THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 155 
Bracts closely wrapping the flower pinkish } an inch long. 
Calyx 1$ inch long terete, the apex entire lanceolate split on 
one side red. Corolla tube three inches long slender white 
inch 
wide yellowish white. Lip large obovate broad one inch long 
and as wide in the widest part, centre thickened yellow with a 
crimson bar on each side, tip е the rest pure white. Stam- 
inodes short ovate adnate (> the filament 4 inch long. Stamen 
rather short and broad, anther cells diverging at the top; crest 
ovate thin toothed bent upwards at an obtuse angle to the fil- 
ament. Style considerably longer than the anther but shorter 
than the crest, stout. Stigma obcuneate with a short conical 
process behind узе lip-like мө зек eds 
ngapore in den oods, imah, Kranji, Sungei 
Buluh. Perak, Vati (King? 8 ат 2888. Buj jong Malacca. 
Е. pubescens n.sp. Amomum elettarioides Baker Fl. Brit. Ind. Amom- 
um sp. m Notule asiaticee ПІ. 417. Elettaria sp. Tab. 
CCCLII. 
Stems stout as much as half an inch through at the base 
about two feet tall, base covered with sheaths, above leafy 
Leaves about 5 or 6 oblong lanceolate cuspidate softly thickly. 
pubescent beneath above glabrous 6 to 8 inches long, 15 to 2 
inches wide, petiole 7 inch long, sheaths about three inches, 
usually distant ае one inch ог less long bases covered with 
ovate scale-leaves. Bracts ovate lanceolate l an inch long 
pubescent ribbed petes ciliate. Flowers in pairs. Calyx slender 
enlarged upwards an inch long lobes linear acute, covered with 
long silky hairs, nearly or quite as long as the corolla tube. 
Corolla tube thick enlarged we ards pubescent with silky hairs, 
lobes narrow linear oblong obtuse jan inch long white. Lip 
about an inch long o pe Bag Seed pubescent in the centre. 
Stamen filament broad, connective rather rior e three-lobed, 
central lobe largest. Style stout stigma cup-sh 
Penang, Waterfall gestes ami TON Bukit ( Ridley 7236). 
Negri Sembilan, Foot of Bukit Tampin (J. Goodenou 
This grows in masses in thickets and waste ground often 
