160 THE SCITAMINEZA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Penang. Commonon dry banks at 2000 feet alt. (Curtis 
327). It flowersin June and July, 
This is most nearly allied to G. rupestris, but has much 
narrower leaves and smaller flowers, and there is no trace of 
a crest on the anther. 
G. elegans n. sp. 
Rhizome stout and woody covered with dry brown sheaths, 
with very stout firm roots. Stems about 38 feet tall bases 
covered with brown sheaths, leaves narrow lanceolate acumi- 
nate about a foot long, and one inch broad glabrous, petiole + 
inch long, ligule ovate obtuse $ inch long. Scapes erect 1} 
feet tall, the lower part covered with dry brown sheaths, lowest 
ones about 2 inches long obtuse, upper ones acute. Rachis pubes- 
cent. Panicle 5 or 6 inches long with very short peduncles each 
bearing two flowers enclosed in an ovate bract, outer bracts 
ovate mucronate pubescent brown $ an inch long. Calyx spa- » 
thaceous brown acuminate longer than the corolla tube, Corolla 
half an inch long tube short, lobes oblong obtuse, buff. Lip ob- 
ovate oblong retuse little longer than the petals. Stamen fila- 
ment very short, anther oblong narrow, notched ;2 inch long, 
crest none. Style slender, stigma cup-shaped. Capsule orange 
globose 2 inch long glabrous crowned with the dry calyx. 
Seeds angled. 
Malacca on Mount Ophir. (Derry 603; Ridley 3137) 
Common up to 4000 feet elevation. A very distinct species 
with tall rather slender scapes, and smaller flowers than any other 
species. It grows in large tufts on rocks, and in the woods. 
ALPINIA. 
This is a fairly well marked genus, distinct in bearing the 
flowers in terminal panicles or racemes on tall leafy stems, the 
flowers numerous often large and showy, the corolla tube usually 
barely longer than the tubular calyx, the lobes linear or oblong, 
the lip large obovate rolled round the stamen, (Catimbium) or 
small narrow lobed, (Hellenia) staminodes sometimes absent, or 
horn-like subulate processes rarely broad and spathulate. The 
stamen long, fleshy, the anther thick, crest absent (Catimbium) 
or well developed (Cenolophon). The fruit a globose or cylind- 
