104 A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH: 
Amomum. ulaginosum, Koen. In the upper camp, along the 
Temengoh river, among Phoeomerza vmperralis, Lindl. 
Amomum squarrosum, N. sp. 
Leafy stems 4 to 5 feet tall, leaves linear lanceolate 
acuminate with a long point, above glabrous beneath 
hairy pubescent 10-15 inches long 1 to 1% inch wide, 
petiole 1-# inch long glabrous slender ligule oblong 
apex rounded, hairy. Scapes 2-6 inches long, covered 
or partially so with lax glabrous, sheaths pubescent 
when young, apices rounded split on one side. Spike 
dense obconic in flower 2 inches long, in fruit lengthen- 
ing cylindric nearly 4 inches long and 1% inch through. 
Basal bracts oblong-ovate apex rounded pubescent, # 
inch long. Floral bracts ovate acuminate glabrous 
ribbed in fruit coriaceous, polished inside, greenish 
white recurved. Calyx tubular dilated slightly upwards, 
with 3 short equal teeth. Corolla tube as short as the 
calyx tube, lobes oblong rounded at the tip ¢ inch long. 
Lip longer than the petals fleshy, narrowly obovate, 
apex rounded entire, base narrow linear. Stamen, fila- 
ment linear, anther oblong with the two upper corners 
excurved with two curved linear arms apex retuse 
pubescent, crest very short entire rounded hardly longer 
than the anther. Capsule globose pale smooth glabrous, 
faintly ribbed at the apex, 3 inch long. 
Perak. Tapah (Ridley 14026), (Wray 1412) ; Temen- 
goh woods by the river. Selangor, between Kuala 
Kubu and Semangkok Pass at the 15th mile (Ridley). 
There is also a specimen in Cantley’s collection with- 
out locality probably from Negri Sembilan or Selangor, 
and labelled Pua Tadah Umbon. The leaves are made 
into poultice and applied in cases of giddiness. Though 
this plant does not seem to be rare, I have not had the 
luck to find good flowering specimens, and the flowering 
specimens I have seen, Wray’s and Cantley’s are in 
poor state. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
