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Costus specrosus, var. argyrophyllus. Common. 
C. globosus, Bl. Temengoh woods. 
C. Kingu, Bak. Woods at Temengoh. 
Costus velutinus, n. sp. 
Stems tall about 6 feet, leaf sheaths 4 inches or less 
long densely covered with soft silky hairs, mouth 
oblique long-haired, blade oblanceolate cuspidate, nar- 
rowed towards the base 9 inches long 24 inch wide 
above glabrous except for a line of hairs along the mid- 
rib, beneath softly hairy with silky hairs, cusp con- 
spicuously white hairy. Inflorescence basal, on a 
- stout peduncle 4 inches long covered with broad ovate 
oblong bracts, 1-2 inches long, hairy, the uppermost 
armed with a pungent mucro. Capitulum 2 inches 
through and nearly as long obconic, outer bracts, oblong 
ovate hairy, with a horny mucro swollen at the base 
and tapering into a sharp point, glabrous; inner bracts 
thinner papery, hairy except at the tip, ribbed, lanceo- 
late. Calyx 1 inch long tubular with three nearly equal 
short points ending in short thorn-like mucros. Corolla 
tube as long as the calyx, petals and lip cherry-red large. 
Petals lanceolate acute 1% inch long hairy outside gla- 
brous within. Lip broadly obcuneate apex broad trun- 
cate 14 inch long and as wide, hairy outside. Stamen, 
anther oblong hairy 4% inch, crest, oblong slightly 
narrowed towards the tip, margins hairy with a few long 
hairs. Stigma broad, with long stigmatic hairs. 
Woods at Ulu Temengoh. 
_ The strongly pubescent-hairy stem of this plant, with 
‘the habit of C. Kingiz 1s somewhat striking. The 
pubescent inflorescence, and flowers makes it very dis- 
tinct. Though not rare very few plants were. seen in 
flower, which is frequently the case in this set of Costus. 
Zingiber spectabile, Griff. Extremely abundant and in fine 
flower all over the district. 
R. A. Soc., No. 57, 1910. 
