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olla tube dilated upwards, lobes ovate blunt, recurved finely 
spotted with purple. Lip thin spathulate oblong, white with a 
transverse pink line across the apex, Stamens, the cucullate one 
falcate spathulate white the hood edged with yellow, the peta- 
loid one obovate bilobed rounded white, the antheriferous one 
linear erect short. Style thick ко "behind. Stigma ovoid, 
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Com mon in woods i in the hilly ag si of the Desine la, 
Malacca, Bukit Danan, Panchur. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Muer. 
Selangor, Caves K wala Lumpur, Pataling. Dindings, Gunong 
Tungul. Perak, Maxwell's Hill. Pahang, Tahan Woods. 
This is чт sedes inly to Rox burgh's P. parviflorum, with 
which it has been confuse x but that has yellow flowers, and 
only one seed in dr capsu 
Ph. hirtum n.sp. 
lant forming fairly large tufts. Leaf stems stout 3 or 
4 feet tall, blade broadly oblong with a broad base, apex acute 
15 inches wide, 8 inches across, glabrous dark green young 
leaves with the backs red.  Petiole 15 inches long, stout sheath 
near the inflorescence woolly. Head of flowers three inches 
through. Bracts oblong 14 inch long apex, broad truncate 
broken up into fibres. Bracteoles lanceolate acuminate acute 
ather 
process. Style very stout. Capsule Кобо obscurely three 
l an inch long. Seeds 3 large, the backs 
Johore, Gunong Panti. Sungei Ujong.  Selangor, Dusun 
Тоа. Perak, Hermitage Hill; Ulu Kerling (King’s collector). 
Penang, Government Hill (Curtis 2420). 
uch stouter plant than P. еа with larger 
leaves, miiy i sheath, and very different fru 
