THE SCITAMINEA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 135 
A. ochreum n. sp. 
Stems tall and stout. Leaves oblong 3 feet long and 7 
inches wide apex broad cuspidate olabrous, petiole hardly dis- 
tinct very thick } inch long ligule oblong obtuse. Spike skort 
elobose elong eating in fr uit, peduncle 14 inch long. Bracts lanceo- 
late 14 inch long thin. Bracteole tubular 4 + inch long edge hairy, 
Flowers large yellow. Calyx as long as corolla, tube 1 inch long 
lobes lanceolate subobtuse 3-nerved tipped with hairs. Corolla 
tube thick lobes oblong obtuse # inch long dorsal wide hooded. 
Lip very large over an inch long rounded conv olute, yellow 
edge denticulate. Anther oblong $ an inch. Fruit large globose 
green succulent covered with short processes. 
Selangor, Ginting Bidai. 
A. perakense n. sp. 
Rhizome stcut woody with numerous stiff woody roots. 
Stems slender about ¢ inch through. Leaves narrow lanceolate 
actuinate with a long point base narrowed, petiole hardly 
distinct, 8 inches long one inch broad, ligule very small. Scapes 
several peduncles 2 inches long flexuous. Spike about as 
long rather narrow subcylindric. Bracts narrow oblong cadu- 
cous # inch long. Bracteole oblong obtuse flat. Calyx tube 
half an inch lon dilated upwards three-lobed lobes lanceolate 
acute. Corolla tube slender barely longer than the calyx upper 
one largest 2 inch long. Lip obovate longer than the corolla. 
Staminodes longer than the filament base linear apex setaceous, 
Stamen anther long narrow + inch long, crest rounded distinct, 
filament short. Stigma obconie. 
Perak. Maxwell’s Hill. June 1893. 
1 have only collected this once and describe it from dry 
specimens. It is remarkable for its woody rhizome raised 
above ground, with stiff woody roots, like that of a Geostachys 
and its lengthening spike, of which the bracts fall off as it deve- 
lops, leaving a bare rachis only bearing the short pedicels. In 
its large staminodes and small flowers it resembles Z. macrodons 
Scort. 
A. testaceum Nn. sp. 
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Stems about 12 feet tall, clubbed at the base, stout. Leaves 
