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CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACEiE. 
[. Alpinia. 
(ix) A. aurantiaca Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 78. 
Tall plant 6 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate, 1 ft. long, 
3 in. wide, softly hairy beneath; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, pubescent. 
Panicle spicate dense; rachis thick, pubescent. Bracts ovate 
pubescent. Calyx -5 in. long, brown, bilobed. Corolla tube as 
long, lobes oblong hooded, orange. Lip a little shorter broad 
obovate tapering to a point ending in two short tails, orange, 
streaked red on the side-lobes. Staminodes erect fleshy, glabrous 
dark red. Stamen orange. Hab. Dense mountain forest. Pahang, 
Telom to Gunong Berumbun to 4500 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley), 
var. hirtior Ridl. Panicle densely golden silky. Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Kelantan, Chaning Woods 
(Ridley). 
(12) A. pahangensis Ridl. 
Stem moderately stout. Leaves linear-oblong with a setaceous 
point, base acuminate softly hairy all over, 2 ft. long, 3-5 in. wide; 
petioles *5 in. long, ligules ovate blunt hairy. Raceme stout, 8 in. 
long, velvety hairy. Bracts at base lanceolate acuminate with a 
long setaceous point, pale papery, lowest 4*25 in. long. Flowers 
nufnerous; pedicels densely velvety hairy, -2 in. long. Bracts 
persistent, *5 in. long, hairy at base and top sheathing the flower. 
Calyx tubular truncate or obscurely 3-lobed, -4 in. long. Corolla 
tube as long, lobes linear-lanceolate hairy acute, -6 in. long. Lip 
1 in. long, side-lobes broad truncate, midlobe oblong entire, with 
2 short processes at base. Stamen *75 in. long, crestless. Ovary 
silky. Hab. Pahang, Pekan (Evans). 
(13) A. nobilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 169; 
Mat. ii. 51. 
Stems stout, 6 to 12 ft. tall, 1 in. through, pubescent. Leaves 
oblong cuspidate, base oblique, 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide, velvety pubes¬ 
cent beneath; petioles 1 in. long, brown velvety, ligules as long. 
Raceme 1 ft. long, with 2 very large sheaths. Bract 3-lobed, 2 in. 
long, white pubescent, tipped carmine. Corolla tube shorter, lobes 
oblong, i*5 in. long, hairy white. Lip 2-5 in. long, 2 in. wide, cordate 
bilobed, lobes large oblong crisped, sides and disc blood-red with lines 
of yellow white spots, tip lemon, nerves crimson hairy, keel at base 
and pustular elevations at base of stamen. Stamen pubescent. 
Capsule globose, flattened at both ends, orange hairy. Hab. 
Forests near streams. A splendid species. Pahang, Kwala 
Tembeling. Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 
(14) A. latilabris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 168; 
Mat. ii. 51. 
About X2 ft. tall, stout, glabrous except midrib, petiole and ligule, 
2*5 ft. long, 3 in. wide, narrow lanceolate; petioles 1 in. long. 
Panicle pubescent large, outer bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long, 
1 in. across, rosy white. Calyx dilate upwards white, rose-tipped. 
