184 THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
There are two species in the peninsula and one in Borneo. 
L. scd Scortechini, Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1866, p. 308. 
e plant forming great tufts with erect dark green 
lanceate veia leaves, about 3 feet long and 4 inches wide taper- 
ing into the petiole. Flowers axillary enclosed in long sheaths 
solitary large. Calyx tube long, sepals 5 inches long and one 
linear acuminate apex setaceous. Lip spathulate the limb ovate, 
4 inches long and 2 inches across lilac. Stamens as long as petals, 
filaments short curved, rather thick, anthers. Style long and 
slender, longer than the stamen. Stigma arms linear with nume- 
rous ake at the ends. 
тые т, Ulu Langat, near the caves Kwala Lumpur. 
Perak, c 
This uoi is exceedingly abundant in some places, forming 
great masses, usually in wet spots, but growing also in drier 
ones. It is however rare to find flowers, and I have only found 
them on plants which have been injured. They are not very 
— being usually concealed doris the leaves. It is 
wn as ** Lobak hutan " in Selangor 
L. — чы Hook fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7351. Protamomum maail- 
larioides Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 383. 
А в aia plant with numerous leaves in a tuft arranged 
diétichously, lanceolate acuminate 8 inches long and 3 inches 
wide bright green, petiole 2 feet long sheathing at the base, often 
shorter. Panicle axillary about 3 inches long with a few shorter 
branches. Calyx tube purple 3 inches long, lobes — lan- 
ceolate acute deep purple spreading 1j inch long. 
very small oblong mucronate violet. Lip with a short po 
oblong SE white tinted with violet. Stamens short, filament 
thick curved, anthers but little longer. Style thick and short. 
Stigma lar ge > projet uon) subcordate with three short toothed 
arms. Capsule large 12 inch long, fusiform pointed three angled, 
deep dioe Sead i pe Peces flask-shaped brown, covered 
with short hairs. 
Pahang, Pulau Tawar Woods. 
Abundant there but I have never seen it elsewhere. 
