THE DRAC^NAS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 1G5 



darker beneath, and marked with paler circles. In other places 

 they are light green, with pale greenish rings. The flowers follow 

 the colouring of the leaves, being purple or greenish white, according 

 to position. The showy orange-coloured fruits (from which Wallich 

 no doubt took his specific name) resemble those of D. Maingayi 

 Hook. fil. 



D. LONGiFOLiA Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 388, was met with 

 in Pahang. It has long lanceolate petioled leaves, and a short few- 

 branched panicle of fairly long flowers. 



The following six species form a compact group, characterized 

 by their small size and simple or nearly smiple racemes. D. 

 sincata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 157, is described as " arboreous," and 

 there seems to be much confusion as to what it is. I have not 

 met with any arboreous Dracmia with a racemose inflorescence here. 



D. PoRTERi Bak. in Journ. Bot. 1873, 262. A low little-branched 

 shrub about 2 ft. tall, the stem as thick as a pencil, whitish brown, 

 with rings where the leaves have fallen off. The leaves are narrow 

 linear-acuminate or lanceolate, 1 ft. long and ^ in. across, deep 

 green. I have never seen any spots on them, nor do I see any on 

 VVallich's specimen 51-48 « at the British Museum, though this is 

 said to be spotted in the Flora of British India, 1. c. 328. The 

 raceme, which often bears a few short lateral branches at the base, 

 is usually shorter than the leaves. The flowers are white ; the 

 small globose fruits are orange. 



It IS common in dry woods in Singapore (1052), and I have 

 also gathered it on Mount Ophir, in Malacca (31-18), and Gunong 

 Pulai, in Johore ; and it also grows at the Waterfall in Penang. 

 The natives call it " Jarom-Jarom Padang." 



D. ternijiora var. ? Curtisii Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. L c. 329, 

 appears to me merely a fine form of this species. 



D. TEKNiFLORA Rosb. Fl. Ind. ii. 159, is a plant of very similar 

 habit, but with broader elliptic leaves more distinctly petioled, and 

 short racemes of somewhat broader and thicker flowers. The 

 leaves are always dark green, and the flowers white. There are 

 intermediate forms to be met with between this and the last, and it 

 is not always at first sight easy to distinguish the two, but typical 

 specimens look very diflerent. 



It is called " Poko San Juan Bukit," lit. Hill St. John's plant, 

 and is common in the same habitats as D. Porteri Bak., occurring 

 in Singapore ; Johore, at Jambu Laraug ; in Pahang on the Tahan 

 River, and at Penang Waterfall [Curtis; lUdleij, nos. 4758, 2393, 

 1651, 1642. 



D. coNGESTA Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. /. c. 388. Has a very 

 reduced stem, the leaves often rising straight from the ground. 

 They are long-petioled and large for the size of the plant, of a dark 

 green colour. The raceme, which is very much shorter than the 

 leaves, is dense, and the flowers are long and purplish. 



It inhabits limestone rocks in Selangor and Pahang. 



D. brevifiora, sp. n. A dwarf plant, almost stemless. Leaves 

 dark green, lanceolate-acuminate ; petiole deeply channelled, not 



