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[Gastrochilus. 
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wide, light yellow. Lip 1 in. long, oblong entire, tip round, yellow, 
a red band at base or in centre and red tip. Stamen white crestless. 
Hab. Woods. Johor. Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Selangor, woods 
near Klang Gates. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette); Kwala Aring 
(Yapp); Chaning Woods (Ridley). 
(4) G. Klossii Ridl. Mat. ii. 16. 
Rhizome long. Leaves numerous, oblanceolate, base cuneate, 
sub-acute, inequilateral, 9 in. across; petioles 7 in. long. Spikes 
3 in. long, 1 in. through; peduncles *5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate 
acute woolly pubescent. Flowers in pairs. Corolla pubescent. 
Anther crest ovate. Hab. Johor, near Gunong Pulai (Kloss). 
(5) G. Prainiana Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 115; 
Mat. ii. 18. Kaempferia Prainiana Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 220. 
Leaves about 4 in a tuft, lanceolate acute narrowed to base, 
8 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, pubescent beneath; petioles 5 to 6 in. 
long. Spike shortly stalked, central. Bracts numerous oblong 
blunt. Corolla tube slender, 1 in. long, lobes oblong, under -5 in. 
long, white. Staminodes similar. Lip oblong cuneate blotched 
red inside. Anther crestless. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(6) G. lurida Ridl. Mat. ii. 17. 
Leaves 2 or more in a tuft ovate-lanceolate undulate glabrous, 
6 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 4*5 in. long. Spike sub- 
sessile, 3 in. long, flat deep purple. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 
1-5 to 2 in. long. Calyx spathaceous, *5 in. long. Corolla tube 
thick, i*5 in. long, lobes oblong blunt, 75 in. long, pinkish. Stami¬ 
nodes obovate retuse, -5 in. wide. Lip convolute, 1 in. long, tip 
broad dark pink. Anther crestless. Hab. Very rare. Lankawi 
(Curtis). 
(7) G. tillandsioides Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 218; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 18. 
Leaves oblong sub-acute, base round, green above, purple 
beneath, 6 to 8 in. long; petioles nearly as long. Spike 6 in. long, 
sub-sessile. Bracts oblong, 20 to 30 imbricate. Calyx and corolla 
not described. Staminodes -25 to *3 in. long, white, linear-oblong. 
Lip orbicular cuneate, *5 in. long and wide, white with yellow spot 
in throat. Hab. Perak (Kunstler, cult, in Herb. Bot. Calc.). Rare 
and little known. 
(8) G. flava Ridl. G. minor Ridl. Mat. ii. 17 (not of Baker). 
Rhizome short. Leaves 4 in a tuft, oblanceolate blunt, 4 in. 
long, 1-25 in. across, dark green with a median central bar; petioles 
1 in. long, sheaths red. Spike short central. Bracts yellowish. 
Flowers large, yellow, 1 in. across. Calyx tubular. Corolla tube 
as long as bract, lobes oblong blunt yellow. Staminodes oblong 
yellow, red spots at base. Lip 1 in. long, -5 in. wide, flat oblong 
blunt, yellow spotted red. Stamen long arched pink; anther- 
crest broad, obscurely «3-lobed. Hab. Perak, Batang Padang 
(Curtis); Bujong Malacca; Bukit Kapaiyung (Ridley). 
