274 cxxxvii . zingiberace ^ e , [. Plagiostachys . 
ovate. Corolla-lobes lanceolate acute, white, tipped pink. Lip 
obovate, hairy at base bifid, yellow, streaked red. Stamen white. 
Staminodes not visible. Fruit elliptic-obovate, sub-triquetrous, 
dull red, *5 in. long. Hab. Rare. In dense wet forest. Johor, 
Kukub (Ridley). 
18 . ELETTARIOPSIS, Bak. 
Rhizome, long, creeping and slender. Leaves solitary or few in 
a tuft or on a leafy stem. Flower spikes scattered on long branches 
of the rhizome, very short, with a few fugacious flowers in the axils 
of small bracts. Calyx tube long, trilobed. Corolla tube long and 
slender, lobes narrow, white. Lip longer, obovate or oblong, white, 
central yellow bar and red streaks. Staminodes o. Stamen, fila¬ 
ment short; anther-crest large round. Fruit a globose capsule. 
Species about 15, South Siam, Malay islands to Celebes. 
Leaf i, erect from rhizome . . . . . (1) E. exserta 
Leaves 2, erect from rhizome; flower shoot short . (2) E. Curtisii 
Leaves several on a leafy stem. 
Stem 1 ft. tall; corolla tube 3 in. long . . (3) E. latiflora 
Stem 2 ft. tall; corolla tube 1 in. long; leaves thick 
pubescent beneath . . . . . (4) E. pubescens 
Stem several ft. tall; corolla tube 3 in. long . . (5) E. longituba 
(1) E. exserta Bak. F.B.I. vi. 251; Ridl. Mat. ii. 42. 
Cyphostigma exsertum Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. viii. 310, t. 13. 
Leaf solitary elliptic acute narrowed to base, 2-5 to 3 ft. tall, 
about 6 in. across. Scape short erect. Flower 1. Calyx 1 in. 
long. Corolla tube 3 in. long, lobes lanceolate, -75 in. long. Lip 
oblong, yellow, streaked red. Anther-crest short, round. Hab. 
Forests local but abundant in spots, rarely flowering. Perak, Kinta 
(Scortechini); Tapah; Batang Padang to Jor (Ridley). 
(2) E. Curtisii Bak. in Hook fit. F.B.I. vi. 252; Ridl. Mat. ii. 42. 
E. serpentina, Bak. l.cc. 
Rhizome slender covered with loose sheaths. Leaves 2 or 3 in 
a tuft lanceolate acuminate narrowed to petioles, 6 to 8 in. long, 
3 in. wide; petioles 5 to y in. long. Flowering stems 3 in. long, 
covered with short brown sheaths; flowers rather distant. Calyx 
tube 1 in. long. Corolla longer, 1-5 in. long, slender, lobes oblong, 
5 in. long. Lip oblong-obovate rounded, 75 in. long. Anther- 
crest large oblong round. Hab. Dry hills local and scarce. Penang Hill 
at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude and Bukit Laksamana (Curtis, Kunstler). 
(3) E. latiflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 154; 
Mat. ii. 43. 
Rhizome -25 in. through. Leafy stems 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves 
about 5 lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate pubescent beneath, 10 to 
13 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles 2 to 4 in. long. Flower stems 
3 to 6 in. long, spikes 2-flowered. Bracts pink, -5 in. long. Calyx 
1-5 in. long, tip entire lanceolate. Corolla 3 in. long, slender, lobes 
oblong blunt, 75 in. long. Lip obovate, 1 in. long and wide, white, 
