THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 131 
long with an equally long peduncle # inch thick, Bracts ovate 
obtuse pubescent margined with brown fur. Inner bract lanceo- 
late acute semitransparent white over 4 aninch long, inch across. 
Calyx spathaceous one inch long shortly split apex truncate 
white. Corolla tube 2 inches long projecting beyond the bract 
4 inch through, white, lobes thin creamy yellow lanceolate acute 
an inch long, dorsal + inch across, laterals narrower and con- 
nate for a quarter of their length and adnate to the lip, Lip 
shorter than the petals, three-lobed, lateral lobes oblong rounded, 
median longer oblong blunt all creamy white with yellower 
points (rarely bright canary yellow). Anther narrowly oblong 
2 an inch long brownish red, pollen creamy white, beak $ inch 
long yellow. Stigma transverse narrow, edged all round with 
rather long processes. 
Singapore, common, Serangoon Road, (No. 4613) Bajau, 
Bukit Timah, Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Selangor, Ginting 
Bidai (No. 7798). 
This is closely allied to Z. gracile and Z. Grifjithii but is a 
very much bigger plant than either, andis very distinct in the 
pubescence of its leaves and bracts, and its long corolla tube. 
A plant cultivated in the Botanic gardens bore canary yeilow 
flowers with the midlobe of the lip longer than usual and oblong. 
It also produced a spike on a peduncle 7 inches long covered 
with long pubescent sheaths at the base of the spike. The 
sheaths passed into narrowly oblong pubescent bracts, longitudi- 
nally striped red and green, and three of the upper ones bore 
ovate lanceolate blades half an inch long and + inch wide. 
Z. Grifithii Baker l.c. 246. 
Stems about three feet tall, + inch through slightly com- 
pressed striate. Leaves elliptic acuminate 8 inches long, 3 inches 
across glabrous deep green above paler pubescent beneath, 
sheaths split to the base pubescent, ligule $ inch long rounded 
deeply emarginate brown pubescent, petiole thick nearly + inch 
long. Spikes fusiform 4 or 5 inches long ona stout peduncle 
8 inches long, finely pubescent pink. Bracts broadly ovate one 
inch long and as broad. Flowers solitary yellowish white. 
Calyx very thin spathaceous $ an inch long. Corolla tube one 
inch long, lobes lanceolate acute # inch long, lower ones connate 
