stylodes short broad and 
thick, lobed. Fruits obeonic green hairy, one inch through in 
a compact head, seeds numerous black enclosed in a translucent 
aci 
Commonly cultivated under the name of Kantan, the spikes 
in bud being eaten as a curry stuff. This form may possibly not 
be native 
Johore, Kota Tinggi. Perak near the Waterfall, Thai- 
ping. 
