130 THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
shorter than corolla lateral lobes large oblong rounded, median 
lanceolate obtuse, yellow, Stamen long beak acute, anther cells 
grey, pollen flesh colour. 
Selangor, Ginting Peras, Ginting DBidai, and Dusun Tua 
(7797). Perak, Ulu Bubong. (King 10263). 
Z. graci'e Jack. Malay Miscell. 1. No. 1. Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1.c. 246. 
Stems slender 2 feet or more tall. Leaves ovate to ovate 
lanceolate acute six inches long 2} broad light green paler and 
pubescent beneath, ligule short. Spikes cylindric acute at the 
apex and tapering into the peduncle 4 to 6 inches long, pedun- 
cle 6 to 12 inches long. Bracts pink, ovate broad blunt or 
acute about an inch long. Flowe:s thin yellowish white. Calyx 
very thin semitransparent, lobes long lanceolate acute. Corolla 
tube an inch long, lobes lanceolate acute as long, upper one a 
little broader, Lip lateral lobes oblong rounded $ an inch jong, 
mid lobe shorter than petals narrow deeply bifid lobes acute, 
narrow. Stamen filament short, anther elliptic beak lone cur- 
ved. Capsule $ inch long elliptic. Seeds 2 or three, ovoid black> 
flat in front rounded Lehind 4 inch long. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca, Sungei Hudang, Mt. 
Ophir. Pahang, Tembeling; Tahan, Selangor, K wala Lum- 
pur; Bukit Hitam. Penang. 
Var. elatior. 
A very much taller slenderer plant with stems abo:it five 
feet tall, leaves narrow linear lanceolate acuminate i0 inches by 
1, peduncle 18 inches and spike 7 or 8. 
Hills at 2000 feet or upwards. Penang Hill. Perak, Max- 
well’s Hill. 
King No. 7954. Possibly a distinct species. 
Z. puberula. n. sp. 
Stems 6 to 8 feet tall with numerous leaves, about-$ an inch 
thick. Leaves oblong elliptic acuminate, a foot long 384 inch 
across, above deep green, glabrous, beneath paler covered espe- 
cially on the stout midrib with brownish fur, petiole thickened 4 
inch long, broad, thickly covered with brown wool, ligule ovate 
bilobed, lobes blunt 2 inch long and like the sheath covered with 
brown wool. Spikes numerous fusiform acute pink 3 to 6 inches 
