CVI. ACANTHACE^E. 
Gymnostachyum.] 
58i 
branched. Leaves equal, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate at each 
end, blunt or sub-acute; nerves 9 to n pairs, conspicuous and 
meeting in an intra-marginal vein; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide, 
glossy dark green above with silvery grey streaks and ribs. 
Panicles terminal (axillary in the only specimen in Kew), -5 in. 
long; spikes simple of (4) 12 to 20 flowers. Bracts minute. Sepals 
*1 in. long, lanceolate. Corolla -5 in. long, cream-colour, 2-lipped 
nearly half-way. Pistil glabrous. Hab. Low wet ground. Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). Rare. 
(9) G. Scortechinii Clarke, l.c. 664. 
Stem 12 to 18 in. tall. Leaves elliptic acuminate both ends, 
minutely pubescent beneath, entire, 7-5 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles *5 to 1-5 in. long. Panicle (fory young) 8 in. long; 
branches long, many-flowered, rusty pubescent. Flowers mostly 
in approximate opposite pairs. Calyx -125 in. long. Hab. 
Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this species, and Clarke is doubtful as to its genus. 
(10) G. Ridleyi Clarke, l.c. 664. 
A tall shrub. Leaves elliptic shortly cuneate-acuminate at 
both ends, pubescent beneath, 6 to 7 in. long, 2*25 in. wide; 
petioles -75 in. long, pubescent. Panicle reduced almost to spikes, 
2 terminal, 11 in. long, -75 in. wide. Bracts -125 to -2 in. long, 
linear. Flowers distant, solitary or in 2- to 4-flowered lateral 
cymes on peduncles hardly -15 in. long. Sepals -15 to -2 in. long, 
pubescent. Corolla white. Hab. Local in woods. Selangor, 
Rawang. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 
(11) G. knoxiifolium Clarke, l.c. 664. 
About 3 ft. tall, nearly glabrous except inflorescence minutely 
pubescent. Stem erect. Leaves in distant pairs lanceolate long- 
acuminate narrowed to base, thick; nerves 7 pairs; 6-5 in. long, 
2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicle of 2 branches 8 in. long, 
linear with small opposite distant cymes. Bracts -2 in. long, 
linear. Sepals -075 in. long, oblong-linear. Corolla white, small, 
•15 in. long. Hab. Edges of woods, lowlands. Scarce. Johor, 
Sungei Tebrau. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, 
Batu Gajah (Ridley). 
(12) G. magnum Clarke, l.c. 664. 
Shrub, glabrous, upper internodes 7 in. long. Leaves obovate 
nearly glabrous entire; nerves 12 or more pairs; 12 in. long, 6 in. 
wide; petioles 3 in. long. Panicles terminal, 8 in. long, -75 in. 
through. Bracts -15 to -2 in. long. Peduncle 1*5 in. long; cymes 
small, 2- to 3-flowered in opposite approximate pairs. Sepals 
linear, •2 in. long, pubescent. Corolla green, mouth brown purple. 
Hab. Woods, not common. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley) ; 
Bukit Tampin (Goodenough). Dindings, Telok Sera. Native 
name: Supang Paya. Possibly a Phlogacantfws, 
