80 A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. 
Strobil anhes albo-striata, Ridl. In the Temengoh woods, local. 
S. sylvéstris, n. sp. es aN 
Herb about 2 feet tall, young parts finely pubescent. 
Leaves in subequal pairs, 2-3 inches apart, lanceolate 
acuminate at both ends, decurrent on the petiole, gla- 
_brous, but densely spotted. with bundles of raphides 
4 to 6 inches long 2 inches wide, petiole winged to the 
base, $-1 inch long. Spikes terminal and axillary 
pubescent. Bracts opposite lanceolate acuminate # 
inch long 4+ inch wide or less, green thickly pubescent, 
and marked with raphides, green and falling off as each 
flower opens. Spikes elongating to over 3 inches, 
Flowers im pairs opposite each other white, nearly 
sessile on a dilated small pedicel. Calyx of 5 linear 
lanceolate pubescent lobes ¢ inch long acuminate, con- 
nate at base for about ¢ of their length. Corolla 
hairy pubescent 2 inches long, tube narrow at the base 
for nearly an inch above funnel-shaped, lobes 4 inch 
long rounded tube within covered with white hairs. 
‘Fruit not seen. 
Temengoh woods. Rare only one flower seen. Al- 
lied to S. collinus, Nees, but with long lanceolate acute 
bracts, narrower leaves and much larger flowers. 
S. violacea, n. sp. 
A spreading herb with flexuous branches, stenis gla- 
brous, 2 feet or more long internodes over 2 inches 
long, with 2 low wings. Leaves alternate herbaceous 
glabrous with numerous raphides-bundles, lanceolate 
acuminate at both ends, margins undulate occasionally 
slightly serrate at the base, nerves inconspicuous 7 
pairs, meeting within the margin incurved loops, 4-6 
inches long 14 inch wide. Spikes terminal and axillary, 
in pairs in the axils 3-4 inches long lax. Bracts 
lanceolate obtuse pubescent, caducous ¢ inch long. 
Flowers sessile. Calyx lobes linear obtuse minutely 
pubescent very narrow ¢ inch long free almost to the 
Jour. Straits Branch 
