THE SCITAMINEZE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 167 
foot long, 14inch broad коа, dark grana рено 1 inch long, 
ligule 4 inch long oblong blunt. Raceme 6 inches to a foot long 
rachis pubescent, branches fov and bt Flowers rather dis- 
tant. Bracteoles ovate white an inch long, calyx $ inch long 
enlarged upwards, 3 lobed, lobes short, white, corolla tube short 
i inch wide lower ones smaller, lip obovate obscurely three 
lobed 2 inches long, 13 wide, median lobe rather short crisped 
orange thickly spotted with red and red veined; a pair of short 
thick conic fleshy processes thickly ак фы к at the base. Stamen 
filament broadly linear, anther oblong + an inchlong. Stigma 
capitate, slit transverse, ovary very pubescent. Capsule glo- 
bose hispid orange. Seeds black angular 
River banks and damp spots. J ohore, Kota Tinggi. Pahan 
Pekan. vires Betu Feringgi (Curtis 2766) : Province Welles- 
ley Ara quse Pulau Buru (Island South of Sirgapor 
This is easily distinguished from A. mutica with which it ЭЯ 
been соодой by ће lar; rge white bracteoles covering the bu 
and the glandular processes at the base of the lip which are dis: 
tinctly elevated and often of some size and covered especiallv on 
the back with stiff silky hairs. "The coloring of the flowers and 
habit of the two plants are quite similar. 
Var. sericea. 
Leaves lanceolate tapering at the. base, broader and cuspi- 
date at the apex, scantily pubescent above softly velvety beneath 
13 inches long, 3 inches wide, petiole one inch long, ligule very 
short. Raceme a foot long, rachis silky pubescent, flowers 
numerous crowded, pad inch long silky pubescent. Bracteo- 
les large ovate one in nch long and as wide ribbed pubescent, 
persistent. Calyx short sare broad spathaceous 3 lobed, am 
cuspidate, елем. Corolla tube very short and stout, lobes 
oblong silky 4 an inch long ok Lip obovate obscurely trilobed 
an inch long, yellow veined — — red apex rounded bilobed, 
glands at base elevated pubesc 
Cult. in Buitenzorg Gardons (No. 3 .) 
This plant dpi resembles A. assimilis but differs in its 
pubescent velvety leaves, and very short silky calyx and corolla, 
the bracteole being erant longer than the calyx which 
