i116 noe SCITAMINEA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Selangor. In thick woods on the Pahang track. Flower- 
ed in May. 
This is a very pretty foliage plant and one well worthy of 
cultivation. The deep blue green leaves with the white band 
on each side and deep rose pink backs make it very attractive. 
G. concinna n.sp. Nempferia concinna. Baker. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
C5 APA 
Rhizome slenler. Leaf solitary, petiole very long and 
slender 9 inches tall, Llade lanceolate acuminate with a broad 
cordate base six inches long, one and a half broad glabrous. 
Scape three inches long, peduncle one inch long enclosed with 
the base of the petiole in two sheaths, one Jonger than the 
scape. Bracts lanceolate acute rather thin olabrous red one 
inch long. Calyx very short. Corclla tube slender longer 
tian the bracts, gradually dilated to the throat, lobes white 
with dark red stripes. Lip oblong margins incurved. Anther 
crest small entire. . 
Perak. Ulu Bubong. (Dr. King’s collector 10135). 
I have only seen dried specimens of this, and those in not 
very good condition. Its most striking point is the remarkable 
length of the slender petiole and the cordate base of the leaf. 
G. tntoba Rid). . Trans. Linn, Soc. Voll 3. 379: 
Rhizome long slender. Leaf solitary, petiole six inches 
long pubescent, blade lanceolate to elliptic oblong obtuse 6 to 8 
inches long, 3 to 84 broad, base Shanes dark green with silvery 
bands above, purplish beneath, midrib pubescent. Scape 
lateral base of peduncle enclosed with base of petiole ina long 
narrow sheath 4 inches long. Peduncle 2 inches or less, Spike 
one inch lone. Bracts lanceolate acute dark red. Bracteoles 2 
lanceolate thin. Calyx 4 an inch long tubular dilated upwards, 
pale with red transverse bars and short obtuse lobes. Corolla 
tube 14 inch lone slender white, lobes lanceolate acute reflexed 
2 inch long 4+ Inch wide white. Lip oblong bilobed, lobes 
rounded obtuse nearly an inch long 2 inch wide white tinted with 
pink, Staminodes more oblong 4 an inch in length obtuse white, 
anther oblong wide, cells narrow linear, crest rather large round- 
ed ovate sulacute, 
