THE SCITAMINEA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 167 
foot long, 1dinch broad glabrous dark green petiole | inch long, 
ligule + inch long oblong blunt. Raceme 6 inches to a foot long 
rachis pubescent, branches few and short. Flowers rather dis- 
tant. Bracteoles ovate white an inch long, calyx # inch long 
enlarged upwards, 3 lobed, lobes short, white, corolla tube short 
1 inch long, lobes white upper one obovate obtuse one inch long, 
# inch wide lower ones smaller, lip obovate obscurely three 
lobed 2 inches long, 14 wide, median lobe rather short crisped 
orange thickly spotted with red and red veined; a pair of short 
thick conic fleshy processes thickly pubescent at the base. Stamen 
filament broadly linear, anther oblong 4 an inch long. Stigma 
capitate, slit transverse, ovary very pubescent. Capsule glo- 
bose hispid orange. Seeds black angular. 
River banks and damp spots. Johore, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, 
Pekan. Penang, Batu Feringgi (Curtis 2766) : Province Welles- 
ley Ara Kudah. Pulau Buru (Island South of Singapore). 
This is easily distinguished from A. mutica with which it has 
been confused by the large white bracteoles covering the buds, | 
and the glandular processes at the base of the lip which are dis- 
tinctly elevated and often of some size and covered especially on 
the back with stiff silky hairs. The coloring of the flowers and 
habit of the two plants are quite similar. 
Joo 
Var. sericea. 
Leaves lanceolate tapering at the base, Lroader and cuspi- 
date at the apex, scantily pubescent above softly velvety beneath 
13 inches long, 3 inches wide, petiole one inch long, ligule very 
short. Raceme a foot long, rachis silky pubescent, flowers 
numerous crowded, pedicels inch long silky pubescent. Bracteo- 
les large ovate one inch long and as wide ribbed pubescent, 
persistent. Calyx short and broad spathaceous 3 lobed, lobes 
cuspidate, pubescent. Corolla tube very short and stout, lobes 
oblong silky 4 an inch long blunt. Lip obovate obscurely trilobed 
an inch long, yellow veined and dotted red apex rounded bilobed, 
glands at base elevated pubescent. 
Cult. in Buitenzorg Gardens (No. 3.) 
This plant closely resembles A. assimilis but differs in its 
pubescent velvety leaves, and very short silky calyx and corolla, 
the bracteole being considerably longer than the calyx which 
