THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 155 
Bracts closely wrapping the flower pinkish 4 an inch long. 
Calyx 14 inch long terete, the apex entire lanceolate split on 
one side red. Corolla tube three inches long slender white 
lobes oblong obtuse apices incurved ? inch long nearly + inch 
wide yellowish white. Lip large obovate broad one inch long 
and as wide in the widest part, centre thickened yellow with a 
crimson bar on each side, tip yellow, the rest pure white. Stam- 
inodes short ovate adnate to the filament + inch long. Stamen 
rather short and broad, anther cells diverging at the top; crest 
ovate thin toothed bent upwards at an obtuse angle to the fil- 
ament. Style considerably longer than the anther but shorter 
than the crest, stout. Stigma obcuneate with a short conical 
process behind the lip-like stigmatic surface. 
Singapore in dense woods, Bukit Timah, Kranji, Sungei 
Buluh. Perak, Larut (King’s Collector) 2886. Bujong Malacca. 
FE, pubescens n.sp. Amomum elettartoides Baker FI. Brit. Ind. Amom- 
~ um sp. Griffith Notulee asiatice III. 417. EHlettaria sp, Tab. 
CCCLII. 2, 
Stems stout as much as half an inch through at the base 
about two feet tall, base covered with sheaths, above leafy 
Leaves about 5 or 6 oblong lanceolate cuspidate softly thickly. 
pubescent beneath above glabrous 6 to 8 inches long, 14 to 2 
inches wide, petiole + inch long, sheaths about three inches, 
lizule very short. Floral stems as much as two feet long, 
often much shorter usually numerous, rather slender. Spikes 
usually distant short one inch or less long bases covered with 
ovate scale-leaves. Bracts ovate lanceolate $ an inch long 
pubescent ribbed edges ciliate. Flowersin pairs. Calyx slender 
enlarged upwards an inch long lobes linear acute, covered with 
long silky hairs, nearly cr quite as long as the corolla tube. 
Corolla tube thick enlarged upwards pubescent with silky hairs, 
lobes narrow linear oblong obtuse 4 an inch long white. Lip 
about an inch long obcuneate obtuse pubescent in the centre. 
Stamen filament broad, counective rather large three-lobed, 
central lobe largest. Style stout stigma cup-shaped. 
Penang, Waterfall (Curtis 2276) Penara Bukit (Ridley 7236). 
Negri Sembilan, Foot of Bukit Tampin (J. Goodenough). 
This grows in masses in thickets and waste ground often 
