THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 171 
11 to 2 inches across deep polished green, petiole none, ligule 
very sbort rounded. Raceme terminal erect standing at right 
angles to the stem about 6 inches long dense, rachis pubescent. 
Bracts conical cup-shaped acute white, falling off before the 
flower opens. Flowers numerous medium size on pedicels long. 
Calyx spathaceous white 1 an inch long. Corolla tube, infundi- 
buliform white, a little longer, lobes oblong pubescent 4 inch 
long, nearly 1 inch wide at the base obtuse, upper one hooded, 
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Kedah Peak in forests ; cultivated in the Botanic Gardens it 
flowers in March. 
This is a most aberrant plant. The bracts in the form of 
tall conical caps falling o the flowers open, the large broad 
quite unique. ifficult to compare it with any other 
species, but it should probably belong to the Hel/enia section. 
A. involucrata. Griff. Notul. iii. 422. Costus malaccensis Koen. 
Retz. Observ. iii, 71. 
Corolla tube thick, upper lobe oblong prolonged to a blunt point, 
14 inch long, lateral lobes shorter, oblong blunt all white pubes- 
