242 cxxxvil. zingiberaceas. [ Hedychium. 
mucronate. Calyx-tube glabrous, *5 in. long, tubular, with a short 
ovate limb. Corolla-tube slender, 2 in. long, lobes linear, very 
narrow, 1-5 in. long. Staminodes as long, wider. Lip 1-25 in. 
long, base *25 in. long, narrow linear, limb sub-triangular deeply 
bifid. Stamen 2 in. long, filament slender; anther linear with the 
cells long, prolonged below into 2 horns. Style very slender; 
stigma cup-shaped hairy. Fruits orange. Hab. Mountain forest, 
Selangor, Fraser’s Hill, Semangkok Pass (Mrs. Ferguson-Davie). 
Allied to H. erythrostemon Schum. of Celebes, but distinct in its short 
calyx-tube. 
{3) H. longicornutum Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 228; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 10. H. crassifolium Bak. lx. 
Epiphyte with a short rhizome and large thick fleshy roots. 
Stems 2 ft. tall. Leaves oblong acuminate, edges hairy, 1 ft. long, 
4 in. wide; ligule 2 in. long, sheaths hairy. Spike dense, 4 in. long. 
Bracts lower ovate, upper lanceolate, brown silky. Calyx spathaceous 
oblique pink, 1 in. long. Corolla 3 in. long, lobes narrow linear, 
red. Staminodes and lip similar undulate orange, 1*12 in. long, 
■25 in. wide. Stamen filament 5 in. long, pinkish white; anther 
linear orange. Capsule oblong dark hairy brown, orange inside. 
Seeds 16, aril crimson. Hab. Widely scattered in forests on stems 
and branches of small trees. Johor, Castlewood; Muar (Feilding). 
Malacca, Ayer Panas and base of Mt. Ophir; Tabong (Griffith). 
Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Gunong Inas (Yapp). 
Distrib. Sumatra. Native names: Tepus Lada; Ubat Chaching. 
Use: Roots used for earache and as a vermifuge. 
(4) H. macrorrhizum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, 
p. 202; Mat. ii. 10. 
Epiphyte, rhizome thick branched. Stems 1 ft. tall. Leaves 
lanceolate acute glabrous, 8 in. long, 2 in. wide. Spike nodding 
lax, 10 in. long. Bracts oblong blunt, 1 in. long, -25 in. wide, green 
hairy. Flowers 2 or 3 in a bract, white. Calyx pubescent, green, 
teeth 2. Corolla-tube 1*5 in. long, lobes linear, 1 in. long, very 
narrow. Staminodes similar. Lip deeply bifid, lobes lanceolate. 
Stamen filament 1*5 in. long. Hab. Very rare. Selangor, Semang¬ 
kok Pass, on a very lofty tree (Ridley). 
3 . ODONTYCHIUM, Schumann. 
Terrestrial with numerous stems. Leaves linear-lanceolate. 
Panicle terminal lax with short 3-flowered branches. Bracts cup¬ 
shaped. Calyx tubular brown papery unequally bilobed. Corolla 
tube cylindric, upper lobe linear hooded, lower linear spathulate 
adnate to lip base. Staminodes linear. Lip linear, tip trilobed, 
lobes toothed. Stamen twice as long as the petals. Capsule 
globose. 
