THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

CXXXVU. ZINGIBERACE£. [Globba.
lobed, '25 in. long, spot chestnut. Anther-spurs 4, upper ones
longest. Capsule sub-globose, wrinkled. Hab. Johor, Gunong
Pantai; Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Tahan River and Rota Glanggi;
Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Selangor, Bukit Kutu. Perak, Thaiping
Hills. Relantan, Chaning. Dlstrib. Lingga, Borneo.
(17) G. cernua Bak. F.B.I. vi. 205; Rid!. Mat. ii. 8.
Stems tufted, I ft. tall, base purple. Leaves ovate acuminate
cuspidate glabrous except midrib, 4 in. long, 1'5 in. wide; petioles
'25 in. long or less; sheath pubescent. Panicle short lax nodding,
6 in. long, pubescent slender, with 6 lanceolate acute green bracts
on the bare part. Flowers clustered on branch ends lemon yellow.
Bracts ovate pale yellow. Calyx tubular, '25 in. long, lobes equal
blunt. Corolla-tube '75 in. long, pubescent, lobes ovate, '25 in.
long. Staminodes linear-oblong longer. Lip short oblong dilate
towards bilobed tip, lobes acute, spot green. Anther-spurs 4, upper
ones subulate, lower broader. Capsule green wrinkled. Bab.
Hill woods, common where it occurs. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga.
Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills
(abundant); Goping (Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson).
(18) G. macranthera Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 76.
Plant 3 ft. tall or more. Leaves ovate to ovate-Ianeeolate,
glabrous, 5'5 in. long, '75 in. wide; sheath and ligule glabrous.
Panicle very lax decurved, about 10 in. long; branches distant,
'5 in. long. Bracts linear-oblong, '5 in. long. Calyx cylindric,
teeth short lanceolate orange. Corolla-tube'5 in. long, lobes '25 in.
long, ovate-Ianceolate yellow. Staminodes '75 in. long, linearoblong.
Lip lobes divaricate yellow, central orange blotch. Stamen
filament 1'5 in. long. Anther-spurs 4, long acuminate. Bab.
Stream banks in forest, rare. Pahang, Telom (Ridley).
(19) G. hrachycarpa Bak. in Book fil. F.B.I. vi. 205.
Plant IS in. tall. Leaves pubescent beneath ovate acuminate,
4'5 in. long, 1'5 in. wide; sheaths hairy. Panicle nodding,
about 5 in. long; branches '5 in. long, all pubescent. Bracts on
lower part, '25 in. long, oblong green. Flowers 4 or 5 at ends of
branches, light yellow. Calyx funnel-shaped very short blunt,
3-lobed or entire, '12 in. long. Corolla-tube '25 in. long, lobes ovate.
Lip linear entire. Anther-spurs 4, equal triangular. Capsule pustular.
Bab. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler, Curtis).
I doubt if this is anything but a large form of G. cernua. Baker no doubt
intended the name to be tl'achycarpa, on account of the pustular fruit, but It
was incorrectly printed.
(20) G. unifolia Ridt. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 193.
Rhizome creeping; stems 2 in. apart, 4 to 6 in. tall, covered with
pubescent sheaths I in. long or less. Leaf I, ovate acute, glabrous,
6 to 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles'5 to I in. long. Panicle dense
decurved, 2 in. long, pubescent. Bracts oblong-ovate pubescent.
Calyx funnel-shaped. teeth obscure unequally bilobed pubescent.