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13 in. lon^, 2 in. wide, setiform tail i’5 iu. long, sheath and short 
oblong blunt ligule softly hairy. Inflorescence obconic, 175 in. 
long, I in. through, on a peduncle 2 in. long, covered with oblong 
lanceolate blunt bracts, the upper ones striate edged with short 
woolly hairs. Sepals softly hairy. Corolla-tube '5^0. long, straight 
pubescent, lobes linear-oblong, blunt, silky outside, *4 in. long. 
Lip ’5 in. long, base linear fleshy channelled, limb obovate-oblong 
entire, disc in centre papillose fleshy. Stamen, filament broad 
linear channelled; anther oblong, *2 in. long, crest 3-lobed, central 
lobe ovate acutt* recurved, lateral ones short oblong erect. Hah 
Pahang, Gorge of the Tras near Raub at 500 It* altitude (Burkill 
^’%lied to and resembling A. tdiginosnm, Koen., but diflerin^g in 
the softly hairy' back of the leaves, the hairy-edged bracts, silky 
petals and the small anther crest with the central lobe ovate acute. 
Vol. iv. p. 279, after sp. 2, Alpinia secundiflora RidL, insert 
(2a) a. mollissima Ridi. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate with a sharp point, gradually 
narrowed to the base, denselv softly hairy all over, midrib promi¬ 
nent, rounded at back; 15 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles i in. long, 
hairy; ligule with 2 acute lobes, hairy, -25 in. long, sheaths hairy. 
Raceiiie 75 in. long, pubescent. Bracts linear, 1-5 in. long, hairy. 
Pedicels very short, hairy. Flowers 7 or more. Calyx tubular, 
with 3 sub-equal acute lobes, hairy, *5 in. long. Corolla-tube 
slender, dilate upwards, -6 in. long, glabrous, upper lobe linear, 
hairy at tip, -3 in. long, laterals very short, -i in. long, blunt lanceo¬ 
late, glabrous. Lip obcuneate-oblanceolate, entire sub-acute, -6 in. 
long, *25 in. wide at upper end, glabrous. Stamen, filament hairy, 
•2 in. long; anther oblong, deeply marginate, hairy. Style little 
longer. Stigma funnel-shaped, hairy on the edge. Hah. Johor, 
Gimong Belumut, at 2300 ft. altitude (Holttum 10,838). 
This plant is remarkable for the small size of the two lateral 
petals. 
Order CXLV. Dioscoreace^. 
Vol. iv, p. 313, note :~ 
PERIPETASMA, Ridl. 
The specimens on which this genus was founded and erroneously 
referred by me to the order MenispermacecB , yol. i. p. 103, have 
now proved to be the male flowers of the abnormal Dtoscorea 
stenomerifiora, Prain and Burkill. This species is so aberrant that 
it would be advisable to separate it from the genus Dtoscorea alto¬ 
gether, in which case the generic name Penpeiasma would remain, 
and my description referred, to its proper place and the Dtoscorace^ 
between Stenomeris and Dioscorea. The fruit has unfortunately 
not been obtained, and the female flowers which I have seen are 
not sufficiently advanced or well preserved to decide on the number 
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