142 THE SCITAMINEE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
FT, conica n. sp. 
Stems stout about five feet tall. Leaves oblong lanceo- 
late cuspidate 2 feet long 3-4 inches wide glabrous above 
pubescent or glabrous beneath, drying red, petiole 4 to 1 inch 
long’, glabrous or hispid, ligule large 4 an inch long, ribbed 
longitudinally and with small transverse bars. Spike four inches 
long, fusiform acuminate. Bracts ovate acute upper ones nar- 
rower and longer, pink covered witha fine silvery tomentum, 
longitudinally ribbed. Bracteoles thin narrow glabrous. Flowers 
purplish pink shortly protruded. Calyx tubular ending ina long 
point 2 inchesin length, silky at the base. Corolla tube very slen- 
der twice as long, dilated a little above, lobes oblong obtuse 4 
inch long, purple pink. Lip longer, tongue-shaped blunt. 
Singapore, Bukit Panjang. Johor, Gunong Panti. Se- 
langor, Bukit Hitam; Langat. 
The flower spike in this species dilates from a narrow base 
and then tapers to a point from which the flowers protrude but a 
short way, little more than an inch. The very long slender 
corolla tube and short entire lip are also peculiar points, it is 
allied to A. ophiuchus. 
H, Leonurus. Retz. Observ. vi. 18. Amomum Leonurus Koen: 
Retz. observ. ili. 69. Stenochama convolutum Griff. Not. iti 
433. Amomum Ridleyi Bak. Kew Bulletin 1892. 127, 
Stems about 12 feet tall bearing about 20 leaves, Leaves 
oblong acuminate base truncate glabrous, polished dark green 
above a foot and a half long, and 44 inches across petiole one inch 
long, ligule entire rounded blunt 2 inch long. Spike cylindric 
_ 8 inches long almost buried. Bracts lanceolate acute minutely 
silvery pubescent 24 inch long and # inch wide. Flowers 
in pairs. Calyx tubular spathaceous split almost the whole 
way down on one side, apex entire 3 inches long. Corolla 
tube slender gradually enlarged upwards 38 inches long 
lobes linear oblong hooded, the upper one + inch across, the 
others not connate much narrower, red, one inch long. Lip hastate 
blunt, sides upcurved, apex longer fleshy, red, as long as the 
corolla. Stamen filament broad and flat, edges thickened cen- 
tre depressed, deep red 14 inch long anther oblong blunt 4 
inch long, pubescent. Style very slender filiform red, stigma 
