THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Odontychium. ] CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE.E.
(I) O. denticulatwn Schum. Pflanzenreich. Zingib. p. 59;
Ridl. Mat. ii. II. Hedychium denticulatum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As.
Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 102.
Stem 2 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous spinulose on edge, 8 in. long
or more, 3 in. wide; sheath hairy. Panicle 1 ft. long. Bracts 1 in.
long. Calyx'5 in. long. Corolla-lobes pinkish white, base green,
1'75 in. long, laterals green. Lip green, base red. Stamen white.
Staminodes red. Hab. Very local. In hill woods. Dindings,
Lumut, abundant (Ridley).
4. CAMPTANDRA, Rid!.
Small glabrous herbs; stems few. Leaves few ovate petioled.
Flowers several enclosed in a terminal green spathe, fugacious white
or violet. Calyx tubular, lobes equal. Corolla-tube slender, lobes
lanceolate or oblong. Lip obovate bilobed. Staminodes large
obovate. Stamen shortly projecting; anther long curved dorsifixed,
base with 2 parallel processes. Style slender. Capsule
oblong. Seeds curved fusiform, aril lacerate. Species 5, Malay
Peninsula, Borneo.
Stems several; leaves 4 or 5, base narrowed . . (I) C. parvuIa
Stems solitary; leaves 1 to 4 distant, base round, often
cordate.
Stems tall; leaves large cordate; corolla tube short (2) C. latifolia
Stems shorter; leaves fewer peltate; corolla tube
longer than spathe. . . . . . (3) C. ovat8
Stems 2 or 3-leaved; corolla tube much longer than
short spathe . (4) C. tahanensis
(I) C. parvula Ridl. ] ourn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 104;
Mat. ii. II. Krempferia parvula Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 233.
(Fig. 182, p. 244.)
Stems several, 6 in. tall. Leaves 4 or 5, ovate acuminate
oblique, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Spathe
ovate acute, 1 in. long. Flowers 1 in. across, white. Calyx·s in.
long. Corolla tube 'S in. long, lobes oblong truncate. Lip oblongorbicular
bilobed crenulate, with a central yellow spot and some
pink marks. Staminodes sub-spathulate, 'S in. long. H abo Common
on rocks and banks in forest at 2000 to 4000 ft. altitude.
Pahang, Tahan River; Telom. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga;
Gunong Angsi (Holttum). Selangor, Bukit Kutu. Perak, Thaiping
Hills; Bujong Malacca; Goping (Kunstler); Temengoh; Gunong
Kerbau (Robinson). Tomoh (Machado). Penang Hill. Tringganu,
Bundi (Rostados).
The Temengoh plant has curiously fleshy leaves.
(2) C. latifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 32, p. 105;
Mat. ii. 12.
Stem usually solitary succulent, base swollen. Leaves r to
4, cordate acuminate,S in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, dark