Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 233 



2. A. NUDA, E. Br. Wall. PI. As. Earior. I. 1830. 7G. t. 85. 

 Stems several or solitary 1-2 feet tall. Leaves linear acuminate 5-8 

 inches long ^-^ inch wide. Panicled decurved 2-4 inches long with 

 numerous linear crowded bracts at the base of the branches. Bracts 

 of flowers lanceolate acuminate ^ inch long. Ovary and pedicel ^ 

 inch long. Sepals and petals white (rarely yellow) ^^ inch long 

 lanceolate cuspidate. Stamens filaments short. Anthers basifixed 

 cells equal. Blume. Ann. Sc. Xat. Ser. II. 2. 93. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 III. 748. Eolfe. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV. 239. Plook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. A. Brunonis, Griff. Xotulae III. 1851. 243. Icones t. 282. 



Singapore (Lobb), Changi (Eidley 2376), Jurong (Bidley 

 3871); Johor: Bukit Murdom (Kelsall)"; Negri Sembilan: Perhen- 

 tian Tinggi (Eidley) ; Malacca (Maingay), Mount Ophir (Eidley 

 3133); Perak: Bindings, Lumut (Eidley); Penang: Moniot's Eoad 

 (Eidley); Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Eidley 5125). Common in drv 

 woods up to 3000 feet elevation. Native names '' Pelampas budak," 

 " Sen Juan Hutan Jantan " and " Kenching Pelandok." Used 

 medicinally for diarrhoea and hydrophobia. 



3. A. LATiFOLiA, Eolfe. Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV. p. 242. Stem 

 6 inches to 3 feet tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate petioled 3-6 

 inches long |-1 inch wide. Eacemes 1-5 inches long. Bracts sub- 

 ulate lanceolate. Ovary sessile. Flowers not secured small. Petals 

 and sepals linear oblong short. Anthers linear cordate, no staminode. 



Malacca: Mount Ophir (Eidley); Perak (Scortechini 868), 

 Ulu Batang Padang (Wray 1605). 



