THE SCITAMINEA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. ; 181 
olla tube dilated upwards, lobes ovate blunt, recurved finely 
spotted with purple. Lip thin spathulate oblong, white with a 
transverse pink line across the apex, Stamens, the cucullate one 
falcate spathulate white the hood edged with yellow, the peta- 
loid one obovate bilobed rounded white, the antheriferous one 
linear erect short. Style thick flattened behind. Stigma ovoid, 
ovary orange covered with white hairs. Capsule one to three 
anvled cordate in outline a little over + inch long red hairy, 
Seeds oblong angled black covered with a semi-transparent aril. 
Common in woods in the hilly districts of the peninsula. 
Malacca, Bukit Danan, Panchur. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Muar. 
Selangor, Caves Kwala Lumpur, Pataling. Dindings, Gunong 
Tungul. Perak, Maxwell’s Hill. Pahang, Tahan Woods. 
This is allied certainly to Roxburgh’s FP. parviflorum, with 
which it has been confused, but that has yellow flowers, and 
only one seed in the capsule. 
Ph. hirtum n.sp. 
A plant forming fairly large tufts. Leaf stems stout 3 or 
4 feet tall, blade broadly oblong with a broad base, apex acute 
15 inches wide, 8 inches across, glabrous dark green young 
leaves with the backs red. Petiole 15 inches long, stout sheath 
near the inflorescence woolly. Head of flowers three inches 
through. Bracts oblong 14 inch long apex, broad truncate 
broken up into fibres. Bracteoles lanceolate acuminate acute 
glabrous. Peduncles nearly ¢ inch long. Flower ? inch long 
(white). Calyx sepals free almost to the base longer than the 
corolla linear lanceolate acuminate hispid. Corolla tube rather 
slender, lobes oblong lanceolate acute tipped with hairs. Lip 
oblong small. Stamen, cucullate with rather a long lateral 
process. Style very stout. Capsule globose obscurely three 
lobed glabrous 4 an inch long. Seeds 3 large, the backs 
rounded sides straight and smooth. 
Johore, Gunong Panti. Sungei Ujong. Selangor, Dusun 
Tua. Perak, Hermitage Hill; Ulu Kerling (King’s collector). 
Penang, Government Hill (Curtis 2420). 
A much stouter plant than P. malaccensis with larger 
leaves, hairy leaf sheath, and very different fruit. 
