640 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



long, with several- celled gland-tipped hairs. Corolla, stamens, capsule 

 as of S. elongata. Ehermdiera lasiohotrys, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 721 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 9084 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 452 (1867) ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 400. 



Peeak: Curtis 1350; Z'm^'s CoZ^ector 8370 ("Flower dark-red tipped 

 with pink") ; Lariit, 500 to 1000 ft., King's Collector 2292. Selangoe : 

 Bidley 7588. — Disteib. Moulmein, Mergui, Tavoy. 



11. Staueogyne Geipfithiana, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 497 (1891). 

 Stevi 4 to 8 in. long, creeping at base. Leaves (mature) shortly rather 

 dense hairy on the upper face ; blade 5-6 by 3 in. in Griffith's type 

 (often smaller), roundly elliptic, very obtuse ; base rounded or cordate 

 (but cuneate in many examples) ; petiole -5 to 2 in. long. Inflorescence 

 simple or branched ; main spike 6 in. long in Griffith's type, lax, only 

 slightly hairy. Bracts up to -5 in. long, elliptic, rounded, obtuse at top. 

 Sepals 5, the longest -4 in. long, linear ; tip linear-acute, not awned, 

 with sparse short several-celled hairs not gland-tipped. (In the Perak 

 example the sepals are linear-ligulate-obtuse at the tip.) Corolla Q in. 

 long, white, rarely tinged pink. Capsule -2 in. long. Erythracanthus 

 Griffithianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 78. E. obtusus, Wight Ic. 1. 1491 

 {not o/Nees). Eherrtiaiera Griffithiana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 IX. 452 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 400 ; Eidley 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, III. 332 (1893), and in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Straits 121 (Singapore 1900). E. elongata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 775 

 [mainly). 



Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 6078 ; Goodenough 1509. Singapgee : 

 Bidley ; Hullett 613 ; G. King. Pahang : Bidley 2175. Peeak : 

 alt. 600 to 1000 ft., Scortechini 40 ; King's Collector 10335. Pahang : 

 at Tahan, fide Bidley. 



12. Staueogyne aecuata, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Stem 4 to 8 in. long, 

 villous, woody, creeping. Leaves with scattered hairs above or glabrate ; 

 blade 4-5 by 2-5 in., ovate elliptic, tip triangular obtuse ; base cuneate or 

 sometimes rounded ; petiole '5 to 1'5 in. long. Spikes often 2 or 3, 

 lax, 2 to 4 in. long, arcuate in fruit ; bracts linear or sublanceolate, 

 ■5 in. long, hairy. Sepals subequal, '5 in. long, linear or very narrow- 

 ligulate, hairy, tip subobtuse. Corolla "6 in. long, pubescent without, 

 red (Wray). Capsule -2 in. long. 



Peeak : Scortechini 456, 728 ; Wray 48, 694 ; Bidley 2892. 



13. Staueogyne subglabea, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Nearly glabrous. 

 Stem 6 to 12 in. Leaves glabrous, the upper surface sometimes ob- 

 scurely puberulous ; blade 4-5 by 1 to 1"25 in., lanceolate or broad-lanceo- 

 late, subacute ; base cuneate ; petiole -5 to 1 in. long. Spikes often 2 to 

 4, very loose, up to 3 to 5 in. long ; the rachis microscopically scabrous ; 



