156 THE SCITAMINEZE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
near villages whence it is called Pua Kampong. It flowers in 
His description and drawing JZ/ettaria. sp. are fairly accu- 
rate. The three-lobed anther crest is not very clear however. 
There 1s a large rounded lobe at the back behind the stigma ае 
е seeds above the anther tips are somewhat drawn out. 
d biflorum is probably the same Pon though he sa ee 
the leaves are quite smooth except the midrib. He obtained 
in Pen The pubescent leaves eg poete and short 
еа tbe hardly longer than the pt distinguish it from 
E. latiflora to which it is most nearly allied 
Е. longituba Ridl. Trans, Linn. Soc. iii. 382. 
Stem tall. Leaves oblong lanceolate cuspidate two feet long 
by two inches wide inequilateral at the base tapering into the - 
petiole сы ш above, woolly pubescent beneath пегуез very 
ovate, three toothed. Corolla tube 4 inch longer than the calyx, 
lobes oblong obtuse тову опе inc ong and + inch wide, Lip 
obovate crenulate 11 + inch long, white, with four pink lines in the 
middle, tip yellow. Stamen filament narrow pubescent crest 4 
toothed. Stigma club-shaped, apex flat. Capsule globular white 
an inch through containing many triangular compressed black 
ahang, Tahan River (Ridley 2403). Selangor, Gunong 
Hitam. (Goodenough), Upper Perak at 300 feet elevation 
> is uit size of the plant, and the large bracts, or rather 
sheathing leaves and long graceful calyx tube distinguish this 
remarkable plant "The leaves distributed with my plant No. 2403 
I.find really belong to it as Wray's plant has exactly similar ees 
The Bukit Timah plant alluded to inthe Trans. Linn. Soe. le, is 
large form of £F. latiffora. 
