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APOSTASIACER OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 415 
O’Brien, in Gard. Chron. (1892) 11. p. 522), and C. bellatulum, 
Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1888) 1. p. 648, and its variety 
Godefroy. 
APOSTASIACEZ. 
APOSTASIA, Blume. 
A. nupa, R. Br. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar., i. p. 76, t. 85. 
Hab. Singapore: Bukit Timah, Jurong, Changi, &c.; very 
common in dry woods ! 
Johore: Bukit Murdom, Johore Bahru ! 
Malacca: Mt. Ophir, Merlimau, Selandor ! 
Penang: Government Hill! 
Perak: Wray; Dindings ! 
Kedah : Kedah Peak ! 
I have also collected it on the Carimon Islands, south of 
Singapore. 
A very abundant plant, called by the natives ‘“ Pulampas 
Budak” and “ Kinching Pelandok” (Mousedeer’s urine) and 
“ San Juan Hutan” (San Juan being a Portuguese name for 
Dianella, has been adopted by the Malays with the addition 
of Hutan, i.e., wood, for this plant). It is used for several 
complaints, including hydrophobia. 
The flowers are coloured yellow in Wallich’s Plante 
Asiatice Rariores, l.c.; but, out of the numerous specimens I 
have seen, I have only found one with yellow or yellowish 
flowers, viz.,on Mt. Ophir. The petals and sepals were, with 
this exception, white. It varies very much in the development 
of the panicle, which is sometimes very large, though short. 
A. Wauutcuu, R. Br. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar., p. 75, t. 84. 
Hab. Johore: Gunong Panti ! 
Pahang: Tahan River Woods, &c. ! 
Penang: Curtis. 
Perak: Scortechini, &c. 
Much less common than the preceding. Flowers white 
whenever I have seen them. 
A. natiFoLta, Rolfe, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), xxv. (1889) 
p. 242. 
Hab. Malacca: Mt. Ophir ! 
Perak: Scortechint. 
A much rarer plant than the other two. 
