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it on a tree in the gardens and it was distributed by seed to the 
tree outside. As it seems to have established itself, I record it 
here. It has the largest flowers in the section. 
Vol. iv. p. 142, after sp, 3, Eulophia Keithii RidL, insert :— 
(3a) E. macrostachya Lindt. Gen. & Sp. Orch. PL 183; Bot. 
Reg. t. 1972; Bot. Mag. t. 6246; Hook. fit. F.B.l. v. 4; /. /. Smith 
Orch. Jav. 224, pi. 146. 
Pseudobulbs 3 to 5 in. long, elongate, conical. Leaves 2, from 
the top of the pseudobulb, 6 to 10 in, long, 3 in, wide, oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate, petioled. Scape lateral, i to 2-5 ft. tall, 
upper part 9 in. long, racemose; flowers scattered. Bracts lanceo¬ 
late, *1 in. long; pedicel and ovary -5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate 
acuminate, light green or yellow. Petals similar, *25 in. long. 
Lip concave broad, yellow with red stripes, side-lobes blunt, curved, 
midlobe broad refuse with 2 rather large ovoid fleshy calli at the 
base; spur globose, bilobed. Column rather tall with a distinct 
foot. Hah. Woods; Perak, Jor (Haniff). Distrib. India, Ceylon, 
Sumatra, Java, Ternate. 
Many years ago, about 1890, a number of plants of this orchid 
appeared in a secondary wood in the Gardens near the Director's 
house, but I believe that they originated from a plant I brought 
a few years before from Ceylon. 
Order CXXXVIL Zingiberaceaj. 
Vot. iv. p. 238, after sp. 12, Globba leucantha Miq., insert: — 
(12 a) G. flavidula Ridt. 
Leaves elliptic-oblanceolate, gradually narrowed to base, with 
a long acuminate point, upper ones hairy on the midrib and back; 
lower ones quite glabrous, 7 to 13 in. long (cusp 1-5 in. long) 275 to 
3-5 in. wide; petioles very .short; ligules short ovate blunt hairy; 
sheath hairy. Panicle 8 in. long, base 3 in. nude, pubescent, 
branches i in. long. Flowers yellowish, solitary or paired. Floral 
bracts lanceolate acute, -i in. long, caducous. Calyx campanulate, 
lobes 3, equal, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla-tube -i in. long, 
puberulous, lobes oblong, hooded. Staminodes as long, thinner, 
oblong. Lip short, bifid, with blunt oblong lobes. Stamen, fila¬ 
ment puberulous; anther oblong, spurs 2 from base spreading, 
linear, blunt. Hab. Pahang, Ulu Sungei Merapoh (Foxworthy and 
Nur 11,940). 
Allied to G. leucantha, Miq., but the panicle is puberulous, the lip 
more deeply cut, and the calyx-lobes equal. The flowers are stated 
to be yellowish, an unusual character in this section. 
Vol. iv. p. 264, after sp. 8, Amomum uliginosum Koen., insert: — 
(8a) a. rivale Ridt. 
Rhizome short, thick, covered with sheaths. Stem nearly *5 in. 
through at base; sheaths ribbed and cancellate. Leaves linear- 
oblong acuminate caudate, base cuneate, above glabrous closely 
striate, beneath softly hairy especially the prominent midrib; 
