THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

274 CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACEJE. [Plagiostachys.
ovate. Corolla-lobes lanceolate acute, white, tipped pink. Lip
obovate, hairy at base bifid, yellow, streaked red. Stamen white.
Staminodes not visible. Fruit elliptic-obovate, sub-triquetrous,
dull red, '5 in. long. Hab. Rare. In dense wet forest. Johor,
Kukub (Ridley).
18. ELETTARIOPSIS, Bak.
Rhizome, long, creeping and slender. Leaves solitary or few in
a tuft or on a leafy stem. Flower spikes scattered on long branches
of the rhizome, very short, with a few fugacious flowers in the axils
of small bracts. Calyx tube long, trilobed. Corolla tube long and
slender, lobes narrow, white. Lip longer, obovate or oblong, white,
central yellow bar and red streaks. Staminodes o. Stamen, filament
short; anther-crest large round. Fruit a globose capsule.
Species about 15, South Siam, Malay islands to Celebes.
Leaf I, erect from rhizome . . .. (I) E. euerta
Leaves 2, erect from rhizome; flower shoot short (2) E. Curtisii
Leaves several on a leafy stem.
Stem I ft. tall; corolla tube 3 in. long. . . (3) E. latiflora
Stem 2 ft. tall; corolla tube I in. long; leaves thick
pubescent beneath. . . .. (4) E. pubescens
Stem several ft. tall; corolla tube 3 in. long • (5) E. lcmgituba
(I) E. exserta Bak. F.B.I. vi. 251; Ridl. Mat. ii. 42.
Cyphostigma exsertum Scort. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. viii. 310, t. 13.
Leaf solitary elliptic acute narrowed to base, 2'5 to 3 ft. tall,
about 6 in. across. Scape short erect. Flower I. Calyx I in.
long. Corolla tube 3 in. long, lobes lanceolate, '75 in. long. Lip
oblong, yellow, streaked red. Anther-crest short, round. Hab.
Forests local but abundant in spots, rarely flowering. Perak, Kinta
(Scortechini); Tapah; Batang Padang to Jor (Ridley).
(2) E. CurtisiiBak. in Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. 252; Ridl. Mat. ii. 42.
E. serpent ina, Bak. l.cc.
Rhizome slender covered with loose sheaths. Leaves 2 or 3 in
a tuft lanceolate acuminate narrowed to petioles, 6 to 8 in. long,
3 in. wide; petioles 5 to 7 in. long. Flowering stems 3 in. long,
covered with short brown sheaths; flowers rather distant. Calyx
tube I in. long. Corolla longer, 1'5 in. long, slender, lobes oblong,
5 in. long. Lip oblong-obovate rounded, '75 in. long. Anthercrest
large oblong round. Hab. Dry hills local and scarce. Penang Hill
at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude and Bukit Laksamana (Curtis, Kunstler).
(3) E. latiflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 154;
Mat. ii. 43.
Rhizome '25 in. through. Leafy stems 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves
about 5 lanceolate to ovate-Ianceolate pubescent beneath, 10 to
13 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles 2 to 4 in. long. Flower stems
3 to 6 in. long, spikes 2-flowered. Bracts pink, '5 in. long. Calyx
1'5 in. long, tip entire lanceolate. Corolla 3 in. long, slender, lobes
oblong hlunt, '75 in. long. Lip obovate, I in. long and wide, white,