174 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Gardens, and stated to have come from Ceylon, which ics evi- 
dently an error. It has been referred to Amomum ; and to a new 
so as to direct the fertilizing insect to the nectary. 
A specimen labelled A. Wrayi from Dr. King evidently 
belongs to this species, but the description in up Flor Brit. 
India does not at all agree with A. vitellinum, A. Wrayi being 
classed with the crestless Alpinias and compared to T calcarata . 
I have therefore retained the highly appropriate specific name 
given by Lindley. 
A. cannaefolia n. Sp. 
Stem stout 4 or 5 feet tall. Leaves ovate or oblong ovate nar- 
rowed at the base, apex broad cuspidate, glabrous one foot long, 
6 inches wide, petiole 4 inches long. Raceme erect about 6 inches 
long, REFF a foot or less, pubescent. Bracts linear, lowest one 
much as a foot long, 1 inch broad green, persistent. Flowers 
оа асер very short pubescent inch. Bracteoles ver 
small. Calyx dilate trilobed, pubescent Ł inch long, lobe blunt 
tipped with hairs. Corolla tube slender, as long, lobes linear 
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long, filament broadly winged pubescent, anther narrow, crest 
large three-lobed, median lobe much the largest oblong crisped. 
Style much shorter than crest ovary villous, Fruit oblong 
thick pubescent. Seed very large 2 or 3 only oblong 1 inch 
long smooth black. 
Selangor, Dusun Tua. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu; Gu- 
nong  Beru mbun. 
This resembles А. € but has very much larger leaves 
broader and thicker. The bracts at the base of the inflorescence 
The plant is known to the Malays as Pua Minyak and used 
in medicine, a decoction of the leaves and roots ng given in 
fever. 
