284 cxxxvii. zingiberace, [Alpinia. 
white, -5 in. long and as wide. Corolla silky, tube -5 in. long, lobes 
oblong blunt, -6 in. long, buff with white knobs at top. Lip broad 
obovate convolute, 1*5 in. long, 2 in. wide, white, base yellow, barred 
red. Stamen, filament broad oblong-linear; anther oblong, no crest. 
Staminodes at base of stamen large, rhomboid with acute points. 
Hab. Mountain forests at 2400 ft. altitude. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tangga (Ridley). 
(18) A. petiolata Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 255; Ridl. Mat. ii. 
53 - 
Stems about 3 ft. tall. Leaves few elliptic-oblong acuminate, 
glabrous, 15 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Raceme 
pendulous slender, 6 in. long. Flowers 20. Bracts narrow linear. 
Calyx -5 in. long, white, lobes 3 tipped with hairs. Corolla lobes 
oblong-linear, 1 in. long, yellow white, pubescent. Lip flat obovate, 
edge crisp, 1*5 in. long, orange red veined and central bar red. Stami¬ 
nodes o. Anther broad, crest reniform dentate emarginate. Fruit 
fusiform, 2 in. long, hairy. Hab. Forests. Not common. Selangor, 
Bukit Kutu. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Curtis); Gunong Haram 
(Scortechini); Goping (Kunstler). 
(19) A. pulcherrima Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 79. 
Stems 3 ft. tall or less, few. Leaves ovate cuspidate, base round 
broad glabrous, 15 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles 7 in. long; sheaths 
1 ft. long, hairy brown. Raceme pendulous, 10 in. long, pubescent. 
Flowers 22, pedicels -oi in. long. Calyx cylindric white, 1 in. long, 
split on one face. Corolla tube short, lobes oblong white. Lip 
2 in. wide, orbicular undulate, pale yellow, veined red. Anther 
oblong, crest 5-lobed. Fruit fusiform, 3 in. long, hairy. Hab. 
Pahang, Telom woods. Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(20) A. macrostephana Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 
175; Mat. ii. 53. Amomum macrostephanum Bak. in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 243. 
Stem very slender, 4 to 8 ft. tall. Leaf oblong, base cordate 
round, abruptly cuspidate at tip, glabrous, 2 ft. long, 3 in. wide; 
petioles slender, 5 in. long. Spike 3 to 4 in. long on a slender 
peduncle enclosed in sheath 8 in. long. Calyx *25 in. long, bilobed, 
lobes round pubescent. Corolla tube shorter slender, lobes linear 
minutely pubescent, *75 in. long. Staminodes linear obtuse, short. 
Anther hairy, crest very large 3-lobed. Hab. Rare. Perak, Larut at 
500 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(21) A. vitellina Ridl. Journ. Roy. As Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 173; 
Mat. ii. 53. Cenolophon vitellinum Horan. Prodr. 36. Amomum 
vitellinum Bot. Reg. 1847, 32 - 
Stems 3 to 3-5 ft. tall, flattened. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 
10 in. long, 3 in. across; petioles -5 to 1*75 in. long. Panicle erect 
with few short branches, 4 in. long; rachis pubescent. Bracts 
narrow linear, 3 in. long. Flowers sessile. Calyx 1 in. long, 
pubescent green. Corolla as long, lobes linear, 1 in. long, yellow. 
