NEW AND BARE SPECIES OE MALAYAN PLANTS. 201 



Arundina affinis, Griff, of the Himalayas is a small form with 

 Darrow leaves and a deep coloured lip edge, very like the 

 Hong-Kong plant. It runs very near speciosa, Bl., and may be 



made a variety of that. Quite distinct and good species are 

 A. minor, Lindl.. of Ceylon, with narrow stiff erect leaves quite 

 coriaceous and small flowers, A. revohda, with very narrow 

 grassy leaves and very small pink flowers, which grows by the 

 Taiping Waterfall, and A. subsessilis, Eolfe, with small flowers 

 in a compact head. 



SCITAMINEAE. 



Geostachys densiflora, Bidl. n. sp. 



Bhizome stout, woody with strong woody roots ; stem over 

 12 inches tall. Leaves narrow linear lanceolate acuminate 

 long narrowed to the base 16-18 in. long, 1.5 in. wide, peti- 

 ole .5-1 in. long, slender, ligule narrow lanceolate blunt .5 

 in. Scape -1 in. long, rachis and pedicels sparsely hair v. 

 Spikes numerous crowded .75 in. long two-flowered, peduncles 

 .4 in. long. Bracts oblong, cuspidate. Calyx spathaceous, 

 long cuspidate pink. Corolla lobes linear oblong, pink. Lip 

 oblong, obovate .75 in. long, buff. Anther linear oblong crest 

 rounded, large. Capsule (young) subglobose crowned with the 

 calyx, ribbed red. 



Perak, Gnnong Kerbau, 4,000 ft. (H. C. Robinson). 



The dense short panicle of spikes resembles that of G. 

 secunda but the narrow leaves, hairy rachis, and conspicuous 

 anther crest separate it clearly. 



Geostachys primulina, Eidl. n. sp. 



Leaf stems tall. Leaves oblong lanceolate, abruptly long 

 cuspidate, base narrowed, 12-13 in. long, 2.5 in. wide, petiole 

 1.5 in. long, ligule oblong .25 in., sheaths narrow 7 in. long. 

 Scapes 3 in. long, rachis stout densely whitish hairy. Spikes 

 numerous close set, secund 1.5 in. long. Bracts at base ovate 

 ribbed, upper ones larger imbricating. Peduncles very short 

 .1 in. densely hairy. Flowers 2 in a spike, outer bracts ob- 

 long cuspidate. Calyx .5 in. long, spathaceous, cuspidate. 

 Corolla .75 in. long, primrose yellow. Anther crestless. 



Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Eidley 12029). A much 

 more succulent plant than the other species with broader leaves, 

 and hairy rachis and peduncles. 



PALMAE. 

 Licuala Wrayi, Bece. MS. 



Palm 5 feet tall. Leaf 7-lobed, central lobe obcuneate 

 14 in. long, 4 in. wide at top, teeth short and blunt, .25 in. 

 long, side lobes narrower, the lowest .75 in. wide linear, hard- 



R. A. Soc, No. 82. 1920. 



