THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

CXLII. APOSTASIACEJE. [Neuwiedia.
long, dense. Flowers yellow. Sepals'5 in. long, lanceolate pubescent.
Capsule'5 in. long, with 3 broad reflexed valves. Hab.
In forests. Singapore, Chua Chu Kang; Bukit Timah. Malacca,
Bukit Lintang (Derry). Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Penang (Curtis).
Distrib. Borneo. Nattve l1ame: Jamba.
(2) N. Griffithii ReM. fil. Xen. Orch. ii. 215; Hook. fil. F.B.I.
vi. 176; Bot. Mag. t. 7425.
Rhizome long creeping.
Leaves lanceolate petioled, 8 in.
long, 1'75 in. wide, petioles
2 in. long. Raceme shorter
than leaves, 4 to 5 in. long,
dense. Flowers white. Sepals
lanceolate pubescent, '2 in.
long, pubescent. Petals broader.
Stamens 3, white; anther-cells
divaricate at base. Stigma
clubbed obscurely 3-lobed.
Capsule '25 in. long. }Jab.
Banks and streams in forests.
Singapore, Sungei Morai; Bukit
Timah. Johor, Genuang. Malacca,
Bukit Sadanen. Perak,
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). D1Strib.
Borneo.
(3) N. ocrea Ridl. JOUYil.
Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 86, p. 308.
Stem below leaves, 1'5 in.
long, roots very stout; no
rhizome. Leaves 7 or 8,
elliptic, long-acuminate, base
narrowed to petiole, glabrous,
10 in. long, 2'25 in. wide;
petioles strongly ribbed, 4 in.
long. Raceme 5 in. long.
Bracts at base lanceolate acuminate,
'75 in. long, glabrous,
above'5 to'2 in. long, glandular
FIG. 187.-Neuwiedia Lindleyi. hairy conspicuously nerved.
Flowers about 40 ocre ; pedicels
hairy, '1 in. long. Sepals and petals '75 in. long, linear-Ianceolate
with short caudicles from below the tip glandular hairy. Petals
narrower and shorter than the sepals keeled, keel hairy. Stamens
3, anthers oblong, filaments free at the top, below connate to
the stout curved style. Ovary hairy. Hab. Forest, on mountains
at 2200 ft. altitude. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga (Ridley).
"Rare.