310 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Calyx spathaceous spht in front, 1.5 in. long, buff. Corolla-tube 
as short, upper lobe broad oblong, 1.5 in. long, blunt, lower ones 
linear, buff. Lip large obovate entire, yellow finely punctate red | 
on both sides at the base. Stamen shorter than corolla-lobes; fila- 
ment longer than anther. Anther oblong, crest of two recurved 
horns with a small central process. Ovary silky. 
Hab. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga, abundant at 2,000 feet 
alt., in thick forest, Ridley. | 
ARACEAE. 
Amorphophallus elegans Ridley, n. sp. 
Tuber small, flattened, globose, 3 in. through. Leaf, petiole 
slender mottled grey green, 1 to 2 feet tall, limb green, of 3 
branches, outer pair rebranched; petiolules 3 inches long, leaflets 3 
to 4 oblong, long cuspidate, base cuneate inaequilateral, nerves 11 
pairs, secondary nerves nearly as conspicuous, all joining an intra- 
marginal nerve, 6 in. long, 1.5 in. wide, cusp 1 in. long; secondary 
petiolules .12 in. long. Peduncle slender, 3 feet tall, mottled grey 
green, and pink with scattered hight green blotches. ‘Spathe nar- 
row lanceolate acute, 5 in. long, pale green with small dark green 
blotches. Female portion of spike .5 in. long, green with yellow 
sessile stigmas. (Male portion cylindric, 3 in. long. Stamens 
white; anther-cells pink. Appendage rugose cylindric, 4 in. long, 
white. , 
Hab. Mountain woods, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga, Rid- 
Jey. 
Pothos lorispatha Ridley, n. sp. 
Climber, stem slender woody, internodes 1 in. long. Leaf 
thinly subcoriaceous, inaequilateral lanceolate long-acuminate ; 
nerves numerous inconspicuous intramarginal .5 in. from the edge, 
base narrowed; 12 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiole 1.5 to 3 in. long, 
narrowly winged to the top, knee obscure, base shortly sheathing. 
Peduncle slender 1.25 in. long. Spathe narrow, strap-shaped 
acuminate acute, 4 inches long, .4 in. wide, dark green. Spadix 
narrow cylindric, 3 in. long, .12 in. through; peduncle .25 in. long. 
Bracts bluntly triangular at top, strongly keeled beneath. Sepals 
small, blunt triangular, hooded. Stamens shorter. Ovary oblong 
subquadrate at top. Stigma small circular. 
Hab. Jamestone cliffs, Selangor, Batu Caves, Ridley. 
The leaves are thinner in texture than in most species and the 
spathe is strap-shaped. 
PALMAE. 
Areca latiloba Ridley, n. sp. 
Stem simple 4 to 5 feet tall, .5 in. through. Leaves three feet 
or more long with few broad sigmoid rhomboid lobes, broad at the 
Jour. Straits Branch 
