THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 141 
Common in woods. Singapore very common. Johor, Tan- 
jong Bunga. Selangor, Bukit Hitam; Petaling. Malacca. 
Also in Pulau Buru, South of Singapore. Mandan River, Siak, 
Sumatra and Penghulu Ampat. Sarawak (Haviland). 
H. Ophiuchus. Amomum ophiuchus Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. Le. 
p. 381. 
Stems about 12 feet tall clubbed at the base. Leaves ob- 
long lanceolate glabrous 1} feet long 3 inches wide, petiole 4 
an inch long, ligule ovate oblong obtuse pubescent. Spike 
fusiform 5 inches lone. Bracts ovate or ovate lanceolate acute 
mucronate ribbed silky pubescent 2 inches lone and one wide 
red. Flowers 5 inches long red. Calyx tubular 3 inches lone 
acute silky below glabrous above. Corolla tube graceful, lobes 
lorate cucullate shining red. Lip as long lorate apex hooded 
fleshy red with white edges pubescent inside. Stamen anther 
oblong emarginate with no crest pubescent red. Style slender. 
Stigma pubescent clubbed, ovary silky. 
Pahang, Tahan woods. 
Allied to H. Scyphus but the bracts are narrower and more 
acute and have not the cross bars of that species. 
fl. grandis n. sp. 
Rhizome stout elevated above the ground. Stems tall and 
stout swollen at the base. Leaves oblong cuspidate nearly 3 feet 
long and 6 inches across glabrous petiole 4 an inch pubescent 
ligule longer pubescent sheaths pubescent. Spikes elongate obco- 
nic cylindric 8 inches tall covered with ovate rounded bracts 
hispid on the edges and covered with transverse irregular ele- 
vations, the longitudinal ribs being rather obscure. —Bracteoles 
narrow lanceolate. Calyx cylindric tubular 3 feet 2 inches lony. 
Corolla tube nearly 5 inches long terete but dilated at the apex, 
upper lobe lanceolate obtuse one inch long, lower ones oblong 
lanceolate. Lip but little longer, lateral lobes little developed, 
apex rounded entire pubescent. Stamen filament + inch beyond 
the mouth of the corolla tube, anther 4 inch long, hairy, crest 
ovate acute. Style stout pubescent. Stigma cup-shaped pubes- 
cent, ovary glabrous. Stylodes an inch long narrow. 
Perak, Maxwells Hill. June 1893. 
Nearly allied to H. Scyphus but much bigger in all its parts. 
