884 МЕ. Н. М. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
lata, linearis, elevata, nervis 4 in utroque latere elevatis sinuatis, margine crispulo, 
Stamina 5, filamentis brevibus 4-pollicaribus, basi incrassatis, connatis, albis violaceo 
punctatis; antherz introrsee adnate, lineares exappendiculate. Stylus crassus, 
albus roseo-tinctus, rectus, antheras superans. Stigma magnum, subcordatum, 
excavatum marginibus, lobis subfoliaceis denticulatis canaliculatis, violaceum. 
Capsula magna, fusiformis, rostrata, subtrigona, atro-violacea. Semina 4-pollicaria. 
Pulau Tawar woods. 
A tufted plant with rather showy purple flowers like those of some VWawillaria. It is 
allied to Lowia longiflora, Scort., but is, I think, generically distinct. The leaves are 
arranged distichously, reminding one of Ravenala on a small scale; from the axil of these 
is emitted the inflorescence. Іп Lowia the inflorescence appears to arise from the rhizome, 
away from the leaves, which are not thus arranged. 
The anthers аге appendaged in Lowia and acute, and the stigmas are split to the base: 
“ lobis cylindricis, latere fissis, toto margine dentatis." 
MUSACEE. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM, Linn. 
The Banana is cultivated extensively by the natives, 
Mr. Baker, in the * Flora of British India, reduces all the wild Bananas of the section 
M. sapientum to one species, as varieties and subspecies of the cultivated plant. With 
this I сап by no means agree. 
I have met with three distinct wild species in the Peninsula. These are:— М; vio- 
lascens, n. Sp.; JM. malaccensis, n. sp.; and M. flava, n. sp. 
M. viOLASCENS,n.sp. Caudex teres, gracilis, 8-10-pedalis. Folia subtus glauca, 10 pollices 
lata, costa crassa. Spadix erecta vel suberecta, 1}-pedalis, apice acuto, rhachide 4 pol- 
licem crassa, lanugine fulva tecta. Bracteæ scepe diu persistentes, deflexee, anguste, 
lanceolatze аспіге acuminate, albæ purpureo-violaceo tinctz vel omnino violacez, 
ad 9 pollices longe, 2 pollices vel ultra late. Flores masculi albi, apicibus flavis, 12 
pollices longi, біп serie una. Calyx oblongus, apice 5-laciniato, laciniis 2 exterioribus 
longioribus, linearibus, tortuosis. Petalum i-pollieare, oblongum obtusum, cymbi- 
forme. Stamina 5,tenuia, alba, loculis antherse inzequalibus, loratis, linearibus, pallidis. 
Stylus complanatus, clavato-spathulatus. Flores feminei 6 in bractea utraque in 
serie una. Stylus crassus, apice complanato, clavato, bipollicari. Васса viridis 3 
pollices longa, pollicem crassa, angulata. Semina 1 pollicem longa, cylindrica, apicibus 
truncatis, пес angulata. 
Pahang, River Tahan, in woods; Selangor, Kwala Lumpur, common; Sungei Ujong, 
near Linsum. | 
This plant is distinguished by its erect, or almost егесі, spadix, of which the bracts are 
remarkably long and narrow, acuminate, and of a violet colour like that of a Brinjal. 
The flowers are few and arranged in single rows in each bract; sometimes the bracts are 
persistent after the flowers are fallen and hang down. The seeds are cylindrical, and not 
angled and irregular as in the common Banana and M. malaccensis, n. sp. 
