56 NEW OR RAKE MALAYAN PLANTS. 



SCITAMTNEAE. 



Globba (( 'era hi ii Hi era ) d chilis, n. sp. 



Stem slender, whole plant 2 feet tall. Basal sheaths 

 spotted with viold. Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate 

 cuspidate glabrous, nearly J inch wide about 8 in number, 

 ligule short fringed with hairs. Panicle very slender and 

 weak with 1 or <S short, 1 flowered branches, { inch long. 

 Bracts very small lanceolate acuminate. Calyx tube 

 short turbinate 3 lobed, lobes mucronate; ,V> inch long. 

 Corolla tube twice as long, lobes ovate rounded obtuse, 

 upper one hooded, bright orange, as long as the tube. 

 Staminodes narrow linear oblong paler. Lip short obo- 

 vate apex rounded shortly bilobed, or retuse yellow with a 

 brown central spot. Filament J inch long, anther cells 

 elliptic, with a single subulate spur at the base as long as 

 , the ovary. 



Borneo: Sambas River, Keelong (Brookes). 



Near G. panicoicles Mi<{. in some points and in 

 general appearance, but the short round lip and the long 

 slender spurs from the \\>vy base of the anther make it 

 very distinct from any species known to me. 

 (jiis'l rorh ihis viohiceuSj n. sp. 



Leaves 2 or 3 together, rather fleshy smooth dull dark 

 green above, central line pale beneath pale, nerves incon- 

 spicuous 3 to 5 inches long li inches wide, ovate obtuse, 

 petiole 1 inch long. Spike short of many flowers, from 

 the leaf axil, 1 inch long subsessile. Bracts lanceolate 

 acuminate. Bracteole lanceolate acuminate with a long 

 point j inch l° n g glabrous thin. Calyx tubular with 

 2 long acute teetli § inch long white. Corolla tube 

 cylindric slender creamy white f inch long, lobes 

 narrow lanceolate acute white J- inch long. Stami- 

 nodes erect little more than half as long linear subacute 

 broader than the petals. Lip spathulate claw with sides 

 raised linear, limb obovate oblong emarginate little more 

 than half an inch long and T \ inch wide, violet with a 

 central-primrose yellow bar, edged witli minute glandular 



Jour. Straits Branch 



