THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 165 
stiff 8 inches long and one wide or less, petiole nearly 4 inch 
long, ligule as long. Panicle absent 4 inches long, with a few 
short branches at the base, flowers in threes on short peduncles, 
small ro alyx campanulate 1 inch long lobes very obscure, 
Corolla tube longer dilated upwards, lobes short ovate o oblong 
nded ip 4 lobed with a short narrow claw two erect round- 
linear oblong obtuse lobes. Stamen considerably longer 4 inch 
long, anther linear oblong with a small rounded lanceolate crest, 
Capsule globular black. Seeds 3 about inch through black, outer 
face rounded, inner one angled. 
Borneo, Kudat (1897) Brunei Bay (Bishop Hose), 
А eu d to A. melanocarpa but differing in the very small 
flowers only } an inch long, the short calyx xoi. broad 
ботой lobes four-lobed lip and crested stamen. 
A. secundiflora n.8 
Leaves lanceolate acute one foot and a half Jong, 2 inches 
across riens grey above whe y and gla S beneath, 
petiole winged i an inch long, sheath transversely wrinkled, 
Кеше I inch long obtuse. Panicle nearly a foot long, w 
peduncle over six inches long, bearing several Саг нес 
ing bra inkled transversely, the largest six inches long, 
d. Берсе short 4 an inch long, flowers numerous secund. 
Bracts small ovate 4 inch long. Calyx Бла опе inch lung, 
lobes 3 sub-equal ovate, apices viii ate pubescent. ^ Corolla 
tube 14 inch long narrow funnel-shaped, lobes yim hooded, 
Lip shorter than the corolla lobes oblong obtuse rounded w ith 
three strong veins. Staminodes flat wing-shaped ending in a 
linear subulate point inch long. Stamen filament broad, anther 
oblong not crested. Style slender, xe cup-shaped. 
T langor. Bukit Hitam (H. J. K 
A dried specimen of this plant was Бсср by Lieut. Kel- 
sall from Bukit Hitam some years ago, and it has never been 
леа since, either there or elsewhere. The tall panicle with 
narrow flowers all turned to one side of the rachis is peculiar, 
А. mutica Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 67. Roscoe Scit. Pl. t. 69. 
From 3 to 6 feet tall usually rather slender. Leaves narrow 
ла very acuminate têpang at both ends glabrous light 
