Globba.] cxxxvii. zingiberace,®. 235 
§ 3. Marantella. Anther 4-spurred. Flowers yellow or orange. 
Leaves numerous. 
Panicle short dense on a long peduncle. 
Leaves and peduncle hairy . . . . (14) G. aurantiaca 
Leaves glabrous; peduncle soft pubescent . {15) G. perakensis 
Panicle elongate lax; bracts large persistent red . 
or yellow.( l6 ) & vanabilis 
Panicle nodding; bracts green; flowers yellow; 
lip bilobed. 
Dwarf plant, bracts persistent; anther-spurs 
short unequal . • • • • (*7) G. cernua 
Tall plant, bracts caducous; anther-spurs 
long.(18) G. macranthera 
Lip entire; bracts persistent . . . (19) G. brachycarpa 
Leaf single; panicle dense decurved . . . (20) G. unifolia 
(1) G. Wallichii Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 202; Ridl. Mat. 
FI. Mai. Pen. ii. 3. . 
About 2 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate long-acuminate pubescent 
or hairy on midrib beneath and ligule and sheath, 5 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide, sheath spotted purple. Panicle long slender; branches 
1 in. long, distant. Flowers few crowded at tips orange; bracts 
very small. Calyx campanulate, 2 long and 1 short lobes, -12 in. 
long. Staminodes linear-oblong, -15 in. long. Lip short linear 
entire, orange with a brown spot. Filament *5 in. long; anther 
spurless. Capsule globose smooth. Hab. Local. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills (Fox); Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis, etc.). 
(2) G. uliginosa Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 613; Ridl. Mat. 11. 3 - 
Stems slender, 2 ft. long or less. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 
3 in. long, *5 in. wide, pubescent beneath; sheaths spotted red hairy. 
Panicle slender; branches -25 in. long. Flowers 2 or 3 on each. 
Bracts oblong green. Calyx funnel-shaped, lobes rather long. 
Corolla tube -25 in. long, lobes ovate-oblong, upper one boat¬ 
shaped, *5 in. long, orange. Staminodes oblong blunt. Lip narrow 
bilobed, orange with a black spot. Filament -25 to *5 in. long; anther 
elliptic, no margin or spurs. Hab. Damp spots, but not common. 
Singapore Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Chabau (Griffith), Alor 
Gajah. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Banca, 
Closely resembles G. panicoides, Miq., except in the spurless anther. 
(3) G. panicoides Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 614; Ridl. Mat. ii. 4. 
Stems few tufted, 9 to 24 in. long. Leaves narrow lanceolate 
acuminate to ovate, 175 to 5 in. long, 75 to 1-5 in wide; ligule 
hispid' sheaths red spotted pubescent. Panicle slender; branches 
usually short. Flowers few orange. Calyx unequally 3-toothed, 
one tooth longer than the others, lanceolate blunt. Corolla-tube 
•5 in. long, lobes *5 in. long. Staminodes longer. Lip short oblong 
bilobed central spot brown. Filament 1 in. long, connective 
developed all round, spurs two subulate. Capsule globose, -25 in. 
long. Hab. Common in damp low-lying spots. Singapore, Bukit 
