Conamomum .] 
cxxxvn. zingiberace^e. 
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with large dense spike of flowers with stiff coriaceous green or 
brown persistent bracts. Calyx tubular. Corolla tube short, thick, 
upper lobe largest. Starainodes linear smaller. Lip entire or 
3-lobed, Stamen short broad; anther with curved linear arms. 
Species 3. 
Spikes glabrous. 
Inner bract utricular; calyx utricular . . . (1) C. utriculosum 
Inner bract ovate; calyx tubular . . (2) CL citrinum 
Spikes velvety; ligule silky . . . . . (3) C. sericeum 
(1) C. utriculosum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, 
p. 122; Mat. ii. 23. 
Rhizome very large, stilted. Stems 6 ft. tall, clubbed at base. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong cuspidate, 18 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; 
petioles 1 in. long. Spikes glabrous, 6 to 18 in. tall; peduncles 
6 in. tall. Outer bracts ovate acute, 1 in. long. Bracteole utricular, 
6-lobed. Calyx utricular enclosing corolla tube, lobes 3, blunt 
round. Corolla lobes oblong blunt. Lip fan-shaped clawed, buff 
with red veins. Staminodes linear. Anther-crest ovate round. 
Capsule fusiform, 1 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Ridley); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(2) C. citrinum Ridl. Journ . Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 121; 
Mat. ii. 23. 
Leaf-stems tall. Leaves oblong cuspidate to base acute, 1 ft. 
long, 3 in. wide. Scapes 13 in. tall; peduncle 8 in. long. Spike 
dense. Bracts light green ovate glabrous. Calyx -25 in. long. 
Corolla lobes elliptic-oblong white, upper one -5 in. long, others 
shorter. Staminodes linear, dull red. Stamen -5 in. long; anther 
yellow, spotted red. Capsule globose, -5 in. long, purple. Hab. 
Mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Bujong Malacca (Ridley); 
Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). 
(3) C. sericeum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 185. 
Rhizome large, stilted. Stems 8 ft. tall. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, 18 in. long, 7 in. across, glabrous except tip and ligule 
silky. Peduncles 6 to 7 in. long. Spikes cylindric, *4 in. long; 
rachis hairy. Bracts urceolar subulate silky. Calyx tubular 
papery. Corolla tube shorter, lobes elliptic-oblong white. Lip 
ovate 3-lobed, lobes sub-equal, yellow, midlobe darker, sides 
spotted pink. Anther-crest 3-lobed, white tinted and spotted pink. 
Fruit elliptic. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan in damp woods at 
4000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
10 . CARENOPHILA, Ridl. 
Stem tall. Leaves linear acuminate. Spike from rhizome; 
peduncle short with papery bracts, floral ones ovate, large. Calyx 
bifid longer than corolla tube. Corolla lobes oblong blunt. Lip 
entire oblong blunt. Staminodes of 2 thin oblong lobes at base of 
