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THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

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Alpinia.] CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACEJE.<br />

(ro) A. Raffiesiana Wall. Cat. 6575; Bak. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi.<br />

255; I c. Pl. 1963; Ridl. Mat. ii. 50.<br />

Stems slender, 3 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate<br />

pubescent, 1 ft. long, 3 in. wide. Panicle short compact, 2 to 4 in.<br />

long. Bracts oblong short. Calyx dilate upwards, '5 in. long, red.<br />

Corolla tube nearly twice as long, lobes orange, tipped red, 1'5 in.<br />

FIG. 184.-A1pinia RafHesiana.<br />

long. ' Lip longer broad ovate, orange, veined darker. Staminodes<br />

2 short purple processes toothed. Capsule globose hairy, green,<br />

'75 -in. long. Hab. Not rare in woods from sea level to 4000 ft.<br />

altitude. Singapore, Changi; Toas. Johor, Batu Pahat; Kluang<br />

(Holttum). Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Negri Sembilan, Johol.<br />

Selangor, Bukjt Hitain (Kelsall). Perak, Thaiping Hills and<br />

Waterloo (Curtis); Goping (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich, Porter).<br />

Natwe names: Pua Munkang; Tepus Kijoi.

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