174 THE SCITAMINEZX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Gardens, and stated to have come from Ceylon, which was evi- 
dently an error. It has been referred to Amomum ; and to a new 
genus Cenolopkon apparently on account of the well developed 
anther crest. It is however in every other respect a typical 
Alpinia. The lip being not rolled up asin most of this genus so 
as to enclose the stamen, the anther crest is strongly developed 
so as to direct the fertilizing insect to the nectary. 
A specimen labelled A. Wrayt from Dr. King evidently 
belongs to this species, but the description in the Flor Brit. 
India does not at all agree with A. vitellinum, A. Wrayi being 
classed with the crestless Alpinias and compared to A. calearata. 
I have therefore retained the highly appropriate specific name 
given by Lindley. 
A. cannaefolia n. sp. 
Stem stout 4 or 5 feet tall. Leaves ovate or oblong ovate nar- 
rowed at the base, apex broad cuspidate, glabrous one foot long, 
6 inches wide, petiole 4 inches long. Raceme erect about 6 inches 
long, peduncle a foot or less, pubescent. Bracts linear, lowest one 
as much as a foot long, + inch broad green, persistent. Flowers 
numerous pedicels very short pubescent inch. Bracteoles very 
small. Calyx dilate trilobed, pubescent $ inch long, lobes blunt 
tipped with hairs. Corolla tube slender, as long, lobes linear 
one inch long, blunt. Lip more than an inch and a half lone 
oblong entire edges crispid. Staminodes none. Stamen one inch 
long, filament broadly winged pubescent, anther narrow, crest 
large three-lobed, median lobe much the largest oblong crisped. 
Style much shorter than crest ovary villous. Fruit oblong 
thick pubescent. Seed very large 2 or 3 only oblong + inch 
long smooth black. 
Selangor, Dusun Tua. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu; Gu- 
nong Berumbun. 
This resembles A. vitellinum but has very much larger leaves 
broader and thicker. The bracts at the base of the inflorescence 
are remarkably long and narrow and the ovary very villous. 
The plant is known to the Malays as Pua Minyak and used 
in medicine, a decoction of the leaves and roots being given in 
fever. 
