NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 309 
petiole + in. long, glabrous, ligule oblong .4 in. long. Raceme 
stout pubescent vely ety, ft ‘mt long: flowers distant; peduncles 1.25 
in. long, stout velvety. Bracts lanceolate, the lowest 2.25 in. long, 
upper ones broad and short, .5 in. long, silky. Involucral bracts 
cupular-campanulate .4in. long 51. W ide, silky containing + round, 
silky bracts each with a single flower on short silky pedicel. Calyx 
campanulate, silky with obscure points, white .5 in. long and as 
wide. Ovary small, silky. Corolla silky, tube .5 in. long, lobes 
oblong blunt, buff with white knobs at the top, .6 in. long. Lip 
broad obovate eres 1.5 in. long, 2 in. wide when expanded, 
white with a yellow base, and red bars. Stamen filaments broad 
linear, anther yellow, oblong, no crest. Staminodes large, broad, 
rhomboid with acute points at base of filaments. 
Hab. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga, at 2,400 feet alt., 
Ridley. 
This is distinctly alhed to A. javanica which it somewhat re- 
sembles in the form of bracts and flowers, but the inflorescence is 
laxly racemose. 
Alpinia Seimundii Ridley, n. sp. 
Stem slender, sheaths and petiole pubescent. Leaves lanceo- 
late acuminate with a long point, base narrowed unequal, midrib at 
back pubescent, 12 in. long, 2 in. wide; petiole .25 in. long, ligule 
oblong round silky. Panicle 5 in. long, pubescent with tufts of 
hairs below the branches; branches distant .5 in. long, usually 1- 
flowered. Bracts persistent broad, tubular with a rounded mouth 
silky .5 in. long. Calyx entire tubular dilate upwards with 3 small 
points, nearly .5 in. long silky. Corolla-tube slightly longer ; lobes 
oblong blunt hairy .5 in. long. Lip obovate trilobed, 4 in, long 
and .3 in. wide, base narrowed, slender, lobes 2 rounded, median 
smaller bifid at tip with two slender points, 3 strong red nerves 
running to the tip of the midlobe and one shorter on each side. 
Staminodes very short obscure points at the base of the stamen. 
Stamen, filament rather slender; anther cells elliptic pointed below, 
hairy on the back. 
Hab. Pahang, Kwala Teku, Seomund. 
This has remarkably small flowers for the Catimbium section. 
It is apparently nearest to A. multica. 
Amomum spiceum Ridley, n. sp. 
Plant forming a very large tuft of leafy stems 6 feet tall. 
Leaves narrow linear oblong acuminate narrowed to base, 18 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; ligule oblong, tip round entire, adnate to petiole. 
Flower spikes at base, 8 in. long peduncle 1 in. long, velvety as is 
rachis. Bracts erect lanceolate. acuminate, edges hairy, papery 3 
in. long, .5 in. wide, uppermost 2 in. long. Spikelets about a dozen 
consisting of three papery bracts containing a solitary flower. 
R. A. Soc., No. 86 1922. 
