6 Materials for a Flora of the MaJaijan Peninsula. 



ExiiALUS KoEXiGii, Iiich. in Mem. Institut, Fv. 1811, II. 64. 

 Stem woody far-creeping -} inch througli, covered with stiff black 

 fibres. Leaves siibcoriaceous dark green 2-3 feet long, half an inch 

 wide tip rounded. ]\Iale inflorescence on a stout peduncle two inches 

 long. Spatbcs 2 lanceolate acute l3oat-shai)ed olive green 1^ inch 

 long keol(^(l and arm with brown bristles. Flowers very numerous 

 sliortly pedieened white. Se])als and'petnls similar. Stamens pubes- 

 cent. Fenuile inflorescence on a peduncle 1-2 feet long, spathes nar- 

 rower. Fruit 1:^ inch long, 1 inch wide succulent with 6 broad bands 

 of bristles. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Ill, 27. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 

 663. E. acoroides, Zoll. Yerz. Tnd. Archip. pi. 11. 69, Ascherson. 

 Xuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. III. 299. Stratiotes acoroides, Linn. f. 

 Suppl. 268. Enhalus, Griff. Notul. 175 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 249, 250. 

 E. niarinus, Griff. I.e. 178. 



Common in shallow seas round tlie coasts. Singapore : Bajau 

 (Ptidley 3952). 



Xative name Setul. Fi'uit eaten by children. 



The male flowers l)ecame detached and float on the surface and 

 the fruit when ripe is raised to the surface also. 



6. Halophila, Thenars. 



Sul)marine plants with slender creeping stems. Leaves in pairs 

 in the axils of a scarious bract, flowers unisexual solitary in a double 

 spatlie. Male pedicelled. Sepals 3, petals 0, anthers 3 linear oblong 

 sessile. Female flower nearly sessile. Sepals 3. Ovary beaked one- 

 celled. Style 3 filiform. Fruit snbglobose. Seeds numerous glo- 

 bular minute. 



Species a1)out 6. Ti-opical seas of America, Asia and Australia. 



HALOi'HiLA OVATA, Gaud. Frcyciu. Yoy. Bot. 430, t. fig. 1. 

 Leaves elliptic or obovate petiolcd dark green ^ to } inch long. ^ to l 

 inch broad, petiole I incli long. Male flower shortly pedicelled. 

 Sepals ovate to elliptic ovate. Anthers ol)long. Female pedicelled 

 very shortly. Sepals very small, perianth at base tubular. Styles 

 long and slender. Fruit small globose. Seeds 1 mm. across tuber- 

 culate and reticulate. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Y. 663. //. ovalis, 

 Hook. f. Flor. Tasman. H. 45, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. TIL 230, Aschers. 

 Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. III. 301. DipJantliera, Grifl^ Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 161 C, f. 2. CauUnia ovalis, Br. Prodr. 359. 



Common in shallow s(>as i-ound the coasts. Singapore: Harbour 

 (Eidley 3780), Changi; Johore Strait; Penang; Lankawi (Ridley). 



Distrib. East African, Indian, Malayan, Australian and Pacific 

 Seas. 



