Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 7 



ment or lip, which is united to the filament, bifid, the divi- 

 sions narrow and diverging. Filament very long, embracing 

 the style. Anther recurved, naked. Style length of the 

 stamen. Stigma thick. Ovary pilose, three-celled, several- 

 seeded. Nectarial bodies oblong. 



Obs. — This is a handsome species, and though its flowers 

 are not so large and shewy as those of the H. coronarium, 

 this is in some degree compensated by the greater number 

 which expand at one time. It is the first wild species I have 

 met with in the Eastern islands. 



GLOBBA CILIATA. fW. J,J 



Foliis ovato-lanceolatis nervis supra pilosis, panicula ter- 

 minali erecta, anthera bicalcarata. 

 Puar Amas. Malay, 



Stem slender, erect, from one to two feet high, somewhat 

 compressed, spotted towards the base with purple. Leaves 

 alternate, bifarious, subsessile on their sheaths, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, rounded at the base, acuminate, entire, the upper 

 surface furnished with erect hairs disposed in lines along 

 the principal nerves, lower surface smooth, dotted under the 

 lens with minute papillae ; about four inches long. Sheaths 

 striated, smooth, ciliate, along the margins, extending very 

 little beyond the petioles, and there bifid. Panicle ter- 

 minal, nearly erect, with alternate, divaricate, somewhat 

 rigid branches, on which are disposed alternately several 

 subsessile, yellow flowers. Bracts lanceolate. Calyx trifid. 

 Corolla orange yellow, two bordered, the exterior three 

 parted, of which the upper segment is largest and concave ; 

 the inner consisting of two smaller segments alternating with 

 the outer ones: Lip elevated on the lower part of the 

 filament and reflexed, emarginate, with a purple spot in the 

 centre. Filament long, tubular. Anther with two subulate 

 recurved horns or spurs. Style simple. Nectarial bodies 

 long and Hnear. Ovary containing several ovula. 



