THE SCITAMINE#® OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 93 
ligule rounded pubescent, sheaths very hairy. Panicle long 
slender 1 to 14 foot long, branches 1 to 2 inches long, horizon- 
tal rather distant few flowered, Bracts ovate oblong 3 inch 
long. Calyx Esau ale lobes acute, 4 inch one. Corolla 
tube slender 3 inch long, lobes broadly ovate obtuse 4 + mch long, 
yellow. Staminodes absent. Lip small free for some distance 
above the corolla lobes apex rounded almost entire. Stamen, 
filament above the lip } an inch tong, anther small elliptic with 
large flat triangular wings running the whole length but short- 
er than the anther. 
Kedah Peak, and near the waterfall. 
This is a stout plant lke G. pendu’a Roxb, but is remark- 
able in the anther spurs, which form a triangle in the centre of 
which are the anther cells. The staminodes seem to be entirely 
wanting. 
Gl. calophylla n.sp. | 
Stems over a foot tall fairly stout, lower sheaths spotted 
red. Leaves oblong lanceolate acuminate with a Jong point 6 
inches long 1# inch broad, deep green above with silvery cen- 
tral and lateral bars, glaucous tinted with red beneath, base 
narrowed into a petiole, glabrous above pubescent especially 
along the midrib beneath. Panicle 6 inches long branches 
spreading distant an inch long, many flowered. Bracts broadly 
oblong ovate 4), inch love persistent for some time. Calyx 
tubular campanulate dilated upward 3 inch long with short 
lobes, Corolla tube very slender + inch long, lobes boat-shaped 
broad blunt yellow. Staminodes oblong half as long again as 
the lobes. Lip short linear apex bifid “lobes rounded, orange 
with no spot. Filament very slender # inch long, aacher spurs 
2 broad triangular, as broad as the anther at the base. Bulbils 
sometimes pr oduced. 
Siam near Pungah (Curtis No. 3286.) 
This pretty plant i is noticeable from its ornamentally colored 
leaves and botanically it is remarkable for its dilated calyx 
and its unusually large staminodes and very short narrow lip. 
Gl. malaccensis n.sp. 
Stems 2 feet tall or longer. Leaves broadly lanceolate 
acuminate rather distant six inches long, 2 across, glabrous, 
