EASTERN COAST OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 885 
This species belongs apparently to Baker's section Rhodochlamys (* Annals of Botany,’ 
vii. 205), as it has an erect spike and few flowers to a bract; but the petal has the form 
of that of the Hu-musa section. 
Musa MALACCENSIS, n. sp. Caules pauci, 1-2, ad 10-pedales, graciles, 6 pollices crassi, 
brunneo-purpureo marmorati. Folia circiter 8-pedalia, viridia, sspe (presertim 
juvenia) striis brunneis ornata, petiolo canaliculato et margine alato, crasso, lamina 
18 роШсев lata. Spadix pendula, rhachide pollicem crassa, viridi, lanugine brunnea 
tecta. Bracteze lanceolate subacute, crasse, reflexee, convolute, brunnes, extus 
glaucescentes, intus flavescentes striate. Flores masculi 14 pollices longi, curvi, 
albi. Calyx cymbiformis, carinatus, dentibus 5 linearibus recurvis, subacutis, flavis. 
Petalum oblongum, album, mucronatum, $ pollicem longum, 4 pollicem latum. 
Stamina 5, 13 pollices longa, filamentis complanatis. Anthersz oblongse anguste, 
apicibus retusis, loculis angustis disjunctis, connectivo lato. Stylus 14 pollices 
longus, antheris subzqualis. Stigma (abortivum) ochreum, subclavatum. Flores 
feminei 16 in braetea utraque in seriebus duabus. Ovarium pallide viride, 13 
pollices longum, ё pollicem latum, lateraliter compressum, quinquangulare, lateribus 
valde ineequalibus. Calyx pollicaris, + pollicem latus, apice recurvo 5-dentato, dentibus 
linearibus subzequalibus, albescens, lineis fuscis 2 in dorso. Petalum % pollicem 
longum, translucens, cymbiforme, $ pollicem latum, ovatum acuminatum. Stamina 
subeequalia, 4 pollicem longa, complanata, linearia acuta, apicibus nigris. Stylus 
crassus, pollicaris, teres, minute pubescens, striatus, albus. Stigma $ pollicem longum, 
crassum, conicum, fuscum, obtusum. Васса subcylindrica subtrigona curva, 4 pollices 
longa, pollicem lata. Semina nigra, angulata, irregularia. 
This is common in the jungles of Malacca, Selangor, and Perak, occurring also in 
Pahang at Tanjong Gajah Mati. It is the “ Pisang karok ” of the Malays. 
M. zebrina (* Flore des Serres, t. 1061, 1062) is doubtless a young plant either of this 
species or of M. sumatrana, Becc. I never saw any form of М. sapientum, L. (to which 
species Mr. Baker refers this), with barred leaves. The brown bars are very constant in 
young plants of M. malaccensis, and even persist sometimes in the adult foliage. This 
species may perhaps be the parent of some of the cultivated Bananas here, but is very 
distinct from M. sapientum 1n the hairy rhachis and other points. 
An attempt has been made to utilize the fibre, but it is apparently not so good as that 
of M. textilis ; still, as it is not only very abundant throughout the centre of the Peninsula, 
but also springs up like a weed in many places when old jungle is felled, and forms an 
impenetrable thicket, # will probably be found to be well worth extracting the fibre. 
М. FLAVA, п. sp. Folia 16 pollices lata, viridia, nervis quam in precedente paucioribus. 
Spadix nutans, pedunculo valido subflexuoso, pubescentia castanea tecto. Bracteze 
late ovato-lanceolatee obtusse, 4 pollices 100028, 1i pollices late, flavze, intus striatee. 
Flores masculi 16 in seriebus duabus breviter pedicellatis. Calyx 1% pollices longus, 
dorso bicarinato, laciniis 5 sequalibus recurvis. Petalum 2 pollicem oblongum 
mucronatum, 1 pollicem latum, striatum. Stamina ut Musa malaccensis, connectivo 
