THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 99 
orange or scarlet persistent. Calyx straight lobes acute 
orange. Corolla tube more than twice as long, Jobes obleng, 
upper one boat-shaped. Staminodes lanceolate oblong shorter. 
Lip oblong cuneate bilobed broad 4 inch long orange with a 
chestnut spot. Filament ? inch long, anther with 4 acute spurs 
the upper ones longest. Capsule subglobose wrinkled. 
Pahang Woods near Kota Glanggi and Tahan. 
This pretty plant is most closely allied to G. atrosanguinea 
of Borneo, and also to G. Schomburgkti Hook, of Siam. Its 
broad conspicuous orange or red bracts, add much to its beauty 
and make it a showy plant. The squared lip broadest at the tip 
resembles that of G. perakensis Ridl. 
Gacenua baker l. 6. p. 205: 
Stems several about a foot tall, bases purple. Leaves 
ovate acuminate cuspidate dark polished green above paler 
beneath 4 inches long, 14 inch broad, petiole + inch long or 
less, ligule short broad truncate, sheath and midrib pubescent. 
Panicle short nodding six inches long, rachis pubescent, base 
nude except for some (about 6) lanceolate acute to oblong 
bracts, the largest 4 an inch long; branches short spread- 
ing an inch long. Floral bracts ovate oblong + inch long 
by } inch across persistent green. Flowers sessile clustered 
at the ends of the branches with one or more ovate yellow 
bracts. Calyx tubular ¢ inch long equally lobes equal short 
blunt, yellow. Corolla tube slender pubescent nearly 3 inch 
long, light yellow lobes ovate boat-shaped 4 inch. Staminodes 
linear oblong rather longer light yellow. Lip short oblong 
dilated towards the tip, bilobed lobes spreading acute, yellow 
with a central green spot, } inch long, Filament } inch long 
yellowish, anther spurs 4 upper ones subulate lower ones broad- 
er. Capsule wrinkled green. 
Perak: Thaiping hills; Bujong Malacca; Gopeng (King). 
This species, which appears to be local, though common on 
the Thaiping Hills, is easily recognized by its decurved pani- 
cles of lemon yellow flowers. 
Gi. bruchycarpa Bak. |. c. ¢. 
Stem 14 foot rather slender, sheaths hairy. Leaves ovate 
acuminate 6 inches long glabrous above, minutely pubescent 
