160 THE SCITAMINEZX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Penang. Common on dry banks at 2000 feet alt, (Curtis 
327). It flowers in June and July 
This is most nearly allied to G. rupestris, but has much 
narrower leaves and smaller flowers, and there is no trace of 
a crest on the anther. 
G. elegans n. sp. 
Rhizome stout and woody covered with dry brown sheaths, 
with very stout firm roots. Stems about 3 feet tall bases 
covered with brown sheaths, leaves narrow lanceolate acumi- 
nate about a foot long, and one inch broad glabrous, petiole 1 
inch long, ligule ovate obtuse } inch long. Scapes erect 14 
crest none. Style slender, stigma cup-shaped. Capsule orange 
globose $ inch long glabrous crowned with the dry calyx. 
Seeds angled. : s 
Malacca on Mount Ophir. (Derry 603; Ridley 3137) < 
Common up to 4000 feet elevation. А very distinct species 
with tall rather slender scapes, and smaller flowers than any other 
species. It grows in large tufts on rocks, and in the woods. 
ALPINIA. 
This is a fairly well marked genus, distinct in bearing the 
flowers in terminal panicles or racemes on tall leafy stems, the 
owers numerous cften large and showy, the corolla tube usually 
barely longer than the tubular calyx, the lobes linear or oblong, 
the lip large obovate rolled round the stamen, (Catimbium) or 
