THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

282 CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE..E. [Alpinia.
(II) A. aurantiaca Ridl. jOllrH. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 78.
Tall plant 6 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate cuspidate, I ft. long,
3 in. wide, softly hairy beneath; petioles I to 2 in. long, pubescent.
Panicle spicate dense; rachis thick, pubescent. Bracts ovate
pubescent. Calyx'5 in. long, brown, bilobed. Corolla tube as
long, lobes oblong hooded, orange. Lip a little shorter broad
obovate tapeIing to a point ending in two short tails, orange,
streaked red on the side-lobes. Staminodes erect fleshy, glabrous
dark red. Stamen orange. Hab. Dense mountain forest. Pahang,
Telom to Gunong Berumbun to 4500 ft. altitude (Ridley).
Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley),
var. hirtior Rid!. Panicle densely golden silky. Perak, Gunong
Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Kelantan, Chaning Woods
(Ridley).
(12) A. pahangensis Ridl.
Stem moderately stout. Leaves linear-oblong with a setaceous
point, base acuminate softly hairy all over, 2 ft. long, 3'5 in. wide;
petioles '5 in. long, ligules ovate blunt hairy. Raceme stout, 8 in.
long, velvety hairy. Bracts at base lanceolate acuminate with a
long setaceous point, pale papery, lowest 4'25 in. long. Flowers
numerous; pedicels densely velvety hairy, '2 in. long. Bracts
persistent, '5 in. long, hairy at base and top sheathing the flower.
Calyx tubular tmncate or obscurely 3-lobed, '4 in. long. Corolla
tube as long, lobes linear-lanceolate hairy acute, ·6 in. long. Lip
I in. long, side-lobes broad truncate, midlobe oblong entire, with
2 short processes at base. Stamen '75 in long, crestless. Ovary
silky. Hab. Pahang, Pekan (Evans).
(13) A. nobilis Rldl. j OUnt. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 169;
Mat. ii. 51.
Stems stout, 6 to 12 ft. tall, I in. through, pubescent. Leaves
oblong cuspidate, base oblique, 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide, velvety pubescent
beneath; petioles I in. long, brown velvety, ligules as long.
Raceme I ft. long, with 2 very large sheaths. Bract 3-lobed, 2 in.
long, white pubescent, tipped carmine. Corolla tube shorter, lobes
oblong, 1'5 in. long, hairy white. Lip 2'5 in. long, 2 in. wide, cordate
bilobed, lobes large oblong crisped, sides and disc blood-red with lines
of yellow white spots, tip lemon, nerves crimson hairy, keel at base
and pustular elevations at base of stamen. Stamen pubescent.
Capsule globose, flattened at both ends, orange hairy. Hab.
Forests near streams. A splendid species. Pahang, Kwala
Tembeling. Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Ridley).
(14) A. latilabris Rtdl. journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 168;
Mat. ii. 51.
About 12 ft. tall, stout, glabrous except midrib, petiole and ligule,
2'5 ft. long, 3 in. wide, narrow lanceolate; petioles I in. long.
Panicle pubescent large, outer bracts oblong-Ianceolate, 2 in. long,
I in. across, rosy white. Calyx dilate upwards white, rose-tipped.