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near villages whence it is called Pua Kampong. It flowers in 
March and May. There can be little doubt that this is the 
Amomuim of Griffith on which Baker’s A. elettarioides was based. 
His description and drawing Elettarea sp. are fairly accu- 
rate. The three-lobed anther crest is not very clear however. 
There 1s a large rounded lobe at the back behind the stigma and 
the angle above the anther tips are somewhat drawn out. Jack’s 
Amomum biflorum is probably the same thing though he says 
that the leaves are quite smooth except the midrib. He obtained 
it in Penang. The pubescent leaves and flowers and short 
corolla tube hardly longer than the calyx distinguish it from 
FE. latiflora to which it is most nearly allied. 
FE. longituba Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 382. 
Stem tall. Leaves oblong lanceolate cuspidate two feet lone 
by two inches wide inequilateral at the base tapering into the 
petiole glabrous above, woolly pubescent beneath nerves very 
close, petiole one inch long, pubescent, ligule short pubescent. 
Flowering stems stout, becoming almost woody when fruiting 
and then + inch through, very long. Spikes numerous about 
half an inch apart. Sheathing leaves oblong cuspidate dark 
brown two inches long and nearly an inch wide. Flowers in 
pairs. Calyx tube two inches long slender enlarged above, tip 
ovate, three toothed. Corolla tube + inch longer than the calyx, 
lobes oblong obtuse rosy one inch long and + inch wide, Lip 
obovate crenulate 14inch long, white, with four pink lines in the 
middle, tip yellow. Stamen filament narrow pubescent crest 4 
toothed. Stigma club-shaped, apex flat. Capsule globular white 
an inch through containing many triangular compressed black 
seeds, 
Pahang, Tahan River (Ridley 2403). Selangor, Gunong 
Hitam. (Goodenough). Upper Perak at 800 feet elevation 
(Wray 3586). . 
The great size of the plant, and the large bracts, or rather 
sheathing leaves and long graceful calyx tube distinguish this 
remarkable plant. The leaves distributed with my plant No. 2403 
I find really belong to it as Wray’s plant has exactly similar ones. 
The Bukit Timah plant alluded to inthe Trans. Linn. Soe. le, is a 
large form of LE. latiflora. . 
