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leaves of a purple color, apparently however not. speci- 
fically distinct. 
Gastrochilus plicata, Ridl.’ Abundant in woods especially near 
Kuala Temengoh. Hitherto only known from a plant 
collected in Kuala Lebir, Kelantan, by Dr. Gimlette. 
G. puberulus, n. sp. 
Rhizome long creeping, yellow, one of musk. 
Leaves 2 to 3, lanceolate narrowed into the petiole, 
light green, apex shortly acuminate above glabrous, 
beneath covered with soft pale hairs, 9 to 12 inches 
long, petiole 6 to 8 inches long, sheathing at the base. 
Spike from between the leaves 2 inches long. Bracts 
- lanceolate pubescent. Corolla tube 13 inch long slender 
white; Petals oblong-linear obtuse white half an inch 
long. Staminodes broad oblong truncate thin white. 
Lip obcuneate, apex broad shortly trilobed, yellow, 
central ridge edged with red. Anther crest oblong retuse. 
In a muddy spot on the banks of a stream Sungei 
~Tampan, at Temengoh growing in a dense thicket of 
Phoeomeria vmpertalis and other gingers, not common. 
Allied closely to G. longipes, Bak. but differing in its 
pubescent leaves and obcuneate lobed lip. © 
G. biloba, Ridl. var lanceolata. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, 5 
inches long, 1 to 14 inch wide, with fewer nerves than 
the type. 
On dry banks by the Temengoh river. In the leaf- 
colouring, and the deliciously fragrant flowers, this re- 
sembles the form from the Pahang track near the Se- 
mangkok pass in Selangor, but the leaves instead of being 
broad and widely rounded at both ends are narrow lan- 
ceolate and acuminate at the base. 
Curcuma Kunstieri, Bak. 
Abundant along the river bank at Ulu Temengoh. 
The pale flowered form. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
